Job vacancy: Head of Contracting & Collaboration, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich

Job summary

Main area: Contracting
Grade: Band 8c
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 246-COR6468804

Employer: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: County Hall, Norwich
Town: Norwich
Salary: £70,417 - £81,138 gross per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/08/2024 23:59

Head of Contracting & Collaboration

Band 8c

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be required to work in conjunction with:

• Public health services in both Norfolk and Suffolk

• Commissioning support services

• Colleagues at all levels across NSFT

• Acute hospital commissioners and managers

• Peers and equivalents in neighbouring ICBs/ICSs

• Partner organisations

• Subcontractors to NSFT for health services

• Other agencies from time to time.

To ensure that all the requirements within the contracts held by the Trust for delivery of data and information are met, within required formats, to agreed standards and timescales and adhering to legislation, policies and procedures for data handling and confidentiality.

• To undertake analysis and interpretation of data and information as required as part of delivering on specified projects for the Trust, including the presentation of the findings and recommendations to the appropriate audiences.

• Facilitate others to access and interpret required knowledge and information to create business plans, design responses to tenders or to develop specification and tender processes to procure services or equipment.

Although patient contact in a clinical context is incidental, the post holder is accountable for ensuring that patients and their carers or representatives have been appropriately consulted and are considered as part of the contract process.

To lead on gathering and synthesis of learning and sharing expertise in relation to changes in Commissioning approaches and the development of new contractual and collaborative arrangements. For example ICS, Collaborative, Alliance and other partnering working.

You are expected to be flexible in the duties you carry out and the Trust reserves the right to vary your duties from time to time in line with service needs and as commensurate with your Pay Band. You may, therefore, be required, during the course of your employment, to work in a different location and/or to carry out alternative duties consistent with your status, role, knowledge and experience, taking account of any professional registration and/or qualification requirements, and which are commensurate with your Pay Band; this may include a temporary or longer term transfer to work within a different Locality or Service. Arrangements under your Terms and Conditions of Service and Trust policies will apply.

To view futher duties and responsibilities aligned with this role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

Masters level qualification in Business Management, Leadership or similar topic or commensurate relevant experience to the job role

Desirable criteria

Qualifications and evidencable training in contracting, collaboration or similar

Experience

Essential criteria

Contracting & commissioning management experience

Skills

Essential criteria

Partnership working and collaboration

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.