Our vision for the future of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland’s health and care services is for a positive lifetime of health, wellbeing and care in our community.
Our mission in working together, the reason we do what we do, is to empower positive futures. Wherever we work and whatever our role we all want people in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland to be able to choose well, stay well, live well.
Each day our values will help to guide our decisions and what is most important to us:
- Our patients and our local population come first
- We work together in an open and accountable way
- We trust, challenge and support each other
- We do what we say we will do.
Job overview
Our prevention priorities, Cardiorenal Metabolic Disease, Respiratory Health and Cancer are the biggest drivers of poor health and health inequalities, affecting all aspects of our population’s lives. This role is at the heart of the ICBs mission to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for our communities.
It is an exciting time to join the team as the ICB continues its transition towards a strategic commissioning function, with a renewed focus on prevention, population health and reducing health inequalities. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape future services and drive transformation in line with the NHS 10-Year Health Plan.
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We are seeking an experienced and ambitious senior leader with a strong track record in commissioning, service redesign and transformation. The successful candidate will lead a high-performing team to deliver a challenging and impactful agenda across long-term conditions and prevention, working closely with clinical leaders, providers and system partners to improve outcomes for local populations.
You will be a proactive, innovative and solutions-focused individual, confident operating within a complex and evolving healthcare environment. A key aspect of the role will be using evidence, data, population health insights and best practice to inform commissioning decisions, identify opportunities for improvement and develop population health management approaches that address unwarranted variation, improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities.
With strong influencing and relationship-building skills, you will be able to foster productive partnerships across organisational boundaries, engaging clinical and operational leaders, local authorities, the voluntary sector and other stakeholders to design and deliver sustainable change. You will also demonstrate a strong understanding of national NHS priorities and policy, with the ability to translate strategic ambition into measurable local delivery.
Working for our organisation
Working for our Integrated Care Boards will require you contributing to a shared purpose of improving outcomes for the communities we serve as part of a wider health and social care system. The organisation’s ethos is rooted in integrity, collaboration and accountability, with a strong focus on putting its patient population at the centre of everything it does and delivering services to improve patient outcomes, patient experience and added years of optimised health. As part of the newly formed cluster bringing together NHS Northamptonshire ICB and NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB, staff are expected to work flexibly and collaboratively across organisational boundaries to support a joined-up approach to strategic commissioning and service improvement. There is an expectation of 40% on patch working, with office bases at County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester and Haylock House, Kettering. Staff can choose which office is their primary base for contractual purposes and travel claims.
This role will require a minimum of 2 days ‘on patch’ working in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland in our 2 main offices or partner sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and LNR Operating Model.
- Use population health intelligence to inform decision-making Analyse and interpret data, segmentation, and risk stratification to identify unmet need, health inequalities, unwarranted variation, and opportunities to improve outcomes and efficiency.
- Develop and implement service specifications and care pathways Translate evidence and best practice into service models and specifications. Support pathway redesign to shift care towards prevention, community-based and digitally enabled approaches.
- Monitor provider performance and ensure quality Oversee delivery of commissioned services, applying risk-based monitoring and quality assurance. Identify performance issues and support remedial actions in partnership with providers and stakeholders.
- Support market shaping and procurement activity Lead procurement planning, service redesign and market engagement. Guide outcome-based commissioning approaches and support commercial/contractual decision-making.
- Promote equity and reduce health inequalities Apply Core20PLUS5 and local insight to commissioning activity. Engage with underserved populations, clinicians, local authorities and VCSE partners to ensure accessible, equitable services.
- Support evaluation and service improvement Monitor outcomes, collect feedback and evaluate commissioned services. Identify opportunities to scale innovations, improve performance or recommend service adjustments.
- Lead and develop commissioning teams Supervise and mentor team members, supporting development of skills, knowledge and capability within the team. Promote a culture of evidence-based, value-driven commissioning.
Please note, there is an requirement for all positions at Bands 8b and above to be part of a On Call rota.
All new entrants to the ICB for a permanent position will be subject to a 6 month probationary period. For new entrants appointed on a fixed-term basis, the probationary period is between 1 and 6 months.
We are an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be welcomed and considered regardless of a person’s age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates and those applicants need only meet the essential criteria to be invited to interview. We will also make any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, including the Job Description and Person Specification, to enable you to pursue your application, providing that you inform us of any special requirements.
LNR ICBs recognise that applicants may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support the preparation of their application, for example to help with structure, grammar, or presentation. Applicants must ensure that all information submitted is accurate, authentic, and reflects their own skills, experience, and suitability for the role. Any use of AI in preparing an application must be clearly declared and may be explored or challenged as part of the interview and selection process.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the University Hospitals of Leicester and the ICB during your recruitment.
If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within the organisation.
Right to Work in the UK and Visa Sponsorship
The ICB does not hold a Skilled Worker sponsor licence and is therefore unable to provide visa sponsorship or issue a Certificate of Sponsorship.
Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK that permits them to undertake the role. Where an applicant's right to work is time-limited, they will be required to maintain a valid right to work for the duration of their employment.
If you are on a Graduate visa, please confirm on your application form that you have at least 12 months remaining on your visa.
Evidence of right to work in the UK will be required as part of the recruitment and pre-employment checking process.