Commissioning Manager

Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Professional development & training

Supportive team environment

Flexible/hybrid working

Job summary

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking a dedicated Commissioning Manager to join the Neighbourhood North team. The role supports the commissioning group, collaborates with nursing, medical and finance colleagues, and helps drive contract performance across Northumberland, North Tyneside and North Cumbria, with travel as required.

We offer hybrid working options and a range of professional development opportunities within a supportive team environment, along with

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in commissioning.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD).

Responsibilities

• Support the ICB's commissioning group within the Neighbourhood North team.
• Collaborate with Nursing, Medical and Finance colleagues to support cross-functional teams.
• Maintain contract documentation, communications and related plans to maximise value.
• Travel across Northumberland, North Tyneside and North Cumbria as required.

Skills

NHS contracts

Project management

Education

Degree level or equivalent

CPD evidence

Job description

Are you passionate about health and social care and looking for a role that offers flexibility and growth? At North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, we value work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid working. Enjoy a supportive team environment, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development.

Flexible Working Options: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including part-time and job share. We encourage applicants to discuss their preferred working patterns during the interview process.

Hybrid Working: This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, allowing you to split your time between our ICB offices and home. We aim to provide a supportive and adaptable working environment that meets the needs of our staff, service delivery and the patients within our Region.

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Supportive team environment
• Enhanced work-life balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Employee Benefits – Salary Sacrifice Schemes such as Lease Cars, Home Electronics, Cycle to Work

Job overview

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Commissioning Manager to join our

Neighbourhood North team. At North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, we are

committed to providing high-quality care and support to our community.

The role covers the Northumberland, North Tyneside and North Cumbria areas, therefore you will be expected to travel around these areas.

Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and staff members of North of England Commissioning Support (NECS).

Main duties of the job

The postholder will support the ICB's Commissioning group, working in the Neighbourhood North team.

The postholder will work as part of a multi-professional team to drive forward the vision of the ICB through the three identified groups, working closely with Nursing, Medical and Finance colleagues to support teams to work collaboratively and effectively towards shared goals.

The role will be critical in ensuring that the ICB effectively commissions and contracts all services it is responsible for, ensuring ongoing service evaluation and re-design as appropriate in line with the critical functions of an Integrated Care Board.

Working for our organisation

Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.

The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.

With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.

The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What you will do:

· To support senior members of the team in the delivery of the range of ICB commissioned services and contracts

· Work with colleagues across the ICB, to ensure local intelligence and sight is fed into the contracting cycle to ensure strategies, plans and performance are coherent and deliver commissioning intentions

· Maintain contract documentation, communication tools and associated plans ensuring they are available and used to their maximum value in a timely manner

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in commissioning
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD)

Knowlwdge and Skills

• Managing NHS contracts with a range of providers
• Experience of project principles techniques and tools.

Working Conditions

• Able to travel across various sites where applicable

The use of Artificial Intelligence: Whilst the ICB are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a riskto the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

UKVI Sponsorship: Please note that North East and North Cumbria ICB do nothold a UKVI sponsorship license. Therefore, we are unable to proceed with applications that require sponsorship.

Reasonable Adjustments: If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Fit & Proper Person Regulations: Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.