Head of Planning and Contracts inStevenage inStevenage PUBLISHED
TUE 12 NOV 2024
East and North Herts NHS Trust rrjEkZue
Key responsibilities include negotiating and managing commissioning contracts, providing expert guidance on national health policy, developing comprehensive strategic business plans, and fostering collaboration among corporate, clinical, and operational teams. The successful candidate will also establish a prioritisation framework aligned with the Trust's strategic objectives and provide leadership to the Planning and Contracts team.
We are recruiting for a Head of Planning and Contractswho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The role is an unique opportunity to lead the Trust's role in population health management, contract negotiation and management and both short-term and long-term strategic and annual planning cycles. As part of this role, you will work collaboratively across the health and care system, engaging in and influencing the development of system-wide plans and collaborative projects.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Leading the negotiation, development and management of key commissioning contracts and supporting contracts and sub-contracts, ensuring that the terms and contents of any contracts reflect the Trust's best interests;Providing a high level of technical expertise on contracts, ensuring the latest national health and care policy is communicated and implemented within the Trust;Co-ordinating and leading the development of a coherent series of annual and longer-term strategic business plans;Working closely with Trust colleagues across corporate, clinical and operational teams, and with wider system partners, to ensure plans are aligned and developed in a consistent manner;Developing a strategic prioritisation framework that aligns with the Trust's agreed strategic objectives, and that allows a consistent approach to the consideration and prioritisation of business cases and provider intentions within the Trust;Engagement in the development of population health management;Day-to-day management of and leadership to other members of the Planning and Contracts team.
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