# Head of Integrated Commissioning > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-integrated-commissioning/e1209f7a-87d8-42b7-b34c-31f93b55f773 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-integrated-commissioning/e1209f7a-87d8-42b7-b34c-31f93b55f773.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board - **Location:** Northamptonshire - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Head of service - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £79,504 - £91,609 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-08T14:30:59.152Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Kettering/NHS_Northamptonshire_Integrated_Care_Board/ICB_Commissioning/ICB_Commissioning-v8281537 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8281537?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.icnorthamptonshire.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview Head of Integrated Commissioning (Neighbourhoods) (Band 8C) NHS Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland and NHS Northamptonshire ICBs We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Head of Integrated Commissioning. This is a pivotal roles across Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire taking on the strategic commissioning lead for Neighbourhood Care. Due to the operational requirements of this role, regular on-site presence is essential. Individuals appointed to this position should be able to attend locations across Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland and be available for in-person working up to five days a week In line with the ICB's incident response plans on call colleagues must be in a position to perform on-call duties, including response and engagement of partners within the timeframes set out within the policy ### Main duties of the job This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering innovative, integrated, and person-centred Neighbourhood Health services, Primary Care transformation and out-of-hospital care pathways. You will commission integrated neighbourhood services and support the transformation of local services in line with ICB priorities, NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, and national policy direction, with a strong focus on improving outcomes for people living with frailty and complex needs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As a senior commissioning leader, you will: - Support the Assistant Director of Integrated Commissioning to design and deliver integrated care at place and neighbourhood level - Support the Assistant Director of Integrated Commissioning to manage and lead the development of primary care and primary care networks ensuring that the sector becomes resilient and can deliver integrated services within a wider network of providers. - Lead a number of transformation programmes and projects that support the work of the Directorate. Person specification Knowledge, Training and Experience - Educated to master’s level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area - Extensive knowledge of and expertise in specialisms relevant to function and role - Proven and significant leadership experience - Demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment - Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement - Experience of developing and implementing integrated care across multiple stakeholders including health and local government. - Experience at a senior level of interpreting and implementing national strategy, policy, plans, guidance and directives Communication Skills - Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level - Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts. - Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others. Analytical & Planning Skills - Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time Autonomy & Management Skills - Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales. - Interpreting national policy for implementation Physical Skills and Equality & Diversity - Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills - Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda. Please note, there is a 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. Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU 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. ## Person Specification ### Autonomy **Essential** - Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales - Interpreting national policy for implementation ### Analytical **Essential** - Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues, create solutions and resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery - Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution ### Physical Skills **Essential** - Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills ### Planning Skills **Essential** - Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time ### Management Skills **Essential** - Skills for direct line management and job management - Skills for delivering results through managing others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility - Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders ### Communication Skills **Essential** - Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level - Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts - Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others ### Equality and Diversity **Essential** - Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda ### Knowledge, Training and Experience **Essential** - Educated to master’s level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area - Extensive knowledge of and expertise in specialisms relevant to function and role - Proven and significant leadership experience - Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development - Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement - Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations - Member of a relevant professional body - Experience of developing and implementing integrated care across multiple stakeholders including health and local government - Experience at a senior level of interpreting and implementing national strategy, policy, plans, guidance and directives ## Documents - [head of integrated commissioning (pdf, 544.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10598156) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.