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Job overview

NHS Surrey Heartlands works in partnership with local health and care organisations.  As one of four Place Based Partnerships in Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System, Guildford and Waverley Health and Care Alliance is at the forefront of integrated system working. We work together across health, care, local authorities and the community and voluntary sector to meet the health care and wellbeing needs of our populations.

 

We believe we can achieve more by working together. We want to go further joining up health and care services and considering all aspects of a person’s health, wellbeing and social care needs. This means investing our collective resources with a focus on prevention, early intervention and responsive care, we have a clear focus on the wider determinants of health and reducing health inequalities. Vital to our success are our relationships with local communities as we work to develop a culture of healthy living and supportive neighbourhoods. To deliver our objectives we need a team of talented, collaborative professionals who share the same vision and are passionate about what they do.

 

 

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director Guildford and Waverley is instrumental to progression of our partnership working, driving the establishment of our integrated neighbourhood teams, championing collaboration and integration. The post holder will provide matrix leadership to the priority projects and programme work, forming trusted relationships across partner organisations and with residents and local communities and leaders. As a member of the senior leadership team the postholder will have clear responsibilities to enable achievement of our Place based responsibilities, these currently include Surrey Heartlands Critical Five, implementing the findings of the Fuller Stocktake, key operational targets and our priority areas of focus.

Working for our organisation

Surrey Heartlands is a partnership of organisations working together - with staff, patients, their carers, families, and the public - to support people to live healthier lives. Surrey Heartlands developed into an Integrated Care Board (ICB) since July 2022, working through 4 Integrated, dynamic, and sustainable place-based partnerships (our Places), each working together to deliver a shared vision across Surrey.

The 4 Place partnerships are known as:

North West Surrey Alliance

Guildford and Waverley Alliance

Surrey Downs Health and Care

East Surrey Place

We have an ambitious vision for transformation and continuous improvement of health and care across our footprint and to deliver our objectives we need a team of capable, collaborative professionals who share the same vision. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes.

We welcome all applications, especially those from underrepresented communities, including people with a disability, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

 

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome all applications, especially those from underrepresented communities, including people with a disability, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

As part of the organisation’s commitment to achieving equality of opportunity for all staff, Surrey Heartlands ICB will consider all requests for flexible working on hiring. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, compressed hours, part-time hours and/or job-sharing, and homeworking.

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.

In accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board will not discriminate against or dismiss the applications of candidates with spent convictions for posts which are not exempt from this legislation.