[Hiring] Professional Commissioning Advisor @NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

Role Description

This role can be considered as a job share with the portfolio split between assurance and transformation. Please indicate on your application if you wish to be considered for a job share.

The Professional Commissioning Advisor is a senior clinical and professional leadership role within the Integrated Care Board’s Clinical and Care Professional Leadership (CCPL) framework. The role exists to strengthen the use of clinical evidence, professional judgement, and population insight within strategic commissioning and service improvement, bringing the specific knowledge of your professional background.

Qualifications

• Specialty expert clinical knowledge and advice for pharmacy, eye health, or dentistry matters.
• Experience in leading clinical transformation and service re-design within ICB strategic priorities.
• Ability to provide clinical advice into commissioning, contracting, and assurance processes.
• Experience in coordinating responses to population health needs at system and place level.
• Professional advice experience within the system, including individual funding request panels and public inquiries.
• Support and clinical oversight experience of acute interface matters, clinical complaints, and investigations.
• Collaborative work experience with providers, primary care, local authorities, and VCFSE partners.
• Ability to build effective relationships with care professionals, clinicians, programme leads, and patients/service users.

Requirements

• Strong clinical leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in strategic commissioning and service improvement.

Benefits

• Good induction and training offered.
• Friendly multi-disciplinary team.
• Varied role with opportunities to work closely with Local Authority, Acute Trusts, and providers.
• Opportunity to make a positive contribution to the lives of people in Lancashire & South Cumbria.

Company Description

Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB is a fully-authorised ICB responsible for the full range of ICB statutory duties and powers. Each team within the ICB aims to improve the health of the people and reduce health inequalities through strong, clinically-led commissioning of high-quality healthcare services.