Job summary
- Main area
- Commissioning
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 11 months (Up to 11 months until February 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 144-JW08-COO-25
- Employer
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS Devon ICB, Aperture House
- Town
- Exeter
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locality Commissioning Specialist
Band 6
Job overview
Band 6 Locality Commissioning Specialist, 37.5 hours per week
NHS Devon is looking for a motivated and organised Band 6 Locality Commissioning Specialist to join our busy, small and friendly team in the North and East Locality.
As part of a rolling programme of work, you’ll take the lead on specific projects, collaborate closely with teams across the system and the ICB, including the Devon Commissioning and Delivery Unit, Population Health Team, and business partners in BI, finance, and PMO.
In this role, you’ll act as a subject matter expert for your area, ensuring that healthcare systems and services align with the NHS System Oversight Framework. You’ll play a key part in restoring services, tackling backlogs, and accelerating progress toward strategic goals.
Main duties of the job
You will support implementation of strategic modernisation/service improvement, and commissioning strategies, in accordance with the agreed priorities of the locality team. Supporting the locality and LCP’s including leading on developing and enhancing community development and empowerment.
You will use all of your skills to support the Locality and be able to work in a flexible and matrix way across multiple areas to support the needs of the Locality, driving transformational change in local healthcare services for the specific needs of the population of North and East Devon.
So, if you want to make a positive change to the health of individuals in North and East Devon we look forward to hearing from you.
Working for our organisation
NHS Devon Integrated Care System
As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable.
Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.
About NHS Devon
As part of the Devon ICS, NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is responsible for the majority of county's NHS budget, and develops a plan to improve peoples health, deliver high-quality care and better value for money. The organisation is led by a diverse board, with an aim to improve peoples lives in Devon wherever they live, to reduce health inequalities and make sure we can deliver these services for the long term.
For more information, visit our website www.onedevon.org.uk
Vacancies may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Eligibility to Work in the UK – Important Information
NHS Devon does not currently hold a sponsorship license to support visa applications. We have been able to successfully meet our recruitment needs without the requirement for visa sponsorship. As such, we are only able to consider applications from candidates who already have the appropriate legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce and welcome applications from all qualified individuals who meet this requirement. Thank you for your understanding.
Person specification
Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of stakeholder management.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management
- Expert knowledge of MS packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Further training or significant experience in specialist area.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Experience of working across partnership organisations.
- Experience of engagement across different sectors; statutory and non-statutory.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Skilled communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management.
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
Analytical Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
- Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a number of courses of action.
Planning Skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced skills for manipulating information.
- Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software.
Autonomy / Freedom to Act
Essential criteria
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own and others workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Skills to be able to independently manage appropriate projects and tasks.
Equality & Diversity
Essential criteria
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Other
Essential criteria
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Used to working in a busy environment.
- Strong adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Strong effective organiser.
- Demonstrate a desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Stead
- Job title
- Senior Locality Commissioning Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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