Job summary
From 1 April 2023, ICB's became responsible for the pharmaceutical, general ophthalmic and dental services under the terms of the Delegation Agreement with NHSE, in addition to general medical services which had previously been delegated.
The Hertfordshire and west Essex ICB are also hosting the Pharmacy and Optometry team for the six ICBs in the East of England.
To ensure effective delivery of these delegated functions and our statutory responsibilities, the ICB has identified a need to recruit to existing vacancies within the primary care contracting team.
This role is open to internal applicants only and provides an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team and to support the delivery of national and local ambitions, working with a variety of stakeholders.
Herts and West Essex ICB is seeking to recruit a Primary Care Contracting Administrator to support the delivery of the delegated contracting and commissioning functions and the delivery of effective commissioning of primary care services across the ICB; with a focus on general medical services.
The postholder will work in partnership across all Directorates in the ICB, through a multi-disciplinary approach, to support general practice and primary care networks to ensure they are resilient and sustainable in the long-term.
The postholder will have access to specific training programmes on Primary Care contracts to support their personal development.
Main duties of the job
Highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to provide and coordinate administrative and secretarial services; including for example, the preparation of agendas and minutes, taking appropriate follow-up action as required. Supporting the team with the management of projects which may be at place or across system to support development of staff, gathering information and undertaking enquires as and when is necessary for the head of department, teams and the department.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details.
About us
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the local NHS organisation that plans and oversees how NHS money is spent and makes sure health services work well and are of high quality.
The ICB's role is to join up health and care services, improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for the million people who live in Hertfordshire and West Essex.
It's an exciting time for us and we're looking for people who enjoy working in a fast-paced, vibrant environment that can help us achieve our aim.
So if you share our passion for people and want to make a positive change to their health and health services then we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the role please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
1. Educated to NVQ 3 level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.
2. Significant administrative/ secretarial experience including initiating and maintaining office systems.
3. Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access.
Communication skills
Essential
4. Clear communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills: capable of constructing and delivering clear information/ instructions to staff and service users
5. Ability to work under pressure in a busy working environment and able to multi-task