Director of Transformation

The purpose of this role is to support Salus in responding proactively to a rapidly evolving external environment, including changes in commissioning structures, system priorities, and wider NHS policy. This will involve leading and enabling organisational transformation programmes that strengthen operational resilience, improve service delivery, and position our organisation for sustainable growth.

The post holder will work across organisational boundaries to build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), partner providers, and member/shareholder practices. They will play a key role in shaping strategic direction, identifying new opportunities, and ensuring both organisations are well-positioned within their respective health systems.

Overall, the role will combine strategic oversight with practical delivery, ensuring that collaboration and transformation initiatives are effectively implemented, deliver measurable benefits, and enhance outcomes for patients, partners, and stakeholders.

To provide strategic leadership for the potential collaboration between NHUC and Salus, overseeing the development, assessment, and delivery of integration opportunities, subject to due diligence and organisational agreement. The role will ensure that any collaboration is underpinned by a robust business case, clear governance arrangements, and alignment with the long-term objectives of both organisations.

Main duties of the job

Support Salus through its transition from Frimley ICB by building strong links with HIOW Surrey Heartlands Sussex and BOB Thames Valley ICBs while understanding system priorities aligning services to commissioner needs and ensuring continuity of provision during and after transition

Strengthen Salus links within HIOW ICB by focusing on key stakeholders and decision makers to retain income streams including LMOC and Mayfield and secure opportunities aligned with system priorities and commissioning intentions

Enhance links with shareholder practices by improving engagement communication and transparency while showing value meeting practice needs building trust and reinforcing Salus reputation as a reliable high performing partner

Develop a joint business case for the integration of Salus into NHUC subject to due diligence across financial operational clinical and governance areas including review of risks benefits and long term sustainability

Contribute as a key executive team member supporting day to day operations and longer term strategic development through decision making performance oversight organisational development and alignment between operations and strategy

Identify and deliver service development and transformation work that strengthens the Salus position within the NHS and supports long term sustainability

Coordinate stakeholder engagement across commissioners providers and partners to position Salus as a trusted and influential system partner

Salus is a GP Federation which was formed by the local GP practices within Northeast Hampshire & Farnham. This includes practices located in Aldershot, Farnborough, Fleet, Farnham & Yateley. We hold several contracts supporting primary care to deliver services on behalf of those practices, helping them work better together & with other healthcare providers leading to improved patient services & developing new ones in response to changes in the Primary Care environment.

We aim to stabilise, sustain & shape plans for primary care & provide a unified voice for healthcare. The organisation is dedicated to enhancing patient care & improving the health of the local population whilst developing the core of current primary care services to enable a greater provision of proactive, personalised & coordinated health & social care.

We are dedicated to enhancing patient care and improving the health of local people. We are always exploring innovative and exciting new ways of working which include the ongoing development of our Integrated Care Teams (ICT) to provide enhanced out of hospital care.