Commissioning & Contacting Manager

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service in the UK is seeking a skilled individual for a Strategic Commissioning role. The successful candidate will manage commissioning functions, ensuring adherence to NHS policies and maintaining effective relationships with clinical teams. Ideal candidates will hold a Master’s degree and possess extensive knowledge of NHS contracting and performance management. Located in Port Talbot, this role offers opportunity for professional growth and development.

Benefits

Professional training and development opportunities

Inclusive workplace

Support for bilingualism

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience at management level within the NHS.
• Specialised knowledge of the NHS Commissioning process.
• Experience in managing budgets and performing complex calculations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commissioning & Contracting function for the Health Board.
• Develop performance monitoring systems to ensure service delivery.
• Deputise for Senior Management as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Planning

Contracting

Performance management

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

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12.08.2025

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26.09.2025

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Job overview

A fantastic opportunity to join the Swansea Bay University Health Board Planning & Partnerships Directorate has arisen and we are looking for a new addition to our Strategic Commissioning and Sustainability Team who can operate in the fast-paced and exciting environment.

2025 will see the creation of a new centralised commissioning function within the Health Board for continuing healthcare (CHC) and the postholder will play a key role in embedding the function within corporates services whilst continuing to maintain effective relationships and communication with clinical teams. You will need excellent communication, planning, commissioning and relationship skills to build this team in order to establish a robust individual patient commissioning function within the Health Board.

The post holder will play a key leadership role in ensuring that effective processes are in place for the Health Board to adhere to the all-Wales policies for Individual Patient Funding Requests (IPFR), Prior Approval and Medicines Top-ups. The post holder will also work with case managers and providers to ensure that continuing healthcare (CHC) placements are underpinned by robust contracting and performance management arrangements.

Main duties of the job

·The post-holder will lead the Commissioning & Contracting function for the Health Board (HB). This will include the identification, co-ordination and development of contracting arrangements to ensure that the commissioned services are right for the HB’s resident population. The post-holder will:

oLead the procurement process of commissioned services from a range of providers (e.g. neighbouring HBs, Voluntary Sector, Independent Providers)

oWork independently; guided by broad and specific local and national guidelines in shaping, negotiating and monitoring the commissioning arrangements, linking these requirements to the HB’s integrated medium-term plan (IMTP) to ensure high quality service models that reflect the needs of the resident population.

oWork with key stakeholders to develop performance monitoring systems to ensure agreed levels of contract activity are delivered

oHold full line management responsibility for the team including recruitment, performance appraisals and absence management

oDeputise for Senior Management as required within their specific area of responsibility

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.

Person specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience at management level within the NHS
• Evidence of continuous management and personal and professional development
• Specialised knowledge of the NHS Commissioning process, of benchmarking information and its uses, of NHS Management policies and procedures, service provision criteria and commissioning responsibilities
• Extensive understanding of NHS contracting and procurement models including budgeting and resource allocation procedures. Sound up to date knowledge and understanding of performance management and measurement tools.
• In depth knowledge of extracting, validating and analysing complex and sensitive data required in managing patient activity.

Experience

• Experience in managing budgets.
• Demonstrable significant experience in performing complex numerical calculations including forecasting activity and financial values and presenting them in a suitable format for non-finance managers.
• Experience of planning and commissioning of healthcare services for patients/service users.
• Experience of collaborative and partnership working across organisations at a senior level.

Aptitude and abilities

• Ability to use the full suite of Microsoft office including virtual platforms, to present highly complex and contentious information to a wide variety of audiences in a variety of formats.
• Ability to respond to tight deadlines and work autonomously and self-direct in all areas of work.
• Able to interpret legislation and national policy as appropriate to the role.
• Ability to problem solve and use initiative to identify potential solutions to challenges for services, to multi-task and deal with an unpredictable and frequently changing workload.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive, to lead discussions and influence decisions at a senior level within the LHB and across partner organisations.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

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