Chief Executive Officer, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

Delivering a shift from an acute to a community-centred health and care system

Since July 2022 NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) has held responsibility for planning NHS services, including hospitals, primary care, community services and those previously planned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).

As well as the chair and chief executive, membership of the board includes partner members drawn from local authorities, NHS trusts / foundation trusts, and primary care. The board also invites regular participants from VCFSE, local Healthwatch, public health and children and adults’ social services.

Accountable to the people of Lancashire and South Cumbria and in charge of NHS money, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB will ensure that the strategies developed by Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Partnership become a reality on the ground.

Dear candidate,
I am delighted that you are considering applying for the role of Chief Executive at Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (LSC ICB).
We commission health and care services for the 1.8 million people living in Lancashire and South Cumbria, with responsibility for spending over £5 billion on services to meet their needs and support improvement in health and wellbeing. Our population is spread over a complex geography and is extremely diverse.
This is a challenging but exciting time to join our Integrated Care Board. Despite the difficult task of halving the running and programme costs of the ICB, we believe that the focus on strategic and population health focused commissioning, set out within the Model ICB Blueprint, provides a huge opportunity to streamline our organisation to deliver our vision to develop a community-centric health and care system. We have a blueprint of how to reconfigure the way in which clinical services are provided across the system, and we know we must work alongside our partners in local authorities, social care, education and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector to increase the provision of care in the home and community, enabled by the best use of digital technology. Delivering this vision will both improve outcomes and narrow the significant health inequalities that currently exist in our communities.
The ICB, together with three providers within the Lancashire and South Cumbria system, has been escalated by NHSE into the Recovery Support Programme, with Financial Enforcement Undertakings applied to the ICB, reflecting both the financial position and the ICB’s governance arrangements. Significant work is already underway to address the issues identified, and I am confident that we are making good progress towards delivering our undertakings and providing a strong base for future success.
Our new Chief Executive will take responsibility for leading our organisation out of escalation and delivering our system vision. We are looking for someone who will bring a clear focus on delivery as well as strategic thinking, underpinned by strong personal integrity and values. We need someone who enjoys delivering through partnership and who will create a culture of public inclusion and involvement.
You will provide inspirational and compassionate leadership to our talented and committed workforce, not only within the ICB but across the whole system. You will lead executive and senior clinical colleagues to maintain an open culture of continuous improvement, which places the resident at the heart of all we do.
This is a truly critical and influential role at a time of major transformation and development across Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System. As you read through the information about our organisation and our system, I hope you are inspired by the opportunities it presents, and I strongly encourage you to speak directly and in confidence to our advisors at Alumni Global.
I look forward to receiving your application.
Emma Woollett
Chair
Please click here to view the Role Description and Candidate Pack
All applications must include:
- A full curriculum vitae/resume
- Quoting the relevant role reference number: A040756
- A covering letter highlighting the aspects of the job description and Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB that particularly attract you to the post (Microsoft Word document)
- Contact details for three referees, these will not be contacted without your permission. (References should validate a minimum period of six years employment)
- A completed self-attestation form
- A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (which you will be redirected to once you have submitted your application) *
Right to work checks
If you are successfully shortlisted, our partner, Yoti, will contact you to complete an online right to work check. This is a quick and secure process, ensuring that all necessary legal requirements are met before proceeding further in the recruitment process.
Monitoring
One of Alumni Global’s and Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB’s objectives is to ensure that its workforce is reflective of the local community and therefore we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. So that we can successfully achieve these aims, while it is not mandatory we would encourage every applicant to complete the “Equal Opportunities Monitoring form” so that we can measure the effectiveness of our efforts. The Recruiting Manager does not have access to the Monitoring Information Sections of the application form at any stage of the process and the information provided will be kept entirely confidential.
For a confidential discussion on this role please contact:
Simon Green, Director on +44 782 454 29 70.
Candidate adjustment
If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the recruitment process please can you advise us so that we can ensure this is accommodated.
Key Milestones:
Closing date: TBC
Stakeholders (virtual): TBC
Final Interviews (in person) 14th July 2025
Please ensure you have made a note of the final interview date(s). We recommend that you bookmark this microsite, as any potential updates regarding the role will be posted online.