Job summary
- Main area
- Integration
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 23 months (Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-C7136646-B
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- FedBucks
- Town
- Princes Risborough
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 31/07/2025
Employer heading

Integration Lead
Band 8a
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and innovative individual, who is committed to integration and improving outcomes for communities. The successful candidate will have experience in transformation and collaboration which they will use to lead the development of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in Buckinghamshire to deliver a positive impact for our communities.
This pivotal role will involve leading the integration of services across health and social care providers, with community and voluntary sector partners. With a shared ambition to deliver joined up care and support for people to live healthier lives.
We are looking for someone with a successful record of delivering transformation in a complex environment across multiple organisations or teams. The person will be solution focused with exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills.
Only open to applicants currently working in the Health and Care Systems in Buckinghamshire.
Main duties of the job
Neighbourhood teams are built around populations and geographies, reflecting and responding to how people live their lives and are intended to:
• streamline access to care and advice to meet the needs of infrequent users of health care services
• provide more proactive, personalised and multi-disciplinary care for people with more complex needs
• help people to stay well for longer, through a joined-up approach to
prevention.
The post holders will lead the development, planning and delivery of the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in Buckinghamshire
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Education and qualification
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing profession development
Desirable criteria
- Masters degree or equivalent qualification / knowledge & experience relevant to role
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering complex change management projects/programmes, and/or service redesign across the whole the health and social care environment, or other comparable environments
- Demonstrable track record of programme delivery within required timeframe and budgets across whole organisations and systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of matrix working across multiple teams and organisations and building effective partnerships in complex environments
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships and be able to motivate people, at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to interpret highly complex information, and make decisions based on highly complicated and sometimes incomplete information
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Thomas
- Job title
- Director of Strategic Delivery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Bobby Pozzoni- Child - GP Provider Alliance
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