Long Term Conditions and Prevention Manager

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board; Leicester, Kettering; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board seeks a Senior Long Term Conditions and Prevention Manager to lead commissioning, service redesign and population health initiatives across the region. You will guide strategies to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes through evidence‑based decision making.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and experience in NHS policy implementation, with a focus on prevention and transformation within an integrated care system.

Qualifications

• Educated to master's level or equivalent with specialist experience
• Extensive knowledge of relevant health commissioning functions
• Proven leadership experience and CPD evidence
• Understanding of NHS policy and engagement implications
• Relationship awareness with DH, NHS England and providers
• Membership of a relevant professional body

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and LNR Operating Model.
• Use population health intelligence to inform decision‑making.
• Develop service specifications and care pathways to shift care towards prevention and community models.
• Monitor provider performance and quality assurance.
• Support market shaping, procurement planning and contract decisions.
• Promote equity and reduce health inequalities using Core20PLUS5 and local insight.
• Support evaluation, service improvement and scaling of innovations.
• Lead and develop commissioning teams and foster a evidence‑based culture.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Analytical skills

Influencing & stakeholder engagement

Project management

Policy understanding

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Knowledge of NHS policy and aims

Leadership experience

CPD evidence

Professional body membership

Experience in health commissioning

Experience with healthcare policy context

Tools

Prince 2

MS Office

Job description

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

Long Term Conditions and Prevention Manager

The closing date is 18 November 2026

Our prevention priorities, Cardiorenal Metabolic Disease, Respiratory Health and Cancer are the biggest drivers of poor health and health inequalities, affecting all aspects of our population's lives. This role is at the heart of the ICBs mission to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for our communities.

It is an exciting time to join the team as the ICB continues its transition towards a strategic commissioning function, with a renewed focus on prevention, population health and reducing health inequalities. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape future services and drive transformation in line with the NHS 10-Year Health Plan.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an experienced and ambitious senior leader with a strong track record in commissioning, service redesign and transformation. The successful candidate will lead a high-performing team to deliver a challenging and impactful agenda across long-term conditions and prevention, working closely with clinical leaders, providers and system partners to improve outcomes for local populations.

You will be a proactive, innovative and solutions-focused individual, confident operating within a complex and evolving healthcare environment. A key aspect of the role will be using evidence, data, population health insights and best practice to inform commissioning decisions, identify opportunities for improvement and develop population health management approaches that address unwarranted variation, improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

With strong influencing and relationship‑building skills, you will be able to foster productive partnerships across organisational boundaries, engaging clinical and operational leaders, local authorities, the voluntary sector and other stakeholders to design and deliver sustainable change. You will also demonstrate a strong understanding of national NHS priorities and policy, with the ability to translate strategic ambition into measurable local delivery.

About us

Working for our Integrated Care Boards will require you contributing to a shared purpose of improving outcomes for the communities we serve as part of a wider health and social care system. The organisation's ethos is rooted in integrity, collaboration and accountability, with a strong focus on putting its patient population at the centre of everything it does and delivering services to improve patient outcomes, patient experience and added years of optimised health. As part of the newly formed cluster bringing together NHS Northamptonshire ICB and NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB, staff are expected to work flexibly and collaboratively across organisational boundaries to support a joined-up approach to strategic commissioning and service improvement. There is an expectation of 40% on patch working, with office bases at County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester and Haylock House, Kettering. Staff can choose which office is their primary base for contractual purposes and travel claims.

This role will require a minimum of 2 days 'on patch' working in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland in our 2 main offices or partner sites

Job responsibilities

• Support delivery of the NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework and LNR Operating Model.
• Use population health intelligence to inform decision‑making Analyse and interpret data, segmentation, and risk stratification to identify unmet need, health inequalities, unwarranted variation, and opportunities to improve outcomes and efficiency.
• Develop and implement service specifications and care pathways Translate evidence and best practice into service models and specifications. Support pathway redesign to shift care towards prevention, community‑based and digitally enabled approaches.
• Monitor provider performance and ensure quality Oversee delivery of commissioned services, applying risk‑based monitoring and quality assurance. Identify performance issues and support remedial actions in partnership with providers and stakeholders.
• Support market shaping and procurement activity Lead procurement planning, service redesign and market engagement. Guide outcome‑based commissioning approaches and support commercial/contractual decision‑making.
• Promote equity and reduce health inequalities Apply Core20PLUS5 and local insight to commissioning activity. Engage with underserved populations, clinicians, local authorities and VCSE partners to ensure accessible, equitable services.
• Support evaluation and service improvement Monitor outcomes, collect feedback and evaluate commissioned services. Identify opportunities to scale innovations, improve performance or recommend service adjustments.
• Lead and develop commissioning teams Supervise and mentor team members, supporting development of skills, knowledge and capability within the team. Promote a culture of evidence‑based, value‑driven commissioning.

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
• 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

Communication Skills

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change

Analytical

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options

• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
• Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise

Planning Skills

• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long - term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Autonomy

• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
• Ability to make decisions autonomously on difficult issues, when required, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy
• Experience of researching best practice (globally, private, and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)

Management Skills

• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
• Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders

Physical Skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills

Equality and Diversity

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of dayto‑day working practices, but also in relation to management systems in the are

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board