Professional Commissioning Advisor- Optometry


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

A Vacancy at NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

**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.

TheProfessional commissioning advisoris a senior clinical and professional leadership role within the Integrated Care Board’s Clinical and Care Professional Leadership (CCPL) framework.

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 requirementsidentifiedfor this role and the approaches needed for them.

• Providing specialty expert clinical knowledge and advice for pharmacy, eyehealthor dentistry matters and represent the professional voice in commissioning and transformation activity.

• Leading the clinical transformation and service re-designwithin the ICB strategic priorities for your professional group.

• Providingclinical advice intocommissioning,contractingandassurance processes.

• Leading the coordination of responses to population health needs at systemand placelevel, working in a matrixwith other ICB teams.

• Providingprofessional advice within the system such as contributing to individual funding request panels. MP enquiries and clinicaland contractingconcerns from the publicpertaining toyour professional group.

• Provide support to and clinical oversight of acute interface matters, clinicalcomplaintsand investigationswhenthey pertain to pharmacy,optometryor dentistry

• Work collaboratively with providers, primary care, localauthoritiesand VCFSE partners.

• Build effectiverelationships with a range of individuals including other care professionals, clinicians, programme leads andpatients/service users acrosssystem, populationfootprintsand neighbourhood levels

This advert closes on Friday 20 Nov 2026

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