Job vacancy: Commissioned Contracts Manager, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Crawley

Job summary

Main area: Commissioned Contract Manager
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (12 months FTC)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
Job ref: 278-CCM-0724-CC

Employer: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: South East Coast Ambulance Headquarters, Nexus House
Town: Crawley
Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/07/2024 23:59

Commissioned Contracts Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8a

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.

Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Ensure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) reflect the key priorities and challenges of the Trust including corporate objectives, risks identified in the Board Assurance Framework and corporate risk register.

· Ensure that Commissioning for Quality & Innovation (CQUIN) measures and associated funding are specified within the contract; liaise with Trust management, as appropriate, to ensure that performance against CQUIN targets is properly measured and flag any risks to delivery in accordance with the contract.

· Ensure that appropriate systems are developed so that operational managers routinely access the information necessary to support the delivery of agreed performance standards set out in contracts.

· Prepare regular reports and presentations regarding performance to the Trust Board and its sub-committees, Executive Management Board, NHSI/E, partner organisations and other bodies as required.

· Coordinate, support and transact new business development opportunities.

· Support the annual contract negotiation and implementation process for 999, 111/ Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) and future service lines (annual contract value above £280m), ensuring the Trust is sufficiently prepared for this process, including access to relevant activity, performance and financial data.

· Support the management of in-year contractual pressures, identifying mitigating strategies with operational, clinical and commissioning colleagues.

· Support the management of sub-contracts and service level agreements, where applicable.

· Assist operational managers to understand the Trust’s contractual obligations with regards to service delivery and the risks associated with non-compliance of quality and performance standards.

Person specification

Commissioning Experience

Essential criteria

Professional Qualification in Contracting
Relevant Experience in Regulatory Commissioning

Desirable criteria

Familiar with healthcare policy and strategy direction

Strategic Experience

Essential criteria

Partnership Working Experience
Experienced in dealing and negotiating with companies

Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.

Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination.

Going forward, for patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front line staff.

In line with this recommendation, if you are successful in your application for a front line post, we will seek information from you in relation to your vaccine status, including exemption status, as applicable.

Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post. This will either be a basic, standard, or enhanced check depending on the role. The level of check will be outlined in the conditional offer letter sent to successful applicants.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to declare any unspent/unfiltered convictions. If you are shortlisted you will then be sent a self declaration form, which must be completed prior to attending interview. for any queries relating to declarations, please contact the Recruitment Advisor listed on the vacancy.

The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups.

The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable. We are a committed Disability Confident Employer and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.

When completing the application please use your name as it appears on your passport and please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.

The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you’re applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this.

If you have previously applied for this role and were deemed not appointable at any stage of the recruitment process, you cannot normally apply for the same or similar role for a minimum of six months from the date of application. This is to allow time for the candidate to receive feedback and undergo the appropriate development.

Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [email protected] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this.

When completing the reference section, please include details to cover the last three years’ history.

Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.

Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly.

Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason we recommend completing your application as early as possible.

If you are a current SECAmb employee and applying for a substantive position, if successful you will move to the terms and conditions associated with the post. Any unsocial hours payments will be paid under the Section 2 agreement of agenda for change. If you are currently paid under Annex 5 and this post is the same banding as your current role, you can request to remain on Annex 5, or move to Section 2.

Section 2 unsocial hours will automatically be paid via your monthly timesheet. More information regarding section 2 can be found in the Agenda for Change handbook and on the our dedicated Section 2 page on The Zone .

If you are a current SECAmb employee and applying for a Secondment/Acting Up position, this would not be classed as a permanent change to your terms and conditions so if your application is successful, your current unsocial hours arrangements will not change for the duration of the secondment/acting up period.

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