Commissioning Officer

Northumbria Group.; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and pension

Professional development

Supportive team environment

Flexible and hybrid working

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

North East and North Cumbria ICB is seeking a motivated Band 6 Commissioning Officer to join the Neighbourhood Health South team. The role supports planning, contracting and continuous improvement across women’s, children’s and young people’s health services.

The post involves working with commissioners, providers and key stakeholders to shape service specifications, monitor delivery and drive performance improvements within our region.

Qualifications

• Word processing and Excel qualifications (intermediate level), or equivalent experience.
• Further training / post-graduate or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
• Previous experience in similar role in public sector
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of contracts, projects and commissioning workstreams relating to services for women, children and young people.
• Support the planning, development, commissioning and transformation of services, ensuring they reflect local needs, national priorities and the ICB’s strategic objectives.
• Develop and review service specifications, quality standards, outcomes and performance measures, supporting contract negotiation and management.
• Monitor and analyse provider performance, activity, quality, expenditure and delivery, investigating areas of variation and overseeing agreed improvement actions.
• Prepare clear reports, briefings and recommendations to support collaborative commissioning and informed decision-making.
• Build effective relationships with providers and system partners, including acute and community providers, local authorities and voluntary organisations

Skills

Word processing

Excel

Project management

Financial management

Change management

Public sector experience

Education

Degree holder

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 motivated and experienced Band 6 Commissioning Officer to join the Neighbourhood Health South team within the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

As a Commissioning Officer, you will support the planning, commissioning, contracting and continuous improvement of services across women’s, children’s and young people’s health services, working closely with commissioners, providers and key stakeholders.

This vacancy is open to employees of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) and North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) only.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a portfolio of contracts, projects and commissioning workstreams relating to services for women, children and young people.
• Support the planning, development, commissioning and transformation of services, ensuring they reflect local needs, national priorities and the ICB’s strategic objectives.
• Develop and review service specifications, quality standards, outcomes and performance measures, supporting contract negotiation and management.
• Monitor and analyse provider performance, activity, quality, expenditure and delivery, investigating areas of variation and overseeing agreed improvement actions.
• Prepare clear reports, briefings and recommendations to support collaborative commissioning and informed decision-making.
• Build effective relationships with providers and system partners, including acute and community providers, local authorities and voluntary organisations

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

You will manage an allocated portfolio of contracts and projects, supporting contract negotiation, performance monitoring, service evaluation and service redesign across Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Word processing and Excel qualifications (intermediate level), or equivalent experience.
• Further training / post-graduate or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
• Previous experience in similar role in public sector
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Previous experience in project management and planning

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.

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