Job summary
- Main area
- Comissioning
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 284-25-7141153-MHSCM
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 1 Printing House Street
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Commissioning and Transformation Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
The West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (WMCPC), known as Toucan, is seeking to appoint an experienced Head of Commissioning and Transformation - this is an exciting opportunity and a great time to join our organisation as we expand our strategic commissioning activity and implement new service developments across the region.
This post will play a pivotal role in the planning, commissioning and consequent transformation of specialised services for children and young people with complex mental health needs across the West Midlands, to ensure the best possible experience and outcomes for those who need to access our services.
We are committed to enabling and embedding co-production in all we do, so it is expected that the postholder will have experience of working with multiple stakeholders including clinicians, experts by experience and parent/carers to ensure that co-production informs activity across the commissioning cycle - from needs assessment to priority setting, service development, evaluation and in redesign.
Whilst specific to the commissioning of specialised services, the breadth of the role will mean that work spans topic areas including personalised care, health inequalities, learning disability and autism specific initiatives and the integrated health/care agenda.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have a range of commissioning experience which has in turn enabled successful transformation. We are looking for a great communicator who can work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to enable change and facilitate the commissioning activity required to achieve this.
The main duties of the role are outlined below, please refer to the job description for full outline.
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Lead and manage a number and range of redesign programmes and work streams, co-ordinating activity to deliver agreed national and local priorities, commissioning intentions and associated objectives within required timeframes and budget.
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Develop and nurture key relationships and networks with local, regional and national partners and stakeholders to deliver the pace and breadth of transformation and change required.
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Chair meetings and be responsible for the delivery of work with multiple providers of services including NHS, local authority, community and independent sector.
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Lead the on delivery of agreed commissioning intentions as set out in commissioning plans and strategies.
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Ensure transformation and commissioning activity is delivered in a timely and appropriate way through the cycle of analysis, planning, implementation and review.
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Analyse and interpret highly complex, sensitive and contentious information and use this process to make and implement recommendations for evidence-based re-design and commissioning activity.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level and at least 5 years equivalent professional experience at senior level within the NHS and/or social care and/or private sector.
- Able to demonstrate continued personal/professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Educated to masters degree level and at least 5 years equivalent professional experience at senior level within the NHS and/or social care and/or private sector.
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of leading, coordinating and managing complex commissioning programmes and change initiatives.
- Evidence of delivery in a transformation or commissioning role in social care or health, with demonstrable knowledge of and ability to work successfully across all stages of the commissioning cycle.
- Significant experience of working within the NHS and/or social care.
- Significant experience of collecting, analysing and interpreting complex data sets and across a wide range of areas.
- Experience of planning organisational resources to support transformation and re- design implementation.
- Experience in team working and developing relationships across organisational boundaries within health and/or social care
- Knowledge of the policy and commissioning agenda regarding children and young people, particularly those with complex needs associated with their mental health.
- Knowledge of social care, public sector or health service management, including change management and workforce re- design, acquired through training and experience.
- Experience of managing provider negotiations, utilising strong communication skills to achieve agreeable solutions.
- Knowledge of project management methodology e.g.Prince II.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of joint commissioning
- Experience of service improvement methodology, diagnostic tools and delivering improvement plans.
- Demonstrated experience of how to effect cultural and behavioural change
- Knowledge of the local health and social care economy.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to find creative solutions to complex problems.
- Ability to foster good working relationships, motivate others and use influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to use judgement to make independent judgements and make decisions that require timely resolutions.
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of financial and budget management.
- Effective leadership skills to drive delivery of transformation and commissioning priorities and programmes.
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Experience of financial and budget management.
- Effective leadership skills to drive delivery of transformation and commissioning priorities and programmes.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Driving license holder
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Cresswell
- Job title
- Associate Director of Commissioning&Transformation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07979661642
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