Job summary
- Main area
- Commissioning
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 491-SWLCO09-A
- Employer
- NHS South West London Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Commissioning Operations - Community, Mental Health, Commercial and Acute Team (930571) L4
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 Per Annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
SWLCO09 Senior Commissioning Operations & Contracting Mgr
NHS AFC: Band 8a
Job overview
We are currently recruiting to Senior Commissioning Operations and and Contracting Manager permanent role within the Commissioning Operations and Contracting Team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead on managing a portfolio of contracts within a fast paced dynamic environment.
Commissioning Operations and Contracting team monitors the procurement and contracting of healthcare provision, goods and services for South West London ICB. We ensure our organisation is supported through decision making with the appropriate governance process in place.
We deliver:
· Technical commissioning as a shared and supportive function with Provider Collaborative and SWL Programmes
· Contracting and technical commissioning across the ICS for the non-NHS and ICB partner contracts
· Co-ordination of robust procurement functions to ensure regulatory compliance
The role has a commercial focus but requires some flexibility to support and manage requirements across the wider portfolio of SWL good and services as business needs and priorities demand. There is a structured approach to development that encourages and supports career pathway and opportunity for progression both within the directorate and across SWL ICB.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Commissioning Operations and Contracting Manager will become the SWL ICS expert on leading a portfolio of contracts and procurements and co-led programmes as required. The post holder will be a member of the SWL Commissioning Operations Team and contribute to this team’s objectives and deliverables. The post holder will be required to demonstrate understanding and experience of core competencies required to:
· Develop and sustain effective working relationships to deliver the strategic aims of the ICB
· Provide leadership and contracting advice within the team and wider system in respect of specified portfolio and accountabilities.
Prospective candidates can contact the Deputy Director of Commissioning Operations at [email protected], if they wish to discuss the role or have any questions.
Working for our organisation
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:
- an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
- an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
- to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
- tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
- enhance productivity and value for money and;
- help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full list of duties held by this post, please refer to the job description.
Duties and Responsibilities
The postholder will contribute to strategic planning, whilst delivering to a portfolio of Community, Acute, Mental Health, Place, and Commercial contracts and procurements. Duties and responsibilities include:
• Leading on annual negotiations ensuring application and delivery of a robust strategy.
• Work collaboratively across the system to deliver robust business cases for procurements and contracts that support and deliver value for money.
• Leading on co-ordination of procurements ensuring timely delivery.
• Leading on contract monitoring and oversight promoting collaborative approaches to managing risks across the system.
• Providing procurement and contractual advice to support effective commissioning and continuous improvement of services across SWL.
• Take the contractual lead working with Performance, Planning and BI to implement processes to support system oversight and assurance.
• Provide contract expertise to Provider Collaboratives to ensure the alignment of system transformation and recovery to contracting as needed.
• Provide contract and procurement expertise and support to SWL Places
• Provide contract and procurement and advice to teams and programmes to support formal decision making at SWL Contracting and Procurement Group (CaPG)
• Interface with finance leads to oversee the management of budgets through the appropriate scheme of delegation.
• Ensure contracts and procurement details are accurately registered for statutory monthly publication.
• Matrix working to engage and lead on contractual aspects of monthly performance reporting and assurance. (Operating plan delivery, Finance, Quality, and Performance).
• Lead on to the analysis of variances, including a root cause analysis of performance issues, using trend analysis and benchmarking as appropriate, that interprets the data and provides recommendations on next steps.
• Undertake the monthly assessment of risk and performance variances issues with development of appropriate mitigation action plans with providers and communicated.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Member of relevant professional body
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Intermediate/advanced Keyboard skill - intermediate/advance ability to use Microsoft Office package
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
- Ability to prepare and produce concise communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Diane Kelly
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Commissioning Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
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