Main area Primary Care Commissioning
Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract Fixed term: 6 months (Contract ending 31/10/2025)
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref 529-7064775
Employer NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
Employer type NHS
Site The base will be within the West Midlands Integrated Care Board boundaries.
Town Birmingham
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 22/04/2025 23:59
Contract Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity for a Full-Time Secondment/Fixed Term Contract Manager for the Regional Secondary Care Dental Team has arisen within the Office of the West Midlands (OWM) Commissioning Team.
The OWM has been established to support the 6 Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) across the West Midlands to support the ICBs to deliver delegated responsibilities, including those for General Medical, Pharmacy, Optometry and Dental services.
The Office for the West Midlands (OWM) is hosted by Birmingham and Solihull ICB, as the employing body, but the team supports the following ICBs:
1. Coventry and Warwickshire
2. Herefordshire and Worcestershire
3. Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin
4. Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
The Regional Secondary Care Dental (SCD) Team also covers the 5 East Midlands ICBs:
Utilising ‘Neighbourhood, Place and System’ the commissioning team will champion collaborative commissioning, focus upon developing and commissioning integrated services, that support patients to manage their own care, prevent ill-health and access services in the most appropriate setting.
Main duties of the job
The Regional SCD Contract Manager will be responsible for supporting the effective management of Secondary Care Dental contracts and will also support projects relating to commissioning and improvement of services, including procurement where appropriate.
The successful candidate will be able to:
* Work internally and externally with colleagues and stakeholders to support the delivery of Secondary Care Dental services.
* Utilise local knowledge alongside national comparator data to monitor contract performance and identify opportunities to improve quality and outcomes across the portfolio of commissioned services.
* Analyse, interpret and present complex data and generate reports to highlight issues, risks and support decision making, in particular around Referrals, Activity and Referral to Treatment Times (RTT) including providing specialist advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders.
* Support the identification and sharing of best practice to support service improvement highlighting exceptions and risks and ensuring mitigating action is taken.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System brings together local NHS, councils and voluntary, community and faith sectors to better serve our communities. With a population of circa 1.55 million, our vision is for BSOL to be the healthiest place to live and work, driving equity in life chances and health outcomes for everyone. For a chance to be part of the fantastic opportunity we have as an Integrated Care System, apply for this role today.
As a member of our system you will actively demonstrate system values in all that you do. You will be driven to address health inequalities and create an environment that is inclusive for all people.
In return NHS Birmingham and Solihull can offer you the opportunity to thrive and develop in a team that is supportive, ambitious and inclusive. You will have plenty of opportunities to build your skills and experience, with a chance to work with colleagues across our five Provider Trusts, two Local Authorities, voluntary organisations, Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England to truly effect change and add value.
We know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation and are committed to challenging discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity for all, being a fair and inclusive employer, and creating a place of work in which all of us feel we belong.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Regional SCD Contract Manager will be responsible for supporting the effective management of Secondary Care Dental contracts and will also support projects relating to commissioning and improvement of services, including procurement where appropriate.
The successful candidate will be able to:
* Work internally and externally with colleagues and stakeholders to support the delivery of Secondary Care Dental services.
* Utilise local knowledge alongside national comparator data to monitor contract performance and identify opportunities to improve quality and outcomes across the portfolio of commissioned services.
* Analyse, interpret and present complex data and generate reports to highlight issues, risks and support decision making, in particular around Referrals, Activity and Referral to Treatment Times (RTT) including providing specialist advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders.
* Support the identification and sharing of best practice to support service improvement highlighting exceptions and risks and ensuring mitigating action is taken.
Person specification
Education / Training / Qualifications
* Educated to Post-graduate degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Experience
* Demonstrable specialist knowledge in a relevant discipline, including contract and performance management.
Skills / Abilities
* Clear communicator with excellent written and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately to a diverse and varied range of audiences consisting of internal and external stakeholders.
* Ability to undertake complex provider contract negotiations.
* Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
Interpersonal skills
* Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.
BSOL ICB is committed to give people greater choice over working patterns, helping our staff to achieve a better work-life balance. Please identify at application stage if you wish to discuss flexible working options.
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