Job summary
An exciting opportunity has come
up to help shape and oversee a growing at-scale primary care provider working
across Coventry & Warwickshire. Coventry&Warwickshire Integrated
Primary Care (IPC) brings together GP Federations and at scale providers from
across Coventry, Rugby, South Warwickshire and North Warwickshire, as part of a
single organisation that works across the Coventry&Warwickshire health
system to help support general practice.
The IPC is here to:
To support and develop
resilience in general practice
To influence and deliver more
effective and integrated models of care that supports the sustainability of
general practice
To be a representative provider
voice for general practice across Coventry & Warwickshire
To proactively encourage better
integration and collaboration with system partners to develop economies of
scale
To deliver patient services that
improve access and result in better outcomes
We are looking for a dynamic
General Manager with strong collaborative working relationships, to help drive the
on-going development and oversight of IPC. You will work closely with the Board
to support with all day to day operations, and with new business developments,
engagement and communications and logistics.
For an informal discussion
about the role, please contact [email protected]
or [email protected]
The role is expected to be
part-time with a mix of remote / on site working across flexible locations
The closing date for applications
is 19th May 2024
Main duties of the job
- Establish the corporate infrastructure to ensure CWIPC is fit for purpose and able to operate as
an effective, efficient and successful organisation.
- Oversee current business systems and processes, and where required, evaluate and improve
these.
- Input into the formulation and oversight of company policies and procedures and implement
these.
- Provide regular reports to the Board and commissioners as required.
- Lead on all people management issues around recruitment and training.
- Provide leadership and support for CWIPC staff.
- Review of the annual business plan and supporting implementation plans.
- Provide strategic financial management, including adoption and management of the annual
budget.
- Provide support and work collaboratively with the Directors.
- Active engagement and relationship building with shareholders, stakeholders and key partners.
- Ensure C&WIPC complies with Companies House and all other legal and statutory requirements.
- Management of the companys service contracts and reporting to the commissioners.
About us
- C&WIPC is a private limited company, whose Board comprises representatives from four local GP
Federations / GP at scale providers from across Coventry & Warwickshire (Coventry & Rugby GP
Alliance; South Warwickshire GP Federation; Primary Care Warwickshire; and Rugby Health). The
organisation provides at scale support to general practice in Coventry and Warwickshire, including
delivery of clinical services and nonclinical support.
- The Coventry
and Rugby GP Alliance is a private company limited by shares, wholly owned by
local Coventry and Rugby GP practices. As a GP led organisation, we represent
50 GP practice shareholders and cover nearly 420,000 patients.
- We describe
our work in terms of Supporting, Innovating, Developing and Educating - we are
on the S.I.D.E. of general practice and we have developed our Operational Plans
to describe what we are going to do over this year to ensure that we continue
to high quality, accessible and responsive services for both practices and
patients.
- We have
identified key areas that we will focus on to build upon and improve our
existing services.
These are our
Strategic Priorities:
- Clinical
Service Improvement & Delivery
- Clinical
Innovation
- Primary Care
Development Practice and Network Support
- Training and
Education
- Integrated
Care
-
Good Governance
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The General Manager is responsible for all daytoday operations of C&WIPC including planning, co
ordinating and managing all business operations; new business developments; engagement;
communications and logistics.
The General Manager will act as a direct liaison between the Directors and employees of C&WIPC and
will communicate on behalf of the C&WIPC to employees, commissioners and other stakeholders.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Establish the corporate infrastructure to ensure CWIPC is fit for purpose and able to operate as
an effective, efficient and successful organisation.
- Oversee current business systems and processes, and where required, evaluate and improve
these.
- Input into the formulation and oversight of company policies and procedures and implement
these.
- Provide regular reports to the Board and commissioners as required.
- Lead on all people management issues around recruitment and training.
- Provide leadership and support for CWIPC staff.
- Review of the annual business plan and supporting implementation plans.
- Provide strategic financial management, including adoption and management of the annual
budget.
- Provide support and work collaboratively with the Directors.
- Active engagement and relationship building with shareholders, stakeholders and key partners.
- Ensure C&WIPC complies with Companies House and all other legal and statutory requirements.
- Management of the companys service contracts and reporting to the commissioners.
Competencies:
- Strategic thinking and the bigger picture to work with the Board to create and review the
strategy of C&WIPC year on year and longer term.
- Listening and Communication to listen and communicate effectively with all employees.
- Decision making and delegation work with the Board to determine the future of the
organisation, ensure all stakeholders are considered, develop appropriate schemes of delegation
to ensure the right people make the right decisions at the right level.
- Leadership role model leadership values and behaviours
- Analysis of information harness the right information to make the right decisions.
- Understand and action to mitigate risks short term: projects, customers, contracts and longer
term: business model, market environment, regulation changes
- To understand the business sector in which C&WIPC operates.
- To communicate and engage with shareholders and other external organisations and people.
- To be proactive and reactive to business opportunities.
- Promote a culture which encourages teamwork, sharing of best practice and continuous
improvement.
- Encourage supporting staff to collaborate through sharing information and intelligence across
different activities.
Other:
- Undertake additional duties in agreement with the C&WIPC Board as consistent with the grade of
the post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate, MBA/MSC or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Recognised Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Business and leadership experience
- Effective networking skills
- Significant financial acumen
- A robust grasp of effective governance
Desirable
- Experience of clearly articulating and delivering a vision
- Previous examples of leading effective change management and the appetite to develop innovative practices
- Examples of effective self evaluation and development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Coventry And Rugby GP Alliance
Address
1 The Boiler House, Electric Wharf
Sandy Lane
Coventry
CV1 4JU