Job summary
The NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking
a Commissioning Manager to work within the team in Walsall. Whilst the
post will be responsible for commissioning a wide range of services to meet the
health needs of the local population the main focus of the role will be on
services for children, young people, families and womens health. Putting
children first is a key priority for Walsall with high demand for services and
a high level of deprivation and poverty.
The role will work closely with Childrens Commissioners at
Walsall Council and the Walsall Together partnership to support the development
and implementation of integrated health and care models. The role will also
liaise with clinical and quality teams to understand the needs of vulnerable
children and ensure that these are taken into account in the development of
services and pathways.
The successful postholder will have experience of
commissioning in the field of health and care and a strong commitment to
improving outcomes for local people. Experience of commissioning services for
children and young people is desirable but not essential. The postholder will
be required to work in partnership and will have excellent collaboration and
negotiation skills.
For more information about the post please contact Pip Mayo (joanne.fraser15@nhs.net)
Main duties of the job
The role will work closely with Childrens Commissioners at
Walsall Council and the Walsall Together partnership to support the development
and implementation of integrated health and care models. The role will also
liaise with clinical and quality teams to understand the needs of vulnerable
children and ensure that these are taken into account in the development of
services and pathways.
The successful postholder will have experience of
commissioning in the field of health and care and a strong commitment to
improving outcomes for local people. Experience of commissioning services for
children and young people is desirable but not essential. The postholder will
be required to work in partnership and will have excellent collaboration and
negotiation skills.
About us
The Black Country Integrated Care
Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan
for meeting the health needs of 1.26 million people in the Black Country. We
manage the NHS budget for Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton and are
responsible for planning and buying Primary Medical Services (GPs), dental,
optometry and pharmacy services.
We are part of the Black Country
Integrated Care System (ICS), known as Healthier Futures, which is a
partnership of organisations working together to bring health and social care
services closer together for the good of our communities. We support the ICS
vision for a healthier place with healthier people and healthier futures.
The ICB has five core values that
underpin the way we work and help to guide our actions and the decisions we
make for local people and communities. These are compassion, inclusivity,
integrity, fairness and trust.
We are an equal opportunities
employer who actively supports and encourages increasing the diversity of our
employees, and welcome applications from people with transferable skills gained
through experience across the full range of health and social care settings.
We are also a bronze award holder
under the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). The ERS recognises
commitment and support from UK employers for defence personnel.
Note: in case of fraudulent
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- To develop highly complex
strategic and operational plans relating to commissioning programmes to improve
the health outcomes of the Place population.
- To lead the business planning
process for the transformational commissioning plans services.
- To develop local services to
provide support for patients.
- To take responsibility for the
management and evaluation of new and existing projects across the commissioning
agenda.
- To ensure that all aspects of the
commissioning process contribute to the reduction of inequity of service
provision.
- To research best practice and
benchmarking information and use this to inform commissioning locally.
- To establish and support a range
of networks, meetings and forums to ensure delivery under the key aspects of
the strategy.
- To make decisions on a range of
highly complex project issues where there may be more than one course of action
to be responsible for interpreting national guidance as the expert in
commissioning services.
- To develop tools to be shared
across local agencies (health, social services, education, local authority
including public health, voluntary sector) for assessing and responding to
service need.
- To identify the different roles
of those within the community, such as Clinical Commissioning Groups, as well
as community groups and individuals and build local alliances across all
stakeholders.
- To provide senior commissioning
support to ICB contract and quality review processes including the preparation
of information and any reports required to facilitate discussion at these
meetings.
- To
be responsible for monitoring spend against commissioning plans for the
commissioning portfolio for which they are responsible.
- To prepare business cases for
change that are properly constructed and costed.
- To provide and receive highly complex
sensitive or contentious information to and from commissioners and providers
where there may be barriers to understanding and agreement or cooperation
required, such as contract negotiations.
- To persuade Governing Body,
Commissioning Committee and senior managers of the importance of the
initiative/programme, to negotiate with and motivate on project delivery,
including linking in with other initiatives, very sensitive information about
performance and change; Make formal presentations to large groups
- To promote the development of
integrated services.
- To develop systems and processes
to ensure the engagement of a wide variety of stakeholders in the development
of a wide variety of commissioning strategies and identifying future priorities.
- To work with local communities to
develop their capacity and enable them to participate in the formulation of
commissioning plans and setting of priorities.
- To work with local community
groups to establish patterns of need for the different communities and ensure
services reflect these needs.
- To work in close collaboration
with colleagues with direct responsibility for acute, mental health and
specialised services.
- To develop commissioning policy
for the ICB that relates to patient services and engages with Providers and
other stakeholders and addresses key national policy requirements. Responding
to requests, queries and questions from regional and national tiers of NHSE.
- To develop mechanisms to develop
local service strategy and policy and share and implement good practice locally
and nationally.
- To keep up with and disseminate
best practice.
- To lead and facilitate the
development and implementation of QIPP initiatives. Working effectively with all stakeholders -
negotiating / influencing to secure delivery of changes.
- To rapidly identify the training
requirements of new models of care to be commissioned that assist in the up
skilling of professionals, working with the appropriate providers in the
implementation of training requirements.
- To co-ordinate commissioning
meetings and activities with appropriate programme board and any other
sub-groups.
