Main area: Commissioning
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent: N/A
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Agile Working in line with the ICB policy.)
Job ref: 942-ICB-6665429
Employer: NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
Town: Wellington
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/10/2024 23:59
Integrated Commissioning Manager - BCF
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Integrated Commissioning Manager - BCF
About Us
This is an exciting opportunity to join our compassionate, inclusive, and values-driven organisation at a time of significant change and opportunity. As a key member of the Commissioning Team, you will work with the Integrated Commissioning Lead and Local Authority partners to deliver the integration of health and social care through the Better Care Fund programme with a central focus on person-centred care, sustainability, and improving outcomes for the population that we serve.
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin is going through a period of change as an organisation to ensure that we are fit for purpose and able to respond to local challenges. As a senior manager in the organisation, you will support putting in place the new Operating Model and driving the creation of a workplace where everyone's unique perspectives and talents are celebrated, and where compassion guides our actions every step of the way.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all and appointments made on merit. We particularly welcome applications from people who are from groups which are underrepresented at senior levels in the NHS and wider society, and we are a Disability Confident Employer.
For a confidential discussion with Laura Casey, Integrated Commissioning Lead, before applying for this role, please contact via [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work alongside the Integrated Commissioning lead and Senior Integrated Commissioning Manager to facilitate the development, delivery, and oversight of the totality of the statutory commissioning function in line with the ICB Operating Model. The postholder will also be required to work collaboratively across directorates within the ICB, specifically with Planning, Performance and BI, Contracting, Finance, Strategy and Development, Quality, Primary Care, Digital, Workforce, Medicines Optimisation, and Service Improvement to ensure that the Commissioning Cycle is embedded across the organisation.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will need to build and maintain constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to:
* Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues, and senior management as appropriate.
* ICS partners, including portfolio leads, Local Authorities, and Provider and Place Collaboratives.
* Non-NHS organisations.
* Members of the public and service users as appropriate.
* Matrix work across all other teams to address interdependencies and ensure alignment of mutual objectives.
* External consultancy, as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Provide day-to-day support to the commissioning team working with the Integrated Commissioning Lead to develop and embed the Commissioning Cycle and prioritisation process within the ICB and across the wider ICS linked closely to the Financial Improvement Programme.
* Demonstrate commissioning skills with a specific focus on commissioning for person-centred care and use of the PHM approach to develop and embed outcome-based commissioning across all speciality areas.
* Detailed working knowledge of the Better Care Fund arrangements with responsibility for undertaking the annual refreshes and submissions, coordinating across the ICB and Local Authorities.
* Responsible for all monthly and quarterly returns of the BCF ensuring coordination and sign off by responsible officers.
* Responsible for writing required reports to the relevant Health and Wellbeing Board, Place Boards, Health Overview and Scrutiny Committees, and ICS Committees ensuring sign off by responsible officers.
* Responsible for the collation of papers and items for the BCF Boards and Integrated Commissioning Group.
* To provide a facilitation and support role to Integrated Commissioning events and sessions including taking action notes and providing programme support.
* Good programme support and organisational skills.
* Good analytical skills across health and social care.
* Knowledge of Local Authority and Health commissioning and understanding of the differences.
* Ability to work in an integrated way across health and social care including recognition of the role of coproduction with residents and service users.
* Solid relationship building skills and ability to work closely with Place and Provider Collaboratives and the Strategy and Development Team.
* Ability to support procurement projects.
* Support the development of Financial Improvement Plans in relation to commissioning.
Interviews for this role are scheduled for 14th October 2024 and will be held face to face in Wellington Civic Centre, Larkin Way, Tan Bank, Wellington, Telford, TF1 1LX.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
* Educated to master’s level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
* Knowledge and expertise of commissioning and the Better Care Fund.
* Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
* Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
* Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
* Experience of managing risks and reporting.
* Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence.
* Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes.
* Understanding of the public sector.
* Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
* Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
Communication Skills
* Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
* Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
Analytical
* Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
* Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
* Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
* Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
* Knowledge of Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices, and procurement.
Planning Skills
* Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
* Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.
Autonomy
* Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Management Skills
* Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
* Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals. Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
Physical Skills
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
Equality and Diversity
* Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems in the area.
Please Note:
In event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
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