NHS England

Payment Production Senior Manager

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Job summary

The Finance and Planning Directorate in NHS England is looking for talented, diverse, highly motivated people to join the Payment Production and Development team as Payment Production Senior Manager.

We:

work closely with government to agree NHS funding;

ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget set by Parliament;

decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England;

support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services;

set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year;

report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year;

explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money;

look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.

consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.

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Main duties of the job

As a Payment Production Senior Manager, you will lead the work calculating national prices for NHS services. This will involve using your SAS (or similar) programming skills to run the models used to calculate prices. You will be working with colleagues in the payment production and development team to introduce new prices and to assess the impact of the new prices. You will also work with clinical experts to test out the prices you have produced

The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.

Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.

Run the price production model to produce national prices

Use of SAS (or similar) programming skills to develop the price production model

Calculating national prices for NHS services

Assessing the impact of the prices

About us

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.

Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.

Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care

Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation

Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Details

Date posted

31 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-S3-COR-N-1-1709

Job locations

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.

To discuss this role please contact Martin Campbell on martin.campbell2@nhs.net.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.

To discuss this role please contact Martin Campbell on martin.campbell2@nhs.net.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to health care, data analysis and modelling
  • In depth knowledge of complex information systems
  • Experience of database management
  • Experience using statistical and/or analytical packages such as MS Excel, Stata, SAS, R, Matlab, SPSS and others

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences
  • Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.

Values

Essential

  • Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
  • Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
  • Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to health care, data analysis and modelling
  • In depth knowledge of complex information systems
  • Experience of database management
  • Experience using statistical and/or analytical packages such as MS Excel, Stata, SAS, R, Matlab, SPSS and others

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences
  • Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.

Values

Essential

  • Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference.
  • Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
  • Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP


Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Director of Payment Production & Dev

Martin Campbell

martin.campbell2@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

31 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£58,972 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

990-S3-COR-N-1-1709

Job locations

Wellington Place / Wellington House

Leeds / London

LS1 4AP


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