About this role
Job summary
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for integrated health and wellbeing services? Are you passionate about improving public health and supporting communities to lead healthier lives? Were looking for a dynamic System Integration Lead to drive innovation, collaboration, and service excellence across our One You Kent Service, covering the entire county.
The System Integration Lead provides strategic, systemlevel leadership to embed One You Kent lifestyle services Smoking Cessation, Weight Management and Lifestyle into local care pathways across Kent.
The postholder will work across Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Primary Care Networks (PCNs), Local Authorities, VCSE partners and NHS providers to design, implement and sustain integrated referral pathways, ensuring prevention and lifestyle interventions are embedded as a routine part of care.
This role is outwardfacing and influenceled, focused on system engagement, pathway redesign, referral integration, and service growth in terms of scalability and income generation, enabling One You Kent to reach priority populations and maximise impact at scale.
Main duties of the job
The role builds and maintains strong relationships with ICBs, PCNs, local authorities, NHS providers, and VCSE partners, acting as a credible system leader for One You Kent across countywide and place-based forums. It influences system decision-making to embed lifestyle services within clinical and prevention pathways, ensuring alignment with population health priorities.
It leads on pathway design and service integration by identifying opportunities to embed smoking cessation, weight management, and wider lifestyle interventions into existing care pathways. The role co-designs and tests new referral pathways with system partners, using pilot and test and learn approaches to inform wider implementation and scale-up.
A key aspect of the role is supporting referral and digital integration, working with clinical and digital teams to embed referral mechanisms within systems such as EMIS and SystmOne. It ensures pathways are simple, accessible, and effective, while also supporting engagement and training to build referrer confidence and uptake.
The post holder contributes to business development and growth by identifying opportunities for service expansion, innovation, and investment, as well as supporting the development of business cases, proposals, and bids aligned to population health needs. They also work to strengthen partnership models that improve reach, sustainability, and social value.
About us
ABL Health Ltd is a dynamic, fast-growing community health organisation with an ambitious vision to create healthier lives and stronger communities. As an experienced, CQC-registered provider of community health and wellbeing services, we are proud to deliver evidence-based, innovative and person-centred care that makes a real and lasting difference.
We work in partnership with individuals, communities and system partners to design and deliver services that are locally rooted, strengths-based and responsive to need. Everything we do is driven by a commitment to reducing health inequalities, improving outcomes and ensuring people have access to the right support at the right time.
ABL is a values-led organisation where people matter. We invest in our teams, encourage innovation and collaboration, and create an environment where ideas are welcomed, and professional development is supported. If you are passionate about improving population health, enjoy working at pace, and want to be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team that shares a genuine commitment to making a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Job description Job responsibilities
The System Integration Lead provides strategic, system-level leadership to embed One You Kent lifestyle servicesincluding smoking cessation, weight management, and wider lifestyle interventionsinto local care pathways across Kent. The role focuses on driving innovation, collaboration, and service excellence to ensure prevention and lifestyle support are routinely integrated into clinical and community care.
Working across Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), Primary Care Networks (PCNs), local authorities, NHS providers, and VCSE organisations, the post holder designs, implements, and sustains integrated referral pathways that are clinically appropriate, inclusive, and aligned to population health needs. They act as an outward-facing, influence-led system leader, representing One You Kent at countywide and place-based forums to support pathway redesign, system engagement, and service growth, including scalability and income generation.
The role leads on referral and digital integration, working with clinical and digital teams to embed referral mechanisms into systems such as EMIS and SystmOne, while ensuring pathways remain accessible, efficient, and responsive to need. It also supports engagement and training to build confidence and uptake among referrers.
In addition, the post holder contributes to business development by identifying opportunities for service expansion, innovation, and investment, and supporting the development of business cases, proposals, and bids aligned to system priorities. They define KPIs for new pathways, use data and insight to evaluate impact, and drive continuous improvement through clear reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
The role also focuses on capacity building and workforce support, enabling partner organisations to effectively use referral pathways, sharing best practice across the system, and providing line management to Stakeholder and Engagement Officers to ensure effective delivery and coordination.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree or equivalent experience in public health, health management, social care, or related field
Desirable
Postgraduate qualification in public health, systems leadership or service design
Experience Essential
Proven experience working at system or place level within health and care
Desirable
Experience across ICS or place based partnership structures
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name ABL Health Ltd
Address Kent House
81 Station Road
Kent
TN23 1PP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)