Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced Head of Contracts and Commissioning who will be responsible for contractual management, directly supporting the portfolio of contracts held by the organisation as a provider and commissioner of a range of clinical services.

The delivery of a strong contract management function within the Trust is central to the Trust's future success and help to assure the best possible care for our patients. The post holder will assist the Associate Director in delivering the Trust's contracting and commissioning requirements. The main function of this role is to lead and manage the Trust's contracting team to ensure all of its objectives are successfully met. This will include leading on the delivery of contracts and support end-to-end processes for provider management and specific contracting responsibilities in support of transformation, as well as securing best value.

Knowledge of commissioning, contracting and performance management either within the NHS or a sector of comparable complexity is key, along with a clear understanding of national priorities/objectives aligned to mental health, learning disabilities and community services.

Main duties of the job

The delivery of a strong contract management function within the Trust is central to the Trust's future success and help to assure the best possible care for our patients.

The post holder will assist the Associate Director in delivering the Trust's contracting and commissioning requirements. The main function of this role is to lead and manage the Trust's contracting team to ensure all of its objectives are successfully met.

The post holder is required to work closely with the Trust Commissioners, Providers and internal operational teams.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Ensure the Trust has in place appropriate contracts with commissioners, clients and business partners.
• In collaboration with the Associate Director establish, manage and develop arrangements for formulating, agreeing and documenting contracts, agreements and schedules in respect of the Trusts health and social care services and other business activities.
• Lead and implement effective performance management arrangements for all contracts and business activities, producing regular reports for the Associate Director or Director as appropriate.
• Ensure that all procurement and contracting activities are carried out in accordance with legislation, health policies and procedures and principles of good practice including ethics and probity.
• To support the partnership working approach with statutory, voluntary and independent sector agencies in relation to contracting issues.
• Ensure that the relationship between activity, cost and performance is made explicit within all contracting activity.
• To support the Directorates in reviewing the performance of contracted services so that they are regularly monitored and reviewed to ensure services are effective, meet statutory requirements and deliver desired outcomes.
• To support the Associate Director in ensuring that effective contract documentation is prepared updated (and version controlled) and is appropriately accessible for operational and corporate directorates.
• Ensure actions from the Trusts various performance meetings are logged and followed through to completion with the operational and management teams.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent professional qualification

Desirable

• Project Management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 5yrs NHS experience at a senior level
• Experience of contract negotiations and performance management at a senior level
• Experience of delivering complex statistical reports and messages to a diverse range of people.
• Experience of effective budget and resource management

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Well developed persuasive, influencing and negotiating skills
• Ability to understand, interpret and implement guidance
• Effective team leadership skills
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

• Working knowledge of contracts management and technical understanding of the NHS Standard Contract
• Knowledge of working in Mental Health and/or Community Trusts
• Knowledge of NHS funding
• Good business sense and commercial acumen

Desirable

• Experience of creative problem solving

Physical Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel across sites in the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough area
• Sitting for prolonged periods using a Computer

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel independently across all areas of the Trust
• Ability to work flexibly from the normal working pattern (including out of hours / occasional weekend) to meet service needs.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Elizabeth House

Fulbourn Hospital

Fulbourn, Cambridge

CB21 5EF

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310-MCORP-6610115