Neighbourhood Health Commissioning Lead

Neighbourhood Health Delivery: Lead the development and implementation of the Neighbourhood Health Delivery Model within a defined geography. Commissioning and service transformation: Lead commissioning approaches, service specifications, market management and procurement to establish integrated, multidisciplinary neighbourhood services. Better Care Fund and joint commissioning: Provide leadership for the BCF and oversight of joint funding arrangements, including Section 75/76 and delegation agreements. Partnership working: Work collaboratively with local authorities, providers, Primary Care Networks and the VCSEF sector to support integrated, person-centred delivery. Performance and assurance: Support performance management, monitoring of outcomes, management of risks and reduction of unwarranted variation. Financial and resource management: Manage delegated budgets and resources, support financial planning and ensure value for money and effective stewardship of public funds. Population health and inequalities: Use commissioning and data-driven approaches to improve outcomes, reduce health inequalities and strengthen prevention and proactive care. Operational leadership: Provide senior support for patient flow, UEC demand and winter planning, alongside leadership across teams, programmes and system partnerships.

TheNeighbourhood Health Commissioning Lead provides senior operational and commissioning leadership for the development and implementation of the Neighbourhood Health Delivery Model within a defined geography. The post translates ICB strategy and population health priorities into deliverable programmes, working across organisational and professional boundaries to develop integrated, person-centred services and mature multidisciplinary neighbourhood teams.

The role works collaboratively with NHS providers, local authorities, Primary Care Networks, community partners and the VCSEF sector. It has a significant role in joint commissioning, Better Care Fund arrangements, performance and assurance, financial and resource management, health inequalities, patient flow and UEC pressures, and the development of sustainable models of care.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people's differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.

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Achieved grades/years of experience

Essential: - Achieved grades/years of experience; - Ability to travel to face to face meetings

Desirable: - Achieved grades/experience