NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)
Professional Commissioning Advisor- Pharmacy

The closing date is 20 November 2026

Job summary
This role can be considered as a job share with the portfolio split between assurance and transformation. Please indicate on your application if you wish to be considered for a job share

The Professional commissioning advisor is a senior clinical and professional leadership role within the Integrated Care Board's Clinical and Care Professional Leadership (CCPL) framework.

The role exists to strengthen the use of clinical evidence, professional judgement and population insight within strategic commissioning and service improvement; bringing the specific knowledge of your professional background.

Main duties of the job
The Professional commissioning advisor is a senior clinical and professional leadership role within the Integrated Care Board's Clinical and Care Professional Leadership (CCPL) framework.

The role exists to strengthen the use of clinical evidence, professional judgement and population insight within strategic commissioning and service improvement; bringing the specific knowledge of your professional background.

About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB is a fully-authorised ICB responsible for the full range of ICB statutory duties and powers. Each Team within the ICB aims is to improve the health of the people and reduce health inequalities through strong, clinically-led commissioning of high quality healthcare services.

Good induction and training offered. Friendly Multi-disciplinary Team. The role is varied and involves working closely with Local Authority, Acute Trusts and with providers.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a successful, progressive ICB and to make a positive contribution to the lives of people in Lancashire & South Cumbria.

Details
Date posted: 10 November 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £140,078 a year. Annual salary to be pro-rated
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 24 months
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number: 125-ICB-024-26
Job locations: County Hall, Preston, PR1 8XJ, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities

• Providing specialty expert clinical knowledge and advice for pharmacy, eye health or dentistry matters and represent the professional voice in commissioning and transformation activity.
• Leading the clinical transformation and service re-design within the ICB strategic priorities for your professional group.
• Providing clinical advice into commissioning, contracting and assurance processes.
• Leading the coordination of responses to population health needs at system and place level, working in a matrix with other ICB teams.
• Providing professional advice within the system such as contributing to individual funding request panels. MP enquiries and clinical and contracting concerns from the public pertaining to your professional group.
• Provide support to and clinical oversight of acute interface matters, clinical complaints and investigations when they pertain to pharmacy, optometry or dentistry
• Work collaboratively with providers, primary care, local authorities and VCFSE partners.
• Build effective relationships with a range of individuals including other care professionals, clinicians, programme leads and patients/service users across system, population footprints and neighbourhood levels

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered healthcare professional or social worker in a LSC partner organisation.
• Qualification or evidence of special interest in lead area or equivalent.

Leadership
Essential

• Have the skills and experience to plan and chair meetings with multi-professional and multiple stakeholder involvement.

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of health, care and local government landscape, and integrated care agenda.
• Knowledge and understanding of population health inequalities and how these impact people's outcomes and experience of health and care provision within the place.

Experience
Essential

• Proven ability to engage people by the way they communicate and interact, including residents, patients and service users, their carers, and clinical and professional leaders.
• Working across boundaries and collaborative working, including with communities.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)
Address: County Hall, Preston, PR1 8XJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Pharmacy and Optometry Specialist Commissioner, Nicola Feeney, nicola.feeney1@nhs.net, 07710152285

Disclosure and Barring Service Check and UK Registration are repeated in the advert.