Senior Locality Commissioning Specialist
Locality Commissioning Specialist, Band 7, Permanent, Full Time
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) is looking for a Locality Commissioning Specialist to join our dynamic team. Working as part of our commissioning team, this role will focus on locality-based commissioning, (primarily in Plymouth) supporting the delivery of services tailored to meet the specific needs of communities across Devon. As a Locality Commissioning Specialist, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering commissioning plans at a local level. You will work closely with system partners, including NHS providers, local authorities, and voluntary organisations, to ensure services are designed and delivered to meet the needs of the local population. You will use data, evidence, and insights to inform commissioning decisions, ensuring that services are efficient, effective, and responsive to the needs of patients and communities. A key aspect of the role will involve representing localities at meetings, forums, and decision-making groups. You will act as a voice for local communities, ensuring their needs, challenges, and priorities are reflected in discussions and decisions. This will require excellent relationship-building skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring that the local perspective is central to the development and delivery of healthcare services.
Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities will also include supporting the development and implementation of commissioning strategies and plans, managing specific projects and programmes, and working collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve shared goals. You will monitor and evaluate the performance of commissioned services, ensuring they deliver value for money and improved outcomes for patients. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised individual with excellent communication and relationship-building skills, and the ability to represent localities effectively and work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels. You should have experience in using data and evidence to inform decision-making, as well as strong analytical and problem-solving skills. A commitment to improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities is essential. Importantly, you will have the skills and experience to work collaboratively with system partners to transform healthcare for local communities. If you are ready to take on this exciting opportunity and help shape the future of healthcare in Devon, we would love to hear from you. For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Ed Garvey, Senior Locality Commissioning Manager via ed.garvey@nhs.et
About us
As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable. Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications
* Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
* Relevant post graduate degree or equivalent level of experience.
* Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
* Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
* Experience of managing risks and reporting.
* Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level.
* Experience of business planning processes.
* Ability to support the budget setting for a department and/or service.
* Evidence of continued professional development.
* Previous commissioning experience.
* Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
* Understanding of the public sector.
Communication Skills
* Skilled communicator with the ability to construct and deliver concise yet insightful communications on complex matters, for dissemination to diverse audiences.
* Capable of navigating complex and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence skills to deliver clear ideas and concepts where there may be barriers to understanding.
* Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
* Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management.
* Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
Analytical Skills
* 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 issues combined with deep analytical skills.
* Ability to analyse and interpret very complex information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issues.
* Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
* Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate.
* Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
* Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
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.
Management Skills
* Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support.
* Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
Autonomy / Freedom to Act
* Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Equality & Diversity
* Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Physical Skills
* Standard keyboard skills, with the ability to learn/use of a range of software.
Other
* An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
* Used to working in a busy environment.
* Strong adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
* Commitment to continuing professional development.
* Professional calm and efficient manner.
* Commitment to continuing professional development.
* Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
* Experience of managing a team.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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