Senior Mental Health, Autism & ADHD Commissioning Lead

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board; Newsham; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in England seeks a senior Commissioning Manager for Mental Health, Learning Disability and ADHD to lead commissioning, performance, and contract management across adult services. You will translate national policy into operational plans, manage a range of relationships, and drive service redesign to improve access, outcomes, and equity.

The role requires masters level experience and strong governance, with on-site presence as part of a collaborative ICB

Qualifications

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Experience of operating within governance and assurance frameworks.
• Experience working within NHS, public sector or a regulated environment.
• Experience of working across organisational or systems boundaries.
• Must be able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems for the south east
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for commissioning and performance of a defined portfolio of MH services in line with ICB and national strategies and policies and using an MDT approach.
• Leads on development of defined areas of the strategy, needs assessments, commissioning policies, commissioning intentions and planning processes in those defined areas, working across the MHLDA team.
• Ensures the services being commissioned in the defined portfolio meet the needs of in KM, working closely with a wide range of colleagues to ensure integration.
• Manages the budget and contracts for a significant defined portfolio of MH services, ensuring PSR-compliance, delivering VFM and managing performance of providers against the contract.
• Owner of some strategic relationships with Local Government leads and other key partners on MH, formulating and delivering against a joint commissioning strategy.
• Ensures delivery of defined ICB Statutory duties on MH
• Responsible for supporting defined parts of the planning cycle and assurance of progress and outcomes
• Works across the wider team to share and manage workload across the team flexibly.

Skills

Senior leadership

Governance experience

Public sector experience

Stakeholder negotiation

Equality & diversity

Complex information handling

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in England seeks a senior Commissioning Manager for Mental Health, Learning Disability and ADHD to lead commissioning, performance, and contract management across adult services. You will translate national policy into operational plans, manage a range of relationships, and drive service redesign to improve access, outcomes, and equity.

The role requires masters level experience and strong governance, with on-site presence as part of a collaborative ICB