Senior Commissioning Manager - Learning Disabilities and Autism (LDA)
NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
An opportunity has arisen to recruit permanently to the post of Senior Commissioning Manager - Learning Disabilities and Autism (LDA). Gloucestershire's vision is for individuals with a disability to have the right to services as the rest of the population, to live satisfying and valued lives and to be treated with the same dignity and respect. They should have a home within their community, be able to develop, maintain relationships, access to employment and get the support they need to live a healthy, safe and fulfilling life.
This post holder will need to work in partnership across agencies to enable people to move out of inpatient services and to prevent the need for future admissions. You will work closely with GPs and clinicians, partner health and social care organisations across our health community as part of the commissioning process for services for individuals of all ages with learning disabilities and/or autism who demonstrate behaviours which may be described as challenging.
Interviews will be held on 27th January.
Main duties of the job
An area of responsibility covers the commissioning of services for people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism with behaviours that challenge identified as the responsibility of the Gloucestershire ICB under Continuing Health Care (CHC), S117, through a joint funding agreement or who pose a high level of risk on the Dynamic Support Register.
In this context commissioning includes scoping priorities, needs assessment, service review, market analysis, service design, pathway implementation and specification of services. Of equal importance our commissioners lead on the review of the services commissioned both in terms of quality and performance against contract.
The Directorate has a particular role in joint commissioning with the Local Authority and working across statutory and non-statutory agencies. Commissioning roles include responsibility for elements of strategic commissioning as well as commissioning packages of care and housing to meet the needs of an individual.
To lead on the review, design, commissioning and performance (including quality) monitoring of Learning Disability services on behalf of Gloucestershire ICB.
The role will be responsible for developing the programme products and management arrangements, to manage successful delivery of the Learning Disabilities and Autism programme to improve outcomes for people with learning disabilities and/or behaviour that challenges.
About us
Our NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (NHS Gloucestershire) is responsible for planning and buying services to meet the health needs of local people. It also brings partners together to ensure the counties NHS provides the best possible care. Alongside our communities, we want to improve health, improve access to high quality care and support when needed and make Gloucestershire a better place for the future.
NHS Gloucestershire ICB had the best staff survey result in 2023 for proportion of staff who would recommend it as a place to work.
More information about our organisation can be found here: NHS Gloucestershire ICB (nhsglos.nhs.uk)
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
An area of responsibility covers the commissioning of services for people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism with behaviours that challenge identified as the responsibility of the Gloucestershire ICB under Continuing Health Care (CHC), S117, through a joint funding agreement or who pose a high level of risk on the Dynamic Support Register.
In this context commissioning includes scoping priorities, needs assessment, service review, market analysis, service design, pathway implementation and specification of services. Of equal importance our commissioners lead on the review of the services commissioned both in terms of quality and performance against contract.
The Directorate has a particular role in joint commissioning with the Local Authority and working across statutory and non-statutory agencies. Commissioning roles include responsibility for elements of strategic commissioning as well as commissioning packages of care and housing to meet the needs of an individual.
To lead on the review, design, commissioning and performance (including quality) monitoring of Learning Disability services on behalf of Gloucestershire ICB.
The role will be responsible for developing the programme products and management arrangements, to manage successful delivery of the Learning Disabilities and Autism programme to improve outcomes for people with learning disabilities and/or behaviour that challenges.
Work closely with staff from other agencies to deliver transformational change within Learning Disability Services. Ensure statutory responsibilities are delivered within Learning Disability and Autism Services.
This role will primarily be a coordination role, drawing on the collective expertise of senior decision makers and subject matter experts from across partner organisations.
To act as a champion for patients and their interests and co-produce policy development and decision-making.
Person Specification
Planning Skills
* Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
* Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
Qualifications
* Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working in a specialist area.
* Extensive knowledge of specialist areas such as Learning Disabilities, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent.
* Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
* Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
* Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Analytical
* Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
* Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
* Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
* Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
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.
Communication Skills
* Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
* Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
Autonomy Freedom to Act
* Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
* Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
* Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
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.
Employer name
NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
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