About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity awaits the right candidate as NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) seeks to recruit an experienced and self-motivated individual to join the Neighbourhood South Commissioning Team in Tees Valley as a Senior Commissioning Officer. Working in a busy, high-volume but friendly and supportive environment, this role will suit an organised person with an eye for detail and plenty of team spirit.
By joining our team in Tees Valley you will be supporting the continued development of high quality accessible health care to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for the people of Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.
Reporting to the Head of Commissioning, and working as part of a dynamic and multi-professional team, you will have an opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills as a strategic commissioner for primary and community services as part of the neighbourhood health transformation agenda; manage and deliver a comprehensive work programme aligned to the ICB strategy and deliver agreed commissioning plans within budget.
Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff members of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and staff members of North of England Commissioning Support (NECS).
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to the strategic planning of team commissioning plans, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on the wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
Lead the delivery of commissioning plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the sector.
About us
Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.
The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.
With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.
The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.
Job description Job responsibilities
Facilitate and support the effective oversight of contract management arrangements for providers across the sector.
Work with a wide variety of stakeholders, including general practices, Local Authority, Secondary Care Trusts, Local Medical Committee (LMC), GP Federations and other stakeholders across health and social care, including the wider third and voluntary sector.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in commissioning Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD)
Experience Essential
Extensive knowledge of contracting/commissioning across the sector , acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy Experience of financial and\or budget management
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 North East & North Cumbria ICB
Address North Ormesby Health Village
Trinity Mews
North Ormseby
TS3 6AL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)