Head of All Age Continuing Care in Ely

We are looking for 1x permanent role and 1x 12 month FTC (Maternity Cover).

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £79,504 - £91,609 per annum

Closing: 05/07/2026 23:59

We are Central East ICB, the new organisation entrusted with serving more than 3.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Hertfordshire. We are responsible for making sure that the NHS can continue to support our community – now, and in the future. Everything we do will be guided by our core purpose: to do what best serves the population of this area.

The Head of All Age Continuing Care provides the strategic leadership, oversight, and direction for the entire All Age Continuing Care (AACC) function, shaping how the service delivers safe, lawful, and person-centred Continuing Healthcare and Continuing Care across the lifespan. This role sets the vision, leads transformation, and ensures the service operates with high standards of clinical governance, financial stewardship, and compassionate practice.

The postholder holds accountability for the performance, quality, and compliance of the whole AACC pathway, from assessments, reviews, and eligibility decisions through to PUPoCs, appeals, commissioning, and ongoing case management. They lead senior teams, drive culture, and build a service that is resilient, efficient, transparent, and responsive to changing national expectations and local population needs.

A big part of the role is working across system boundaries. The Head of AACC collaborates with IC partners, local authorities, providers, legal teams, safeguarding, finance, and senior clinical leaders to ensure the pathway is joined-up, sustainable, and consistently applied.

Main duties of the job:

• The Head of Service plays a vital role in ensuring that strategic priorities are translated into effective and sustainable delivery.
• Working closely with the Associate Director, the Head of Service provides operational and strategic leadership across a defined portfolio, ensuring that programmes deliver measurable improvements in quality, outcomes, and experience for local populations.
• A key part of the role is to lead the delivery of the ICB’s plan within your area, ensuring alignment with national policy, local strategies, and system goals.
• You will ensure that delivery is supported by robust governance, effective performance management, and strong relationships with partner organisations.
• The Head of Service promotes a culture of improvement and accountability, ensuring that teams are empowered to innovate, learn, and perform at their best.
• They ensure that data and insights drive decisions, that risks are identified and managed proactively, and that success is recognised and shared across the system.
• Ultimately, the Head of Service provides senior leadership and operational assurance within their portfolio, contributing to the ICB’s vision of high-quality, integrated, and sustainable care for local people.

Working for our organisation:

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.

We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves. We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

For further information on this role please see the job description and person specification attached.

Person specification:

• Educated to Masters level or extensive equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g. health, care, public services, management, or related discipline).
• Evidence of continuous professional development, with a track record of keeping skills and knowledge current.
• Registered Nurse, AHP, Social Worker or other related professional qualification.

• Significant experience at Senior Management within the NHS, public sector, or a comparable complex system.
• Leadership experience in a complex, multi-agency environment, ideally within health and care commissioning.
• Demonstrable success in delivering organisational change, transformation, and integration at scale.
• Strong track record in delivery of strategic planning, commissioning, and/or system-wide service redesign to improve outcomes and value for money.
• Experience of leading in a politically sensitive environment and balancing competing demands with diplomacy and sound judgement.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.