Job title: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: £140,000 per annum, plus NHS Pension and car allowance
Accountable to: Federation Board
Responsible to: Federation Chair
Location: Suffolk (must live in or close commuting distance to Suffolk).
Annual leave: 27 days rising to 29 after 5 years’ service (plus 8 bank holidays)
For further details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Our CEO oversees the overall direction of Suffolk GP Federation, which is a community interest company owned by Suffolk’s GP practices, and is part of the wider Suffolk general practice leadership team. For the Federation, the CEO is a member of the Board of Directors and will lead on delivering against our strategic priorities working with the Board and our Senior Leadership Team. This includes being the accountable officer, responsible for developing and delivering strategies that ensure our organisation meets the goals determined by our Board of Directors.
The Chief Executive provides strategic leadership to Suffolk GP Federation, ensuring that the Federation is delivering our vision and aims and living and operating according to our and our members’ values. This role will ensure that the Federation and its member practices, are positioned to embrace the challenges of operating in the rapidly evolving health and social care environment and ready to respond rapidly and flexibly to opportunities.
The CEO maintains strong relationships with our members ensuring that we are effectively supporting, strengthening and investing in general practice via our Member Services and other initiatives. They are also accountable for ensuring the organisation delivers a range of high-quality services working in partnership with member practices, other health and care providers and the voluntary sector.
The Chief Executive is part of a wider general practice leadership team which ensures general practice is a strong, influential and effective part of our local health and social care system.
About us
Suffolk GP Federation is a large and dynamic community interest company owned by local GP practices and an integral member of our local health and social care system. Formed in 2007, by local GPs and our retiring CEO, we have three key objectives:
- Support and lead change in Suffolk general practice.
- Provide a portfolio of ‘at scale’ services which directly support members, provide system expertise and enable the general practice voice to be heard.
- Provide excellent patient centred clinical services which allows us to deliver our first two broad activities:
The organisation has a turnover of approximately £30m and employs around 500 staff.
Job responsibilities
Our CEO oversees the overall direction of Suffolk GP Federation, which is a community interest company owned by Suffolk’s GP practices, and is part of the wider Suffolk general practice leadership team. For the Federation, the CEO is a member of the Board of Directors and will lead on delivering against our strategic priorities working with the Board and our Senior Leadership Team. This includes being the accountable officer, responsible for developing and delivering strategies that ensure our organisation meets the goals determined by our Board of Directors.
The Chief Executive provides strategic leadership to Suffolk GP Federation, ensuring that the Federation is delivering our vision and aims and living and operating according to our and our members’ values. This role will ensure that the Federation and its member practices, are positioned to embrace the challenges of operating in the rapidly evolving health and social care environment and ready to respond rapidly and flexibly to opportunities.
The CEO maintains strong relationships with our members ensuring that we are effectively supporting, strengthening and investing in general practice via our Member Services and other initiatives. They are also accountable for ensuring the organisation delivers a range of high-quality services working in partnership with member practices, other health and care providers and the voluntary sector.
The Chief Executive is part of a wider general practice leadership team which ensures general practice is a strong, influential and effective part of our local health and social care system.
Person Specification
Essential
- Significant and demonstrable Board level experience gained within a structure of comparable scale
- A track record of leading strategy development and translating this into successful operational objectives and plans
- Strategic understanding of the health and social care system (including primary care), and an awareness of external drivers affecting local health and social care commissioning and delivery.
- Understanding and experience of working within a complex political policy context; and a track record of translating national mandate into local delivery Experience of engaging and communicating across a breadth of senior stakeholders including those from health and care organisations, the voluntary sector, service users and the public
- A track record of delivering financial and performance objectives.
Experience of leading and managing scale change within general practice is desirable.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to post-graduate level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing personal development
- Demonstrable understanding of primary care, the broader health and social care system, and an awareness of external drivers affecting local health and social care commissioning and delivery.
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.
Provisional Interview Date
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Wednesday 25th March
Employer details
Employer name
Suffolk GP Federation CIC
Address
Walton Surgery,
301 High St,
Felixstowe IP11 9QL
Employer's website
www.suffolkfed.org.uk