Primary Care Contract Manager

Job summary

From 1 April 2023, ICB's became responsible for the pharmaceutical, general ophthalmic and dental services under the terms of the Delegation Agreement with NHSE, in addition to general medical services which had previously been delegated.

To ensure effective delivery of these delegated functions and our statutory responsibilities, the ICB has identified for a fixed term 12 month post within the primary care contracting team.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team and to support the delivery of national and local ambitions, working with a variety of stakeholders.

Herts and West Essex ICB is seeking to recruit a Primary Care Contract Manager to support the delivery of the delegated contracting and commissioning functions to support the delivery of effective commissioning of primary medical services across the ICB.

The postholder will work in partnership across all Directorates in the ICB, through a multi-disciplinary approach, to support general practice and primary care networks to ensure they are resilient and sustainable in the long-term.

The postholder will have access to specific training programmes on Primary Care contracts to support their personal development.

Main duties of the job

• This role will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB to deliver effective primary care commissioning in accordance with national and local commissioning strategies
• The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service delivery. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery
• As one of a team of Primary Care Contract Managers working within the ICB Primary Care Contracting team, this role will support the development of a portfolio of Primary care contracts in Herts and West Essex. The role requires knowledge of medical services contracting and commissioning (procurement)
• Develop effective working relationships between the wider directorate and other directorates within the ICB to ensure that the implications of commissioning decisions are appropriately reflected in primary care contracts and agreements
• Support the delivery of the Primary Care delegated functions including identifying needs, contracting, development, assurance and interventions
• Contribute to the performance management of primary care contracts to ensure improvements in outcomes and quality, intervening where necessary to ensure improvement

About us

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the local NHS organisation that plans and oversees how NHS money is spent and makes sure health services work well and are of high quality.

The ICB's role is to join up health and care services, improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for the 1.5 million people who live in Hertfordshire and West Essex.

It's an exciting time for us and we're looking for people who enjoy working in a fast-paced, vibrant environment that can help us achieve our aim.

So if you share our passion for people and want to make a positive change to their health and health services then we want to hear from you.