Job summary
If you are up for a challenge, like a varied
portfolio of work and want to be part of what I (Kate, Deputy Chief Commissioning
Officer) personally think is a fantastic and supportive Directorate team, then
please read on..
In this role, you will be supporting the development
and delivery of the objectives of the Dorset Integrated Care Board and wider Integrated
Care Partnership strategy, both of which are aimed towards really making a
difference for the people of Dorset.
As a member of the Strategic Commissioning and
Place Directorate's Senior Leadership Team, you will have an opportunity to
lead on and shape the work we do, working alongside our partners and with our
communities to deliver on our collective objectives and work programme across
the system.
The Deputy Chief Officer for Commissioning will have
responsibility for supporting and enabling you in this role.
The Deputy Director of Strategic Commissioning role has been created to lead the design and delivery of new commissioning arrangements required as a result of the creation of the ICB. As part of our new ways of working, we want a commissioning function that is based on modern approaches to commissioning in the design and delivery of integrated services, based on outcomes, services in communities and a whole system approach to the design and delivery of new health, care and wellbeing services.
Main duties of the job
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Being the responsible lead for all delegated
commissioning arrangements for primary care and specialist services, as well as
NHS Dorset commissioned community services.
- Support as and when required operational oversight of
NHS Dorset's Lead Commissioner role for the South West Ambulances Service
- Providing strategic and operational leadership for
joint commissioning with Local Authority partners, working alongside NHS
Dorset's Deputy Directors of Place colleagues and as part of future place-based
partnerships as they develop and evolve
- Being NHS Dorset's responsible commissioning lead for
the Better Care Fund, working with and having oversight of agreed commissioning
arrangements for services included within these plans
- Being the responsible lead, and working with planning
and performance colleagues, to ensure that all community-based contracts are
managed and monitored effectively and in line with agreed organisational
operating procedures and processes
- Championing and ensuring that the commissioning cycle
approach is effectively used as new services are developed and/or services are
re-commissioned
-
Providing senior support for the development of
Outcomes Based Commissioning.
About us
We are joining up to tackle all the things that affect our health and wellbeing, make real change, and improve things for our communities.
Dorset ICS is made up of:
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- University Hospitals Dorset Foundation Trust
- Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust
- Dorset HealthCare University Foundation Trust
- Dorset Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council
- 194 town and parish councils
- 18 primary care networks (made up of 73 GP practices)
- Southwestern Ambulance Service Foundation Trust
- Dorset Police
- Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
- 7,300 voluntary organisations
What we do
The Health and Care Bill puts ICSs on a statutory footing empowering them to better join up health and care services, improve population health, and reduce health inequalities.
ICSs have four core purposes:
- Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
- Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
- Enhance productivity and value for money
- Help the NHS support broader social and economic development
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary
Care, Community, and Specialist Commissioning
- Working with internal
ICB colleagues and partners across the South West region and provider
representatives in Pharmacy, Optometry, Dentistry services, to further develop
and deliver new strategic commissioning and governance arrangements for these
key services.
- Ensure the effective contract
management of primary care services, including quality assurance and working
with regional NHS England teams, to develop innovative and efficient frameworks
to incentivise quality improvement and transformation.
- Work with partners to adopt
innovative practices to support the management of demand and efficiencies, such
as the use of technology, workload optimisation tools, quality improvement
techniques and approaches.
- Support service development and
recommend commissioning approaches that tackle unwarranted variation across
Dorset.
- Ensure that primary care workforce
are included in system plans, working with system colleagues, especially the
Primary Care Training Hub.
- Work with Dorset
General Practice Alliance, the Wessex Local Medical Committee to ensure that
there are sustainable general practice services for the future. This will
incorporate the development of integrated neighbourhood teams and supporting
model of care.
- Ensuring that all
primary care service improvement and transformation programmes of work are in
line with agreed ICB forward plan priorities and will contribute to achieving
our ICS ambitions.
- Having responsibility
and oversight of community-based contracts, ensuring that these are managed and
monitored effectively.
- Being responsible for
NHS Dorsets commissioning role any new community service and/or re-procurement
ensuring that all national requirements, guidelines and regulations are adhered
to.
- Leading the development
of arrangements for the safe transfer of responsibilities for Specialised
Commissioning that will be delegated from NHS England. You will be required to
build strong relationships and work closely with all regional, local and
provider partners to design and develop appropriate commissioning arrangements
and comply with all guidance and assurance processes as defined by NHS
England.
