About this role
Job summary
Please note this organisation does not hold a sponsorship licence, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require sponsorship
We are looking for an experienced and motivatedSenior Commissioning Manager - Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Neurodiversity to join our strategic commissioning team.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in translating our strategic commissioning priorities into practical delivery, supporting the development and improvement of mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Working closely with the Strategic Commissioning Lead, you will lead and support a range of complex commissioning, transformation and service improvement programmes. You will use data, evidence and population need to inform decision-making, monitor the quality and performance of commissioned services, and help ensure that resources are used effectively to deliver improved outcomes for our population.
Main duties of the job
The role requires strong partnership working across the NHS, local authorities, providers and the voluntary and community sector, alongside meaningful engagement and co-production with people with lived experience, families and carers. You will need to be comfortable working across organisational boundaries, managing competing priorities and turning complex strategic challenges into deliverable plans.
We are particularly interested in candidates who can combine commissioning expertise, analytical thinking and effective programme delivery with the ability to build strong relationships and influence senior stakeholders across a complex health and care system
About us
Working for Your Organisation
We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:
27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
NHS pension scheme
Sick pay policy
Occupational health services including staff counselling services
Flexible working and family friendly policies
Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers
Health Service Discounts - offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.
Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This 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. The job description and person specification may be reviewed on anongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Experience
Essential
- Educated to Master's level in a relevant area (health, social care, commissioning) or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band/level.
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role in the last 2 years.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide senior-level leadership within mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services across health and/or social care settings.
- Skilled in building and sustaining effective partnerships across organisational boundaries, enabling collaborative system-wide working.
- Strong ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders -- including service users, carers, clinicians, and partners -- to co-design and deliver shared goals
- Ability to interpret and apply current healthcare policy and ICS priorities relating to MHLDN services, using this insight to inform commissioning, pathway design, and service transformation.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of issues affecting outcomes for people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and neurodiversity, particularly those in vulnerable groups.
- Knowledge of policy, statutory guidance, and regulations relating to MHLDN services, including NHS Long Term Plan, Mental Health Act, Transforming Care, and SEND Code of Practice.
Detailed knowledge of commissioning processes in complex multi-agency environments, including:
- a) Health needs assessment
- b) Process mapping and gap analysis
- c) Service model development
- d) Procurement cycles
- e) Contract and performance management
- f) Market management and shaping supply
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior colleagues on difficult issues, and present to large and influential groups.
- Ability to prepare concise yet insightful communications for senior colleagues and partners.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to construct and deliver clear information/instructions to all partners, including staff and service users.
- Able to work effectively as part of a high-performing team.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB (104)
Address
Omega House
112 Southampton Road
Eastleigh
SO50 5PB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hantsiowhealthandcare.org.uk/icb (Opens in a new tab)