Senior Mental Health Commissioning Lead — Autism & ADHD

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

Job summary

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in Maidstone is seeking a senior Adult Mental Health commissioning leader to plan, deliver and evaluate services for adults with mental health needs across the system. You will lead strategy, engage senior stakeholders, and drive performance improvements in autism and ADHD care as part of the ICB.

The role requires extensive NHS experience, governance expertise, and the ability to operate across organisational boundaries.

Qualifications

• Masters level degree or equivalent senior level experience.
• Post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Experience with governance and assurance frameworks.
• Experience working in NHS, public sector or regulated environments.
• Experience working across organisational boundaries.
• Ability to negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult issues.
• Commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for commissioning and performance of a defined portfolio of MH services in line with ICB and national strategies and policies.
• 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 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

NHS experience

Stakeholder negotiation

Governance & assurance

Equality & inclusion

Cross-organisational collaboration

Education

Masters degree or equivalent

Job description

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in Maidstone is seeking a senior Adult Mental Health commissioning leader to plan, deliver and evaluate services for adults with mental health needs across the system. You will lead strategy, engage senior stakeholders, and drive performance improvements in autism and ADHD care as part of the ICB.

The role requires extensive NHS experience, governance expertise, and the ability to operate across organisational boundaries.