Clinical Effectiveness IFR Manager

NHS England; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is recruiting for an IFR Manager (Deputy) to directly manage the IFR team and deputise for the IFR Senior Manager. The role involves delivering effective IFR services with regional staff and ensuring IFR processes align with national guidance.

The base for this position would be London or a regional office where specialised commissioning teams are based. The post holder will lead staff in the regions and may spend significant time in NHS offices.

Qualifications

• Experience leading public sector teams or NHS-related functions.
• Ability to deputise for senior managers in a statutory process.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the IFR team to deliver funded treatment decisions.
• Deputise for the IFR Senior Manager as required and oversee IFR processes.
• Coordinate with regional staff to ensure alignment with national guidance.

Skills

Staff management

Leadership

Public sector experience

Job description

The Individual Funding Request (IFR) process is a statutory function of NHS England and decisions are made on treatment funding for individual patients covering all prescribed services. The IFR Manager (Deputy) role is critical in directly managing members of the IFR team and deputising for the IFR Senior Manager.

Please note that the base for this position would be London or a regional office where specialised commissioning teams are based.

The post holder will manage staff based in the regions. The post holder's role will be to deliver an effective service for IFRs, managing and leading staff to ensure process and practice for managing IFRs is aligned with national guidance and to lead the IFR process for directly commissioned services. The post holder will deputise for the IFR Senior Manager.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for external candidates.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tina Raw Job title: IFR Senior Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07827 282 076