- You will be responsible
for mobilising ICB resources in support and leading working groups and
discussions with local and regional colleagues to ensure effective delivery of
delegated specialised commissioned services.
SW Ambulance Service Commissioning
- Supporting as and when
required operational oversight of commissioning for the South West Ambulance
service, ensuring that we deliver our responsibilities as Lead Commissioner on
behalf of the seven South West ICBs.
Joint Commissioning
- Providing strategic and
operational leadership for joint commissioning with Local Authority partners,
working alongside NHS Dorsets DCCO and Deputy Directors of Place to identify
and develop joint commissioning strategies and operational alignment of
Agreements.
- Being NHS Dorset's
responsible commissioning lead for the Better Care Fund, working with and
having oversight of agreed commissioning arrangements for services included
within these plans.
Outcomes Based Commissioning
-
Working with the DCCO, support
the work needed to develop outcomes-based commissioning across the ICS.
-
Working closely with all internal
and external partners, stakeholders, the public and patients to help consider, design
and develop options and approaches to outcomes-based commissioning, running
workshops, events, and other engagement approaches to gather insights and build
support.
-
Developing proposal papers and
reports to support management and delivery of this important area of
commissioning development
Other key
responsibilities
The
DDSC will:
-
Manage the departmental staff
resources & associated responsibilities as part of these duties
-
Work confidentially,
constructively and courageously with key partners and stakeholders across the
wider system including the South West and South East regions - ensuring
system collaboration and alignment in the delivery of ICS Strategy and ICB
Delivery Plan
- Deputise for the
Deputy Chief Commissioning Officer as required
-
Develop a sound and consistent
understanding of the other portfolios across the organisation, ensuring a
broader perspective of strategic and operational issues and interdependencies
- Support the
development of clinical leaders to ensure our work remains clinically led and
clinically accountable
- Be part of the
Directorates Senior Leadership Team and responsible for ensuring that the
Directorate contributes positively to the ICBs purpose and priorities, supporting
our team and ways of working
- Be a member of the
Directorate Assurance Group that has collective oversight and responsibility
for delivery of our work programme.
- Participate in the
ICBs system level on call rota providing resilience and major incident response
leadership when required.
Please note we
reserve the right to extend the closing date or close this vacancy early if we
receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested,
please submit your application as early as possible
For further
information, please see full Job Description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary
Care, Community, and Specialist Commissioning
- Working with internal
ICB colleagues and partners across the South West region and provider
representatives in Pharmacy, Optometry, Dentistry services, to further develop
and deliver new strategic commissioning and governance arrangements for these
key services.
- Ensure the effective contract
management of primary care services, including quality assurance and working
with regional NHS England teams, to develop innovative and efficient frameworks
to incentivise quality improvement and transformation.
- Work with partners to adopt
innovative practices to support the management of demand and efficiencies, such
as the use of technology, workload optimisation tools, quality improvement
techniques and approaches.
- Support service development and
recommend commissioning approaches that tackle unwarranted variation across
Dorset.
- Ensure that primary care workforce
are included in system plans, working with system colleagues, especially the
Primary Care Training Hub.
- Work with Dorset
General Practice Alliance, the Wessex Local Medical Committee to ensure that
there are sustainable general practice services for the future. This will
incorporate the development of integrated neighbourhood teams and supporting
model of care.
- Ensuring that all
primary care service improvement and transformation programmes of work are in
line with agreed ICB forward plan priorities and will contribute to achieving
our ICS ambitions.
- Having responsibility
and oversight of community-based contracts, ensuring that these are managed and
monitored effectively.
- Being responsible for
NHS Dorsets commissioning role any new community service and/or re-procurement
ensuring that all national requirements, guidelines and regulations are adhered
to.
- Leading the development
of arrangements for the safe transfer of responsibilities for Specialised
Commissioning that will be delegated from NHS England. You will be required to
build strong relationships and work closely with all regional, local and
provider partners to design and develop appropriate commissioning arrangements
and comply with all guidance and assurance processes as defined by NHS
England.
- You will be responsible
for mobilising ICB resources in support and leading working groups and
discussions with local and regional colleagues to ensure effective delivery of
delegated specialised commissioned services.
