Chief Integration and Partnerships Officer

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust invites applications for the Chief Integration and Partnerships Officer, a new executive role reporting to partners to drive place-based integration and partnership working across Buckinghamshire. Based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the post leads multi‑agency collaboration to deliver integrated care, with a focus on population health, system collaboration and transformation.

Flexible working options and NHS benefits apply.

Qualifications

• Appropriate skills and experience for the role.

Job description

Chief Integration and Partnerships Officer

Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM

Main area Director / Executive Grade Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 434-C8362947

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital - Cross Site Working Town Aylesbury Salary £100,000 - £200,000 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/12/2026

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

The Chief Integration and Partnerships Officer (CIPO) is a new post, created by Buckinghamshire system partners to accelerate delivery of our shared ambition for thriving, healthy and resilient communities. Partners have a strong track record of joint working, but have agreed that the pace and scale of change now required needs a single, senior leader whose full-time job is integration and developing our partnership working to deliver improved outcomes for our residents.

For further information please see Candidate Pack which includes the Job Description and Job Impact Statement.

The post holder is the senior leader accountable to partners for the design and delivery of place-based integration in Buckinghamshire to improve outcomes and services for our residents. This includes the development of our six neighbourhoods as integrated planning and delivery units, the creation of joined-up, prevention-focused pathways across the life course, the commissioning of pan-Buckinghamshire models of care to improve healthy life expectancy and use of collective resources, the shared use of estate, data and workforce, and the development of the system towards an Integrated Health Organisation (IHO) model. They will also be responsible for the development of a deeper partnership across the wider public sector, voluntary sector and business in Buckinghamshire to bring together the health, skills, jobs and growth agenda more closely.

For further information please see Candidate Pack which includes the Job Description and Job Impact Statement.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care‑experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please see Candidate Pack which includes the Job Description and Job Impact Statement.

• Appropriate skills and experience for the role

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.