Head of Commissioning

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 05 November 2024

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Head of Commissioning to lead the Trust's Commissioning Team. This team play a key role in building and maintaining relationships with our commissioners of NHS patient services.

As one of the country's largest acute teaching hospitals we have c£1.3bn (annually) of services and activity under contract. The range of services we offered combined with our geographic reach mean we must build and maintain effective relationships with a large number of NHS and LA commissioners. This team and its members form the key interface between Trust services and staff and those commissioners, leading on relationship and contract management, negotiation, the provision of commissioning information and supporting service development.

We are looking for a talented and dedicated individual to provide leadership and sound management in this exiting and challenging field.

Main duties of the job

The commissioning function within the Trust exists to manage the commissioner/provider interface to the benefit of the organisation. It performs the following key functions:

o Commissioner relationship managemento NHS patient care procurement responseo Contract negotiationo Contract management

The Head of Commissioning will provide a key role within the Trust as the lead manager of this function.

The post holder will:o Manage the commissioning cycle, function and team for the Trust to ensure that effective management arrangements are in place for the Trust's patient care activity.o Co-ordinate the development, negotiation and management of our NHS patient care contracts.o Serve as the Trust's lead in relation to specific identified commissioners and support the commissioning team in their own lead roles with commissioners.o Have a key role in the development and management of the Trust's response to current NHS contracting and payment framework, providing appropriate support and advice to the Trust's departments.o Act as a key link between Commissioning, Finance and Operations (including divisions).o Provide line management for the Clinical Coding function and senior team.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Date posted

22 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

321-SW1-6698433-B8b-PUB

Job locations

OUH @ Cowley, Unipart House

Unipart House

Oxford

OX4 2PG

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will: Manage the commissioning cycle, function and team for the Trust to ensure that effective management arrangements are in place for the Trusts patient care activity. Co-ordinate the development, negotiation and management of our NHS patient care contracts. Serve as the Trust's lead in relation to specific identified commissioners and support the commissioning team in their own lead roles with commissioners. Have a key role in the development and management of the Trust's response to current NHS contracting and payment framework, providing appropriate support and advice to the Trusts departments. Act as a key link between Commissioning, Finance and Operations (including divisions). Provide line management for the Clinical Coding function and senior team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

Essential

Educated to Degree level or equivalent relevant experience

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

Essential

Educated to Degree level or equivalent relevant experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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