SW Ambulance Service Commissioning
- Supporting as and when
required operational oversight of commissioning for the South West Ambulance
service, ensuring that we deliver our responsibilities as Lead Commissioner on
behalf of the seven South West ICBs.
Joint Commissioning
- Providing strategic and
operational leadership for joint commissioning with Local Authority partners,
working alongside NHS Dorsets DCCO and Deputy Directors of Place to identify
and develop joint commissioning strategies and operational alignment of
Agreements.
- Being NHS Dorset's
responsible commissioning lead for the Better Care Fund, working with and
having oversight of agreed commissioning arrangements for services included
within these plans.
Outcomes Based Commissioning
-
Working with the DCCO, support
the work needed to develop outcomes-based commissioning across the ICS.
-
Working closely with all internal
and external partners, stakeholders, the public and patients to help consider, design
and develop options and approaches to outcomes-based commissioning, running
workshops, events, and other engagement approaches to gather insights and build
support.
-
Developing proposal papers and
reports to support management and delivery of this important area of
commissioning development
Other key
responsibilities
The
DDSC will:
-
Manage the departmental staff
resources & associated responsibilities as part of these duties
-
Work confidentially,
constructively and courageously with key partners and stakeholders across the
wider system including the South West and South East regions - ensuring
system collaboration and alignment in the delivery of ICS Strategy and ICB
Delivery Plan
- Deputise for the
Deputy Chief Commissioning Officer as required
-
Develop a sound and consistent
understanding of the other portfolios across the organisation, ensuring a
broader perspective of strategic and operational issues and interdependencies
- Support the
development of clinical leaders to ensure our work remains clinically led and
clinically accountable
- Be part of the
Directorates Senior Leadership Team and responsible for ensuring that the
Directorate contributes positively to the ICBs purpose and priorities, supporting
our team and ways of working
- Be a member of the
Directorate Assurance Group that has collective oversight and responsibility
for delivery of our work programme.
- Participate in the
ICBs system level on call rota providing resilience and major incident response
leadership when required.
Please note we
reserve the right to extend the closing date or close this vacancy early if we
receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested,
please submit your application as early as possible
For further
information, please see full Job Description attached.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven significant previous experience of working successfully in a senior role as deputy director or equivalent.
- Proven experience for operational performance management and frameworks.
- Proven breath of knowledge around operational service delivery and service improvement.
- Experience of commissioning services to improve pathways.
- Proven experience working across multiple organisations to deliver the systems operating plan.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills with experience of dealing directly and effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills with experience of dealing directly and effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- A track record in securing or supporting improvements for patients or the wider public.
- Demonstrable ability to exercise sound judgement.
- An understanding of corporate governance as a key element of integrated governance.
- Designing and commissioning services to deliver constitutional standards.
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Exceptional communication skills that engender community confidence, strong collaborations, and partnership.
- Strong critical thinking and strategic problem solving; the ability to contribute to a joint strategic plan and undertake problem resolution and action.
- Analytical rigour and numeracy.
- Sophisticated leadership and influencing skills; building compassionate cultures where individuals and teams thrive at organisation, partnership, and system levels.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a Masters Level qualification (managerial orientation) or equivalent significant managerial experience
- Evidence of continual professional development
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven significant previous experience of working successfully in a senior role as deputy director or equivalent.
- Proven experience for operational performance management and frameworks.
- Proven breath of knowledge around operational service delivery and service improvement.
- Experience of commissioning services to improve pathways.
- Proven experience working across multiple organisations to deliver the systems operating plan.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills with experience of dealing directly and effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills with experience of dealing directly and effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- A track record in securing or supporting improvements for patients or the wider public.
- Demonstrable ability to exercise sound judgement.
- An understanding of corporate governance as a key element of integrated governance.
- Designing and commissioning services to deliver constitutional standards.
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Exceptional communication skills that engender community confidence, strong collaborations, and partnership.
- Strong critical thinking and strategic problem solving; the ability to contribute to a joint strategic plan and undertake problem resolution and action.
- Analytical rigour and numeracy.
- Sophisticated leadership and influencing skills; building compassionate cultures where individuals and teams thrive at organisation, partnership, and system levels.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a Masters Level qualification (managerial orientation) or equivalent significant managerial experience
- Evidence of continual professional development
Additional information
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).