- To undertake and commission
relevant research to promote evidence-based commissioning, including the
undertaking of complex audits and surveys relevant to the programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To develop highly complex
strategic and operational plans relating to commissioning programmes to improve
the health outcomes of the Place population.
- To lead the business planning
process for the transformational commissioning plans services.
- To develop local services to
provide support for patients.
- To take responsibility for the
management and evaluation of new and existing projects across the commissioning
agenda.
- To ensure that all aspects of the
commissioning process contribute to the reduction of inequity of service
provision.
- To research best practice and
benchmarking information and use this to inform commissioning locally.
- To establish and support a range
of networks, meetings and forums to ensure delivery under the key aspects of
the strategy.
- To make decisions on a range of
highly complex project issues where there may be more than one course of action
to be responsible for interpreting national guidance as the expert in
commissioning services.
- To develop tools to be shared
across local agencies (health, social services, education, local authority
including public health, voluntary sector) for assessing and responding to
service need.
- To identify the different roles
of those within the community, such as Clinical Commissioning Groups, as well
as community groups and individuals and build local alliances across all
stakeholders.
- To provide senior commissioning
support to ICB contract and quality review processes including the preparation
of information and any reports required to facilitate discussion at these
meetings.
- To
be responsible for monitoring spend against commissioning plans for the
commissioning portfolio for which they are responsible.
- To prepare business cases for
change that are properly constructed and costed.
- To provide and receive highly complex
sensitive or contentious information to and from commissioners and providers
where there may be barriers to understanding and agreement or cooperation
required, such as contract negotiations.
- To persuade Governing Body,
Commissioning Committee and senior managers of the importance of the
initiative/programme, to negotiate with and motivate on project delivery,
including linking in with other initiatives, very sensitive information about
performance and change; Make formal presentations to large groups
- To promote the development of
integrated services.
- To develop systems and processes
to ensure the engagement of a wide variety of stakeholders in the development
of a wide variety of commissioning strategies and identifying future priorities.
- To work with local communities to
develop their capacity and enable them to participate in the formulation of
commissioning plans and setting of priorities.
- To work with local community
groups to establish patterns of need for the different communities and ensure
services reflect these needs.
- To work in close collaboration
with colleagues with direct responsibility for acute, mental health and
specialised services.
- To develop commissioning policy
for the ICB that relates to patient services and engages with Providers and
other stakeholders and addresses key national policy requirements. Responding
to requests, queries and questions from regional and national tiers of NHSE.
- To develop mechanisms to develop
local service strategy and policy and share and implement good practice locally
and nationally.
- To keep up with and disseminate
best practice.
- To lead and facilitate the
development and implementation of QIPP initiatives. Working effectively with all stakeholders -
negotiating / influencing to secure delivery of changes.
- To rapidly identify the training
requirements of new models of care to be commissioned that assist in the up
skilling of professionals, working with the appropriate providers in the
implementation of training requirements.
- To co-ordinate commissioning
meetings and activities with appropriate programme board and any other
sub-groups.
- To undertake and commission
relevant research to promote evidence-based commissioning, including the
undertaking of complex audits and surveys relevant to the programme.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant knowledge of NHS policy direction including NHS five year forward view and Care Act and NHS Constitution
- Good understanding of demand management policies and procedures including waiting list management
- Robust understanding of Healthcare Commissioning
- Demonstrable capability to plan and deliver over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Good understanding of the impact of health inequalities on commissioning
- Ability to work within and lead cross functional working and project groups
- Awareness of the broad strategic direction of the organisation
- Highly developed understanding of the public sector
- Excellent writing skills, including the ability to summarise information and key issues for senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrable capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Able to interpret national guidelines on behalf of the ICB and translate these into workable commissioning action plans
- Able to demonstrate the capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Experience of reducing health inequalities
- Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating highly complex projects in challenging environments
- Experience of working with clinicians in primary and secondary care settings to bring care closer to home
- Demonstrable experience in a Healthcare environment preferably in a commissioning service
- Demonstrable experience in change management
- Experience of managing and mitigating risk
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior level
- Experience of successfully monitoring and working within budgets and business planning processes
Desirable
- Experience of working within a clinical environment
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or equivalent experience, plus additional experience in commissioning, plus further specialist knowledge in management to Masters level or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant knowledge of NHS policy direction including NHS five year forward view and Care Act and NHS Constitution
- Good understanding of demand management policies and procedures including waiting list management
- Robust understanding of Healthcare Commissioning
- Demonstrable capability to plan and deliver over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Good understanding of the impact of health inequalities on commissioning
- Ability to work within and lead cross functional working and project groups
- Awareness of the broad strategic direction of the organisation
- Highly developed understanding of the public sector
- Excellent writing skills, including the ability to summarise information and key issues for senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrable capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Able to interpret national guidelines on behalf of the ICB and translate these into workable commissioning action plans
- Able to demonstrate the capability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Experience of reducing health inequalities
- Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating highly complex projects in challenging environments
- Experience of working with clinicians in primary and secondary care settings to bring care closer to home
- Demonstrable experience in a Healthcare environment preferably in a commissioning service
- Demonstrable experience in change management
- Experience of managing and mitigating risk
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior level
- Experience of successfully monitoring and working within budgets and business planning processes
Desirable
- Experience of working within a clinical environment
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or equivalent experience, plus additional experience in commissioning, plus further specialist knowledge in management to Masters level or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
