IC24 has a 25+ year history of providing high-quality primary and urgent care services. We have evolved from a Kent GP co-operative to an NHS 111 and Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) service, serving the needs of 6 million people in the south, south-east, and east of England.
Our values of Innovation, Care, Excellence and Respect are at our heart. Any surplus we generate is reinvested to support the enhanced experience of our patients and our staff. We were the first social enterprise in the UK to be awarded the prestigious Gold Mark status, which recognises excellence in a range of areas, such as governance and transparency. We are one of only five social enterprises in the UK to have held this award.
In addition to expanding our integrated urgent care service, we are investing in CLEO Systems, our healthcare digital subsidiary, to enhance the effectiveness of the UK's primary, secondary, urgent, and emergency care sectors as a whole. We also have a growing number of GP primary care practices joining us, with a view to leveraging the benefits of scale and innovation to drive improvements for patients. We have introduced several exciting changes to the way we work, including our approach to highly inclusive people engagement, the introduction of state-of-the-art digital telephony, and the streamlining of our operations into an Integrated Urgent Care Division and a Primary and Community Care Division.
The Deputy CFO is a new, senior role in the organisation, working closely with the CFO to ensure effective financial management and governance of the IC24 Group. This would include supporting on all areas of financial strategy and planning work and overseeing our operational finances and reporting. You will build relationships and advise stakeholders at all levels across the organisation and externally, including deputising for me at Executive Team and Board meetings, and meeting with commissioners.
We are seeking a values-led chartered accountant with the ability to balance the strategic and operational demands of a medium sized enterprise. A confident communicator, you will be adept at building strong relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders up to Board level. Prior direct experience of working within the NHS is highly beneficial, although we will also consider candidates who have worked in other healthcare settings on the periphery of the NHS.
What makes us truly special is both our commercial mindset and social enterprise spirit. As an active listening organisation, we invest time getting feedback from service users and front-line staff, which directly influences the approach we take. This bottom-up approach means that our services are continually evolving to meet the greatest needs of those who we exist to support.
