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Address: Omega House; 112 Southampton Road; Eastleigh; Hampshire; SO50 5PB
Contact Number: 0300 561 0200

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Ref: 104-ICB-6468TG Vacancy ID: 8208724

Associate Director, Acute Care (Specialised, Regional, Supra-regional)

Accepting applications until: 06-Sep-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 06-Sep-2026 23:59

Location

Site: Omega House
Address: 112 Southampton Road
Town: Eastleigh
Postcode: SO50 5PB
Major / Minor Region: Hampshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £79,504 - £91,609 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8c)

Specialty

Main area: Acute and Specialised Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for more details. If you think this role is for you, please contact Emma Lewis, Deputy Director of Acute and Specialised Care on [email protected]. We are looking to recruit and interview in week commencing 14 or 21 September 2026.

Please note the following before applying:

1. We reserve the right to amend the closing date based on the volume of applications received. Vacancies attracting a high volume of applications may therefore close earlier than advertised.

2. In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.

3. As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. As an ICB, we value diversity and are committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

4. If you are successful and are joining from a non-NHS background, there will be an expectation that you will be engaged from the bottom of the pay band. If you would like to review the Agenda for Change pay scales in more detail and to view other benefits of working in the NHS, please visit the Agenda for Change website for further details.

5. New employees to the ICB will be subject to a probationary period of six months (some exemptions apply, please refer to the ICBs policy for full details).

We encourage and support our staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as this remains the best way to protect ourselves, our families, our colleagues, and patients from the virus.

We recognise that some candidates for accessibility reasons may use software to support their application. At our Organisation, our selection process ensures we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We monitor applications and remain alert to misuse that misrepresents abilities including the inappropriate use of AI.

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience

Essential criteria

Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or equivalent experience in a specialist commissioning or service management capacity.
Programme/ project management qualification and/or management qualification, or equivalent level of experience.
Demonstrable senior management experience.
Significant experience of strategic commissioning, and of designing and procuring healthcare services to deliver improved patient outcomes within financial envelopes.
Extensive experience of developing complex budgets and business plans involving a range of separate funding streams, organisations, and policies / processes.
Significant experience of developing and implementing programmes to redesign and improve acute and specialised care services and pathways, deliver new ways of working and strategic priorities, in a complex, multi-agency environment.
Experience of staff management (preferably within a complex, multi funding stream environment).
Experience of managing and motivating a team and managing performance of individuals.
Experience of policy development and implementation in specialist areas.

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

Evidence of conceptualising, planning and successfully delivering large programmes, projects, and service changes on time and to budget.
Demonstrated ability to make judgements and decisions on a range of highly complex commissioning and other issues.
Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
Completer / finisher with a high level of attention to detail.
Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
Ability to prioritise own work and those of the team and able to direct activities of others.
Ability to act autonomously running a complex portfolio of programmes on a day-to-day basis, and to make decisions autonomously on difficult issues.
Ability to enthuse and motivate others.
Attention to detail and accuracy.
Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
Ability to manage disciplinary procedures as required, to manage poor performance and conduct.
Ability to inform, develop and significantly contribute to the development of corporate policies and strategies and ensure compliance within own area.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Extensive specialist knowledge of NHS services including acute and specialised care services.
Extensive understanding of current health service policy and national initiatives for strategic commissioning and service development.
Expert level knowledge and experience of a wide range of complex funding streams across both health and social care economies.
Highly developed specialist knowledge of commissioning and acute and specialised care services, with strong working knowledge of related disciplines including procurement, service redesign, performance management and workforce management.
Deep knowledge of issues affecting diversity, inclusion and health inequalities in healthcare.

Communication and interpersonal skills

Essential criteria

Highly developed, wide ranging communication skills, developed through significant experience.
Excellent presentational skills, able to convey complex concepts, often required to prepare executive level briefs at short notice.
Excellent presentational skills, able to convey complex concepts, often required to prepare executive level briefs at short notice.
Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others including board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation, and market opportunities.
Extensive experience of negotiating over difficult and controversial issues including performance, strategic change, and complex integration.
Ability to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information, and presenting this to large and influential groups, often in a highly emotive atmosphere.
Ability to communicate effectively in a sometimes hostile and antagonistic atmosphere where there may be opposing views and motivations.
Ability to manage direct/ indirect exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances.
Ability to sensitively impart unwelcome news to stakeholders, which may be challenged, and respond positively to those challenges.
Confident in dealing with leading opinions that may conflict.
Assertive in dealing with antagonistic or aggressive behaviour.
Ability to act as subject matter expert and provide specialist, accurate and insightful advice, information and guidance on acute and specialised care.
Significant experience of writing and presenting high quality, concise and insightful reports, briefings and other materials, tailoring content to a wide range of audiences including public, patients, clinicians, staff and senior managers/ Boards.

Analytical and problem solving skills

Essential criteria

Experience of segmenting, stratifying and interrogating highly complex data, intelligence and insight from multiple sources.
Enhanced ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems autonomously, knowing when to escalate.
Ability to comprehensively understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ / no obvious solution exists.
Strong analytical skills and ability to apply sound judgement.