Band 8b – Population Health Management Operational Lead, Corporate

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Band 8b – Population Health Management Operational Lead, Corporate

The closing date is 10 May 2026

Are you a data driven, values led leader who is passionate about turning insight into real improvements in population health and tackling inequalities? We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Population Health Management (PHM) Operational Lead to join the South & West Hertfordshire Health and Care Partnership (HCP). This senior role is ideal for someone with strong analytical expertise, excellent relationship building skills, and a passion for using data to improve population health and reduce inequalities. As the PHM Operational Lead, you will play a pivotal role in developing PHM capability, embedding analytics into clinical and operational workflows, and supporting the creation of insight-driven system-wide transformation. You’ll help position the HCP at the leading edge of PHM, shaping decision making and driving improvements in outcomes, value and care delivery. If you thrive in complex system environments, enjoy working with partners across health and social care, and are motivated by making a meaningful impact on the health of local communities, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to make a difference as part of a team working at the forefront of neighbourhood health.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the development of operational PHM capability within neighbourhood teams.
• Build reporting infrastructure to measure outcomes.
• Produce insight packs, ad hoc analytical briefings and predictive modelling.
• Embed PHM tools into clinical and operational workflows.
• Provide analytical insight to inform resource allocation, financial modelling and business case development.
• Support the adoption and improvement of PHM tools.
• Work with partner analytics teams, including local authority public health, adult social care and children’s services.

Qualifications and experience

• Advanced analytical and statistical skills, with experience in modelling, forecasting and visualisation.
• Strong experience working with clinicians and operational managers to influence decision making.
• Demonstrable experience in leading analytical work across complex systems.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
• Expertise in presenting complex information clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Values-driven, resilient and collaborative approach.

Job responsibilities

• Lead the development of PHM capability across the HCP, including training, mentoring and upskilling of colleagues.
• Develop and maintain reporting infrastructure for neighbourhood and place-based outcomes.
• Produce insight packs, analytical briefings and predictive modelling.
• Provide insights to inform decision-making on system resource allocation and commissioning options.
• Track and validate system-wide outcomes.
• Integrate risk stratification, predictive modelling and PHM tools into clinical and operational workflows.
• Broaden organisational understanding of PHM methodologies and promote best practice.
• Work with trust BIU teams to ensure PHM principles and tools are adopted and effectively utilised.
• Build strong relationships with system partners.
• Help build alignment and understanding across different organisational cultures, priorities and analytical needs.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• Educated to masters level or equivalent senior level experience in a specialist area.
• First degree in a mathematical or computer science based subject.

Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of specialist population health management, including variation in healthcare and healthcare optimisation.
• Specialist knowledge in using data to demonstrate impact on population health outcomes.
• Advanced knowledge of statistical concepts and presentation of statistical analysis using visualisation tools.

Experience

• Experience of working in an expert capacity with clinicians and operational managers to inform and influence outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience in leading transformational change and quality improvement within the workforce.
• Extensive experience of interpreting highly complex information, distilling key messages and presenting options to senior internal and external audiences.
• Experience of using a modelling or simulation tool to produce predictive analytics.
• Experience of modelling acute and community provider demand and capacity, including bed modelling.
• Experience of analysing and integrating data from different provider settings (acute, community, mental health).
• Expert user of systems and experience of designing, adapting and managing information systems.
• Advanced MS SQL skills.
• Extensive experience of complex and successful NHS and non-NHS stakeholder management.
• Experience of designing and undertaking end-to-end analysis including data collection, interpretation and presentation of information.
• Experience using statistical analysis tools, e.g. R, Python, to analyse large data sets.

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