Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Commissioning Manager to join the Urgent and Emergency Care Team on a permanent basis.
As Senior Commissioning Manager, you will support the Head of Urgent and Emergency Care in driving forward the strategic development and commissioning of urgent care services within JUCD.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have be an experienced line manager with excellent project management skills. The role involves extensive working with clinicians and colleagues from across the health system, so the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the ability to work and communicate with a broad range of stakeholders including the ability to negotiate on difficult issues.
Most importantly, you will bring enthusiasm, excellent communication and influencing skills and have a genuine passion for improving the experience and services for patients in Derbyshire.
Based at either Chesterfield or Derby, there will be a requirement for travel within the Derbyshire region. The team are currently working from home, moving to a hybrid model of home and office-based working in the coming months.
About us
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (DDCCG) are responsible for planning, monitoring, and paying for health services in Derby and Derbyshire. Serving a total population of 1,053,000 with a budget of over £1.6 billion the CCG has a staff base of approximately 500 people.
At DDCCG we are passionate about making diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We have staff engagement forums, a diversity and inclusion network run by and for our people and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. Together, we are building an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated and people feel able to bring their whole self to work. We are a disability confident employer andoffer a range of family friendly, flexible working arrangements and inclusive employment policies, to support our people in the workplace. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organiser, influencer and networker
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Completer/Finisher
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Ability to travel independently across the region and occasionally beyond
Desirable
- Experience of working within Urgent and Emergency Care Systems
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrates the behaviours that under pin NHS Derby and Derbyshire CCG's core value of "Commitment to Quality"
- Demonstrates the behaviours that under pin the NHS Derby and Derbyshire core value of "Working together"
Interview
Essential
- Excellent Presentation skills
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organiser, influencer and networker
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
- Completer/Finisher
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
- Ability to travel independently across the region and occasionally beyond
Desirable
- Experience of working within Urgent and Emergency Care Systems
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrates the behaviours that under pin NHS Derby and Derbyshire CCG's core value of "Commitment to Quality"
- Demonstrates the behaviours that under pin the NHS Derby and Derbyshire core value of "Working together"
Interview
Essential
- Excellent Presentation skills
