Head of Integrated Commissioning (Live Well) in London

This is a key leadership role within the Live Well Portfolio of the Southwark Integrated Health and Care Commissioning Team. Candidates should have an extensive knowledge of NHS and Local Government Commissioning for Working Age Adults, including Physical and Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Neurodivergent conditions, accommodation based supported living and employment services. Candidates should have a good knowledge of joint funding arrangements such as S177 after care.

Main duties of the job:

• Lead the development of commissioning strategies and deliver commissioning programmes with a coproduction approach.
• Foster strong working relationships between a wide range of internal and external partners.
• Manage a budget for complex care placements.
• Lead a small team of live well commissioners and be part of the leadership of the wider IHC team.

About us:

In 2025, the boards of NHS South East London ICB and NHS South West London ICB took the decision to enter into a clustering arrangement. This means that we share a chair, chief executive officer and an executive team, but we remain as separate, statutory organisations. This also means that the ICBs will share some teams, who will be working across both organisations. Some teams will also be working across both geographical areas and integrated care systems. This is a period of change for the NHS. The Government's 10 Year Health Plan presents an ambitious vision for a future NHS, with emphasis on the three 'shifts' - from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from cure to prevention - all underpinning the new neighbourhood health service. ICBs are also changing, with a clear focus on strategic commissioning and delivering neighbourhood working. This is an exciting time to work within our ICBs. We currently have the opportunity both to shape the future of our clustered organisations, and to be part of a radical transformation of care for the local people and communities across south London. And while our two ICBs are different in some ways, improving lives for the people we serve is at the core of what we are both here to do.

Please note as you can only be employed by one ICB, this job description refers to 'the ICB', but your role may cover both ICB organisations, and/or geographical areas.

Job responsibilities:

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification:

Knowledge, including educational qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Training in leading programmes (e.g. PRINCE, MSP).
• Recognised qualification in programme methodology at practitioner level.

Experience:

• Experience and understanding of performance and change management, business planning, budget setting and commissioning processes, in a joint NHS and LA setting.
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
• Experience of managing risks and reporting.
• Experience of presenting complex information or difficult messages to a range of stakeholders.
• Experience of managing budgets and business planning processes.
• Experience of successfully setting up and managing processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in highly complex and challenging environment.

Aptitudes, Skills & Competencies:

• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Ability to work as part of an integrated team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary.
• Ability to prepare and produce concise, high quality and sometimes complex communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required.
• An in depth understanding of the relevant policy and legislation required to work in a jointly funded integrated team.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office and excellent data processing skills to analyse highly complex data.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name: NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Address: Tooley Street, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ, United Kingdom