Professional Commissioning Advisor- Dental | NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board


Company:	NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Salary:	£140,078 Annual salary to be pro-rated
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Preston, PR1 8XJ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	6 Nov 2026
Closing date:	6 Dec 2026

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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 Advisoris 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.

The role provides clinical advice and support to the formal delegated commissioning, contracting and assurance processes of the ICB for pharmacy, dentistry and optometry. The post holder will contribute to clinical quality improvement in pharmacy, optometry or dentistry services, including visits to practice sites.

The role will work proactively across organisational boundaries within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System and North West England and across multiple partners to improve population outcomes and the way services are delivered. The post holder is expected to operate effectively in a flexible and demanding environment and proactively engage with stakeholders.

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.

The following are the key requirements identified for this role and the approaches needed for them.

· 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

This advert closes on Friday 20 Nov 2026

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