Chief Executive

Posting date:	14 November 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Negotiable
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	30 November 2025
Location:	Willerby, HU10 6DT
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	D9857-25-0079

Summary

ICBs in England have four core objectives. These are to: Improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities in health Ensure consistently high-quality care Drive improved productivity Improve social and economic impact 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 The draft Model ICB Blueprint and the 10 year plan sets out the crucial role ICBs will play in delivering the three shifts and the wider 10 year plan. Priorities The CEO will provide dynamic, visible leadership to deliver significant and sustained improvements in care and outcomes for the local population. Working closely with the executive team, ICB Chair, and system partners, the CEO will drive forward the short-term transformation required to implement the Model ICB, embed the 2025-26 plans, and lay the foundations for neighbourhood health. They will ensure that local changes arising from ICB redesign are well-managed and deliver tangible benefits. The CEO will be accountable for leading the executive team and organisation to achieve the core purposes of the ICB and contribute to the ambitions of the Ten Year Plan: Understanding population health needs, building deep analytical insights into different population groups Work with a wide range of local stakeholders, communities and individuals to agree local priorities Have a deep understanding of how well current services are meeting the needs of their populations are where there is room for improvement Develop strategies for different population groups, and different service areas, to ensure optimal healthcare value maximising outcomes and minimising costs Ensure a high quality, financially sustainable provider market with a short term focus on building neighbourhood health providers Contract for services to deliver against ICB objectives and the three shifts Hold providers to account for delivery against contracts Be financially balanced The CEO will champion collaborative working to ensure the successful transfer of functions and delivery of change in line with the Model ICB Blueprint, supporting the system to achieve its shared objectives and improve care for all. Accountabilities The Chief Executive is accountable to the ICB Chair and Board, with performance oversight by NHS England, for delivering all statutory, strategic and financial responsibilities of the ICB. This includes establishing and leading strategic commissioning arrangements for NHS funded services, driving the transformation to the Model ICB, delivering agreed cost reduction plans and engaging staff throughout a safe transition and transfer of functions. The postholder must maintain robust corporate, clinical, information and financial governance so that the unitary Board can discharge its duties with confidence, sustain financial balance and demonstrate clear value for money against the population health budget. A pivotal element of the role is to cultivate a sustainable provider market, rapidly align funding to outcome linked service specifications and oversee sophisticated cost and outcome analytics to assure that commissioned services maximise healthcare value. The CEO will recruit, develop and performance manage an effective executive team, allocate NHS resources appropriately across the system, and model a transparent, collaborative partnership with the ICB Chair. Roles and Responsibilities Sets organisational vision, strategy and clear objectives for delivering the four ICB purposes and three strategic shifts Drives delivery of that strategy, holding the executive team and provider market to account for outcomes, quality, cost and productivity Ensures robust clinical, information and financial risk governance aligned with best practice commissioning and quality assurance Promotes commissioning excellence and continuous improvement, learning from successful international models Provides visible system leadership, codesigning priorities with local government, place partners, communities and individuals to tackle health inequalities Stewards public money, securing financial balance and measurable return on investment in population health outcomes Owns the culture of the ICB (jointly with the Chair), modelling NHS Constitution values, Our People Promise and Our Leadership Way Communicates transparently with patients, public and partners, building confidence that health and healthcare are in safe hands