Job summary NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board is looking for an experienced and dynamic senior manager to lead the Strategic Commissioning and Planning team. This complex and pivotal role involves system-wide strategic commissioning and planning, working closely with ICS system leaders, including Places, provider collaboratives, public health, primary care, local authorities, voluntary and community sectors, and residents to ensure that commissioning decisions are evidence-based and intelligence-led. Main duties of the job Key responsibilities include developing and implementing a strategic commissioning and planning strategy to create effective and sustainable care pathways, addressing inequities, and shifting investments towards prevention, primary, and community services. The role also involves setting the strategic framework for the annual NHS planning round, ensuring alignment across various organisations and functional areas. The successful candidate will support the Director of Strategic Commissioning & Planning in setting the strategic framing for the annual NHS planning round within the system, alongside supporting coordinating the mechanics to ensure alignment across organisations and functional areas. They will assist with leading the annual planning round and any in-year adjustments, liaising with system leaders, NHS England and functional area leads across finance, workforce, operations, quality. About us NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board is the statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services for the communities of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West. We work collaboratively with partner organisations including local government, the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, and people and communities across the BOB Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS). Our key priorities are to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities for the 1.7 million people who live in our communities. We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles. Our Values are: Respectful we are inclusive Impactful we make a difference Integrity we are kind and fair Leadership we encourage leadership Collaborative we work together in a positive way Date posted 03 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8d Salary £88,168 to £101,677 a year Per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number D9482-ICB-5708TG Job locations Bath Road Reading RG30 2BA Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB Garsington Road Cowley Oxford OX4 2PG Job description Job responsibilities This is a key management role responsible for system-wide Strategic Commissioning and Planning to ensure the best use of our £3.6bn resources in the most appropriate and evidence-based way. The post holder will assist on developing our strategic commissioning and planning strategy to ensure more effective and sustainable pathways of care, tackle inequity alongside shifting investment into areas such as prevention and primary and community services. The post holder will support the Director of Strategic Commissioning & Planning in setting the strategic framing for the annual NHS planning round within the system, alongside supporting coordinating the mechanics to ensure alignment across organisations and functional areas. They will assist with leading the annual planning round and any in-year adjustments, liaising with system leaders, NHS England and functional area leads across finance, workforce, operations, quality. The post holder will a subject matter expert and work with the Clinical Lead across Planned Care, Diagnostics and Cancer pathways to ensure the ICB is equipped with the right insights to ensure evidence-based commissioning decisions. This will include population health management insights, outcome data and quality metrics alongside public and patient feedback. The post holder will lead for collaborating with wider ICS system leaders including places, provider collaboratives, public health, primary care, local government, voluntary and community sector, and local people to make real transformational differences for the population. They will support to achieve this by ensuring our commissioning decisions are evidence-based, intelligence led and provide the best means for us to deliver our purpose and strategic aims within the resources available. The post holder for Planned Care, Diagnostics and Cancer will be responsible for providing specialised subject matter knowledge, guidance, and direction to support the strategic commissioning and planning team which exists to enable the ICB to execute its strategic role of planning services to meet the health needs of the population. It does this by gathering input and evidence (population health data; patient and population feedback; service reviews) to inform future service provision, working with partners and our population to set priorities, design services and evaluate impact. Job description Job responsibilities This is a key management role responsible for system-wide Strategic Commissioning and Planning to ensure the best use of our £3.6bn resources in the most appropriate and evidence-based way. The post holder will assist on developing our strategic commissioning and planning strategy to ensure more effective and sustainable pathways of care, tackle inequity alongside shifting investment into areas such as prevention and primary and community services. The post holder will support the Director of Strategic Commissioning & Planning in setting the strategic framing for the annual NHS planning round within the system, alongside supporting coordinating the mechanics to ensure alignment across organisations and functional areas. They will assist with leading the annual planning round and any in-year adjustments, liaising with system leaders, NHS England and functional area leads across finance, workforce, operations, quality. The post holder will a subject matter expert and work with the Clinical Lead across Planned Care, Diagnostics and Cancer pathways to ensure the ICB is equipped with the right insights to ensure evidence-based commissioning decisions. This will include population health management insights, outcome data and quality metrics alongside public and patient feedback. The post holder will lead for collaborating with wider ICS system leaders including places, provider collaboratives, public health, primary care, local government, voluntary and community sector, and local people to make real transformational differences for the population. They will support to achieve this by ensuring our commissioning decisions are evidence-based, intelligence led and provide the best means for us to deliver our purpose and strategic aims within the resources available. The post holder for Planned Care, Diagnostics and Cancer will be responsible for providing specialised subject matter knowledge, guidance, and direction to support the strategic commissioning and planning team which exists to enable the ICB to execute its strategic role of planning services to meet the health needs of the population. It does this by gathering input and evidence (population health data; patient and population feedback; service reviews) to inform future service provision, working with partners and our population to set priorities, design services and evaluate impact. Person Specification Planning Skills Essential Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills. Autonomy Essential Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines. Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues. Analytical Essential High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner. Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions. High level critical thinking skills. Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives. Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate. Physical Skills Essential Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills. Communication Skills Essential Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations. Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement. Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively. Qualifications Essential Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area. Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent. Evidence of post qualifying and 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 & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations. Member of relevant professional body. Person Specification Planning Skills Essential Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills. Autonomy Essential Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines. Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues. Analytical Essential High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner. Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions. High level critical thinking skills. Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives. Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate. Physical Skills Essential Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills. Communication Skills Essential Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations. Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement. Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively. Qualifications Essential Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area. Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent. Evidence of post qualifying and 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 & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations. Member of relevant professional body. Employer details Employer name Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB Address Bath Road Reading RG30 2BA Employer's website https://www.bucksoxonberksw.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)