Non Executive Member of the Board recruitment 

A message to applicants from our Acting Chair and Chief Executive  NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Thank you for expressing an interest in an exciting opportunity to become a Non Executive Member of the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). Our three successful candidates will join our team of leaders who strive to improve the health and wellbeing of 2.4 million people living in Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield District.

These opportunities come at a critical time of reform within the NHS and the wider health and care system. We are focused on managing the risks and securing the opportunities of our central role as a strategic commissioner in delivering the ambitions of Fit for the Future (the 10 Year Plan for the NHS) and our local Partnership’s priorities.

We are looking for individuals who have values that are consistent with those of the ICB and the wider ICS. You should have transferrable skills and knowledge at a senior level, have an understanding of health and care, have a track record in partnership or system working, and can bring diversity of experience, background and thinking to work as part of our unitary Board. For one of the three positions we are seeking a leader with a strong financial background to Chair our Audit and Risk Committee.  These three roles will be part of an ICB non executive team with a Chair and four members who each have an ICB Committee Chair role, and who work collegiately and collectively with all other Board members. We welcome applications from people who demonstrate governance experience that is relevant and transferable from both within and outside of the NHS and the public sector.

We would be delighted to receive applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our leadership so that it is representative of the population we serve in West Yorkshire and particularly welcome applications from people who identify as LGBTQ+; who have a disability; and people from an ethnically diverse background.

We are looking for individuals with the humility, skills and professionalism required to lead in collaboration across West Yorkshire, bringing diversity of thinking to our Board. This means being able to support the ICB in its roles as a Strategic Commissioner; System Convenor and Service Integrator. You will be part of a transitional period of change, leading to a new set of functions for our organisation with a new role in the system.

You will also support the wider Integrated Care System to make an impact on people’s health outcomes and address some of the most significant inequalities in England.

As a Non Executive Member you will contribute to ensuring the biggest difference can be made from our commissioning decisions covering £7bn of public money, including the social and economic value of the money we spend on behalf of the tax payer, aligned to the four aims of an Integrated Care System (ICS):

• improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access;
• enhance productivity and value for money; and
• help the NHS support broader social economic development.

In support of these four objectives, the Government has set out three strategic shifts for the NHS:

• Treatment to prevention: through proactive community and public health initiatives, working closely with local authorities, communities and individuals.
• Hospital to community: Moving care closer to home by building more joined-up, person-centred care in local neighbourhoods, reducing reliance on acute care.
• Analogue to digital: Harnessing technology and data to transform care delivery and improve quality of care.

As a Non Executive Member, you will help set the tone for our organisation and in our system. You will contribute to a system built on a partnership approach established in 2016 between the NHS, local government, Healthwatch, hospices, the voluntary community social enterprise sector (VCSE), West Yorkshire Combined Authority, business and communities. We have a model of diverse and distributed leadership that embraces all talents within the Partnership. Together we are proud to be the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership.

More details on the roles, how to apply and on our West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership are provided in the following pages. As for any non executive recruitment process, we encourage you to research our organisation and partners, and informally contact people working in the ICB and our Health and Care Partnership to find out more, especially to consider if these role and system are right for you.

If you would like to a confidential discussion regarding the roles, please contact our recruitment partners at GatenbySanderson to discuss your interest further:

Will McAlpine will.mcalpine@gatenbysanderson.com
Emma Pickup emma.pickup@gatenbysanderson.com
Emily Smith emily.smith@gatenbysanderson.com

Thank you for your interest in the roles and we wish you every success in your application.