Strategic Provider Contract Lead

NHS Central East ICB; Ely; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Central East ICB is seeking a Contract Relationship Lead to manage a portfolio of provider contracts, ensuring strong relationships and effective performance oversight. The role drives value for money, collaborates with contract managers, BI, clinical, commissioning and finance colleagues, and coordinates a cross-ICB approach to contract management.

The postholder will lead negotiations, oversee delivery, identify risks early, and align changes to services with best practice to reduce

Qualifications

• Experience in contract management and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams across finance, clinical and commissioning.
• Strong focus on delivering value for money and service quality.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading a portfolio of contracts and contracts team.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with providers and stakeholders, acting as the main named point of contact and relationship lead for the portfolio.
• Working closely with the Associate Director, contribute to the development of contract negotiation strategies and lead on elements of contractual planning.
• Lead the negotiation, and management of provider contracts, including variations in year to drive continuous improvement to outcomes.
• Implement agreed stakeholder and contractual management processes, ensuring effective monitoring and reporting of provider contractual delivery, working closely with the contract's payer function.
• Ensure appropriate oversight of activity, finance and outcome performance and subsequent reporting to ICB Board and relevant sub committees to provide assurance on effective contractual delivery.
• Acting as the relationship lead on contractual matters for the ICB, coordinate subject matter expertise from across the ICB in a matrix way, to ensure a cohesive and holistic assessment of performance, risks and opportunities.
• Work closely with NHS England teams leading on performance management to support coordinated oversight and reporting on delivery at provider level and ICB level, providing assurance on the ICBs contract management approach.

Job description

NHS Central East ICB is seeking a Contract Relationship Lead to manage a portfolio of provider contracts, ensuring strong relationships and effective performance oversight. The role drives value for money, collaborates with contract managers, BI, clinical, commissioning and finance colleagues, and coordinates a cross-ICB approach to contract management.

The postholder will lead negotiations, oversee delivery, identify risks early, and align changes to services with best practice to reduce