Strategic Director of Commissioning/Chief Operating Officer – Oldham Cares
Oldham has a strong history of working together, a place where everyone is encouraged to do their bit to create a confident, prosperous and ambitious place to live and work as a co-operative borough.
NHS Oldham CCG and Oldham Council have worked collaboratively to improve health and social care provision for a number of years, and we continue to strive for excellence when it comes to commissioning and delivering services that will improve key health outcomes for our residents and patients both today, tomorrow and in the years to come.
To deliver the change we know is needed, we have formed Oldham Cares, bringing together everything that keeps local people healthier for longer and reducing health inequalities, in a bid to see the greatest and fastest possible improvement in the health and wellbeing of the Borough’s residents by 2020. Oldham Cares is one system and approach with four elements;
• A Single Commissioning Function
• Alliance agreement
• Health, social care and VCS provider alliance
• The wider Oldham public as residents, patients and carers
We’re looking for an experienced, dynamic and forward thinking Strategic Director of Commissioning/Chief Operating Officer who will be able to join our new integrated organisation to help transform the health and wellbeing of local residents. As the Strategic Director of Commissioning/Chief Operating Officer you will be a key member of the single leadership team and CCG Governing Body, working closely with partners including our Clinical Committee, 44 GP practices, patient groups, voluntary organisations, Healthwatch, elected members of Oldham Council, clinical providers and many others. You will need to make and maintain effective relationships and be a creative leader who can engage with all levels of the integrated organisation.
You will also be responsible for the day to day running of the organisation, overseeing all operations and ensuring goals and objectives are being met. You will collaborate closely with the Accountable Officer/Chief Executive Officer and Chief Clinical Officer, providing assurance to them that key milestones are being met and that operational teams are empowered with the leadership and resources they need to successfully deliver the aims and objectives of the organisation.
This is a high profile, exciting and demanding role, supporting the Accountable Officer/Chief Executive Officer in discharging the full commissioning portfolio as we become a strategic commissioning function. As an experienced and dynamic leader you will care passionately about improving health and social care services for the people of Oldham, with evidence of successfully leading system wide change across the health and wellbeing arena. You will also play an active role within the wider Greater Manchester arrangements.
A single Accountable Officer leads the Joint Leadership Team across Oldham Council and Oldham CCG. There is a single commissioning function that operates under the Oldham Care banner which is part of a wider system transformation across Oldham.
Noreen Dowd
Executive Director of Transition
Oldham Cares
Ellen House, 1st Floor, Waddington Street, Oldham OL9 6EE
Email Noreen.dowd1@nhs.net
Mobile: 07967 587 206
Carolyn Wilkins
Dr. Carolyn Wilkins OBE
Chief Executive Oldham Council
Accountable Officer NHS Oldham CCG
Email: carolyn.wilkins@oldham.gov.uk
Tel: 0161 7703542
Background Information
Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 6.9 miles (11.1 km) northeast of Manchester. Together with several smaller surrounding towns, it is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, population 230,800 as of 2015, of which it is the administrative centre.
Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial
Revolution, and among the first ever industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England". At its zenith, it was the most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world, producing more cotton than France and Germany combined.
The town has a population of 224,900 and an area of around 26 square miles (67 km2). The local population has been described as broadly "working class"; the middle classes tending to live in outlying settlements. Today, Oldham has large communities with heritage from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and parts of the Caribbean, as well as a growing eastern European community.
Oldham's town centre contains the highest concentration of retailing, cultural facilities and employment in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. It has been extensively redeveloped during the last few decades, and its two shopping centres, Town Square and the Spindles, now provide one of the largest covered retail areas in Greater Manchester. The Spindles is a modern shopping centre with over 40 retailers, banks, building societies and catering outlets.
Almost every part of Oldham is served by a school of some kind, some with religious affiliations. Hulme Grammar School and the Blue Coat School are consistently Oldham's top performing secondary schools and each has sixth form colleges of further education. University Campus Oldham is a centre for higher education and a sister campus of the University of Huddersfield. It was opened in May 2005 by actor Patrick Stewart, the centre's Chancellor.
Oldham is well-connected to Manchester and Greater Manchester via the Metrolink tram service and passengers can reach Manchester city centre by tram in about half an hour. The Metrolink infrastructure project has provided a catalyst for the regeneration plans for Oldham town centre, including the redevelopment of the Old Town Hall into a multiplex cinema with seven screens and six restaurants.
Promotion of the Borough
Although Oldham faces many of the same challenges as other industrialised towns in Greater Manchester, there are many benefits to working and living here and this notion is supported by the fact that a significant number of GPs who work in the locality also choose to live here and have done so for many years. For those who choose to live elsewhere, Oldham is conveniently located to Manchester and its suburbs via the Metrolink tram service and the proximity of the motorway network.
Oldham Town Centre is less than 10 minutes from both the M60 (junction 22) and M62 (junction 20). Saddleworth’s Pennine hills and historic villages are also less than 10 minutes from the M62 (junction 21). Trains run from Manchester and Huddersfield to the Saddleworth village of Greenfield (a few minutes’ walk from Uppermill) every hour.
Oldham is located between Manchester and the beautiful Yorkshire countryside and it is home to more than 30 parks and greenspaces. and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Almost 25% of the Borough lies within the Peak District National Park, so there is much to enjoy for fans of the great outdoors. There are three countryside centres and facilities for rock climbing, canoeing and other outdoor pursuits.