Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a Senior Commissioning Manager (Dental, pharmacy and optometry)has arisen to support Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Coventry and Warwickshire.
The Office of the West Midlands Primary Care Commissioning Team has been established to support the 6 West Midlands Integrated Care Boards deliver delegated responsibilities.
The Team is hosted by Birmingham and Solihull ICB, as the employing body.
The post holder needs:
- Extensive knowledge and experience of how NHS services are commissioned and procured within pharmacy, optometry and dental
- An understanding of national policy and how this translates into local action
- Experience of managing, leading and motivating teams to deliver improvements
- Highly developed analytical skills to analyse and present highly complex data
- Strong oral and written communication skills with a wide range of stakeholders
- Ability to prioritise own work and to work autonomously and collaboratively with others
- Understand the importance of governance
- An abilityto negotiate on difficult and contentious issues
- Have a passion to improve patient outcomes
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for:
- Working as part of a dynamic team in managing and delivering projects.
- Providing Senior Commissioning leadership and expertise on the commissioning and management of pharmacy, optometry and dental contracts across 2 ICB areas.
- Work within the team to drive transformation projects and programmes across all 6 ICBs and ensure effective planning and value for money of commissioned services.
- Improving quality and outcomes and including procurement projects.
- Leading the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying and monitoring risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project.
- Developing and maintaining constructive relationships with a broad range of key stakeholders for example ICB Commissioners, Commissioning Finance, Clinical Advisors, Local Professional Networks (Dental, Pharmacy & Eye Health), Subject Matter Experts, Commissioning Support Units, and Healthwatch managing conflicts of interest where appropriate.
- Responding to and resolving conflict when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms.
- Reviewing lessons learnt to support a drive for continuous improvement.
- supporting the team to ensure that workstreams are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in their successful delivery.
About us
Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System brings together local NHS, councils and voluntary, community and faith sectors to better serve our communities. With a population of circa 1.55 million, our vision is for BSOL to be the healthiest place to live and work, driving equity in life chances and health outcomes for everyone. For an chance to be part of the fantastic opportunity we have as an Integrated Care System, apply for this role today.
As a member of our system you will actively demonstrate system values in all that you do. You will be driven to address health inequalities and create an environment that is inclusive for all people.
In return NHS Birmingham and Solihull can offer you the opportunity to thrive and develop in a team that is supportive, ambitious and inclusive. You will have plenty of opportunities to build your skills and experience, with a chance to work with colleagues across our five Provider Trusts, two Local Authorities, voluntary organisations, Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England to truly effect change and add value.
We know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation and are committed to challenging discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity for all, being a fair and inclusive employer, and creating a place of work in which all of us feel we belong.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full details of the duties and responsibilities can be found within the attached job description.
In your application, please provide evidence to support each of the Essential and Desirable criteria set out in the Person specification of the Job Description
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.
BSOL ICB is committed to give people greater choice over working patterns, helping our staff to achieve a better work-life balance. Please identify at application stage if you wish to discuss flexible working options.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full details of the duties and responsibilities can be found within the attached job description.
In your application, please provide evidence to support each of the Essential and Desirable criteria set out in the Person specification of the Job Description
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB, you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.
BSOL ICB is committed to give people greater choice over working patterns, helping our staff to achieve a better work-life balance. Please identify at application stage if you wish to discuss flexible working options.
Person Specification
The Job holder will be accountable for
Essential
- Lead the effective commissioning and management of the Pharmacy, Optometry and Dentistry services across 2 ICB areas, to more closely meet population need, operating within a highly political and sensitive environment, including leading on procurements as required.
- Liaise with key stakeholders, including ICBs, clinicians, regulatory and statutory bodies as relevant to the role.
- Responsible for providing professional expertise to commissioning business processes. ?Interpreting national policy into local action
- Work with clinical and managerial stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve access and to transform services and to improve quality and outcomes for patient care.
Operational Management
Essential
- Lead the team in the delivery of commissioning plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options.
Partnership and cross boundary working
Essential
- To operate across and within the ICB footprints to provide subject matter expertise and leadership in relation to commissioning and to develop systems.
Person Specification
The Job holder will be accountable for
Essential
- Lead the effective commissioning and management of the Pharmacy, Optometry and Dentistry services across 2 ICB areas, to more closely meet population need, operating within a highly political and sensitive environment, including leading on procurements as required.
- Liaise with key stakeholders, including ICBs, clinicians, regulatory and statutory bodies as relevant to the role.
- Responsible for providing professional expertise to commissioning business processes. ?Interpreting national policy into local action
- Work with clinical and managerial stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve access and to transform services and to improve quality and outcomes for patient care.
Operational Management
Essential
- Lead the team in the delivery of commissioning plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options.
Partnership and cross boundary working
Essential
- To operate across and within the ICB footprints to provide subject matter expertise and leadership in relation to commissioning and to develop systems.
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.
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).
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).
