Job overview

We have an extremely exciting opportunity to join our system as Chief Nursing Officer. Our Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations residing in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark – our Places. Our vision for SEL ICS is a highly performing, sustainable system that looks after its staff, responds to its communities, and takes action to reduce inequalities. We have a strong track record of being at the forefront of innovation and our future Chief Nursing Officer will be crucial to helping us achieve our vision.

As a health and care system we have much to be proud of, with some of the most accessible primary care services, alongside world-class facilities and internationally recognised institutions of excellence. We are proud to have excellent research and development programmes, and work closely with our partners to develop programmes and procedures that look at ways of transforming and improving health outcomes.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from underrepresented groups. In recruiting to our ICB, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We especially welcome applications from candidates from the global majority, LGBTQ+ communities, and from people with lived experience of disability.

Main duties of the job

With the ICS Chief Medical Officer (CMO), develop networks of diverse multi- professional, clinical and care professional leaders to participate in all ICS decision- making and take responsibility for implementation at all levels of the system.

The CNO along with other executive members of the ICB will have an influential executive role and shared accountability for the development and delivery of the ICB’s strategic and operational plans to meet the needs of the population

The CNO will be responsible for building partnerships and collaborating with wider ICS system leaders including providers, LCPs and Provider Collaboratives, clinical networks, public health, primary care, local government, voluntary and community sector, other partners and local people to make real transformational differences for the population through local, regional and national forums.

The CNO will provide leadership and influence across the ICS to ensure that opportunities to drive improvements in population outcomes are identified and delivered. This includes collaborating and providing leadership across organisational and professional boundaries and pathways to facilitate transformational change for the ICS population; and support clinicians to do the same, to secure collective responsibility and collaborative approaches.

The CNO reports directly to the ICB CEO and is professionally accountable to the NHS England regional Chief Nurse.

Working for our organisation

The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark – our Places. Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS FT, King’s College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT.

Importantly, the ICS seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa 1.92m residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations in each borough.