Job overview
The Managing Director for the East Midlands Acute Providers (EMAP) network collaborative will play an essential role in this East Midlands wide system development by supporting the development of our formal Provider Collaborative. The Managing Director will drive the design, implementation and delivery of the EMAP agreed priorities and support the collaborative to stay focused on its vision.
The role will be hosted by United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and will be accountable to the EMAP CEO steering group.
Main duties of the job
The predominant duty within this role will be to support the ongoing development of the East Midlands Acute Provider Network, ensuring that the mechanisms for delegated responsibility from provider organisations are in place and the intended outcomes around performance, transformation and system governance are delivered.
The post holder will be expected to exemplify behaviour that promotes collaborative ways of working and integrated service delivery with a personal drive to increase the health and wellbeing of our East Midlands population.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Delivery of the key EMAP priorities/programmes
- Support the steering group and priority workstreams to develop effective communication, including engagement and involvement in to and out of the network.
- Ensure the approach of the collaborative wherever possible is supportive to individual organisational goals so that the value and purpose of involvement is clear with motivation for maintaining involvement during times of conflict, tension and controversy
- Support the Steering group Chair to ensure the appropriate governance systems, processes and structures are in place to support delivery of the Collaborative objectives and manage identified risks.
- Understand, respect and value the individual partner organisations and shape and influence co-produced new ways of working that promote and build trust and confidence in the work of the collaborative.
- Ensure escalation processes are in place to the steering group for performance and transformational issues and support their management
- Support the development of a future model for provider collaboration that takes account of current structures and understands how the associated functions can be taken forward in a more integrated model.
- Working with colleagues to ensure the collaborative is focussed on the agreed areas of priority and that appropriate escalation methods are in place both in relation to transformation and general performance issues within system operational delivery.
- Ensure there are effective lines of communication between providers to create opportunity for sharing of good practice, information and pathway design.
- Work with colleagues who attend the steering group to develop wider Collaborative responses to national policy areas, where appropriate.
- Develop and manage a risk register associated with the provider collaborative that identifies key areas of risk to the delivery of our stated intent and provides mitigation where possible
- Represent the collaborative at local and national meetings, as appropriate
- Manage the interface with external stakeholders including NHSE, Arden and Gem, other provider collaboratives and Integrated Care Systems.
- Leading the EMAP Programme Management Office, once established.