Contracts Officer inArnold inArnold PUBLISHED 29 OCT 2024

As Contracts Officer, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the ICB footprints.

Working with the ICB footprints the role will require the postholder to provide leadership for the commissioning of medical and secondary dental service in support of the NHS Long Term plan. Utilising 'Neighbourhood, Place and System' the postholder will champion collaborative commissioning, focus upon developing and commissioning integrated services, that support patients to manage their own care, prevent ill-health and access services in the most appropriate setting.

The Primary Care Commissioning Team is responsible for provision of pharmaceutical, dental and optometry services.

This post will either work within the East sub-region of Midlands:

East: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire (5) Integrated Care Board (ICB) footprints, 11 local authority areas, 18 Clinical Commissioning Groups and has a population of 4.7 million (plus Northants).

Improving quality and outcomes

To work with the ICS/ICB to provide advice, insight and support to improving the quality, experience and outcomes for patients.

To work collaboratively across the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB matrix.

To utilise local knowledge alongside national comparator data to identify opportunities to improve quality and outcomes across the portfolio of commissioned services.

Work with the ICS/ICB to identify opportunities to transform services to improve quality and outcomes

Enabling patient and public involvement

• To act as champion for patients and their interests and involve the public and patients in the policy development and decision making of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB

To ensure all public and patient contact with the office is of the highest professional standard

To embed patient and public involvement within Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB at all levels of decision making

To maintain the statutory requirement to involve patients in major service changes.

Promoting equality and reducing inequalities

• To uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion
• To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality

About us

Operational

• As a management lead working internally and externally to deliver projects, initiatives and services to time and in a cost effective way.
• To support the identification and sharing of best practice in [discipline] to support service improvement.
• To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
• Support the portfolio of programmes/projects in demonstrating value for money tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.
• Provide specialist advice and prepare strategic reports and briefings for directors and stakeholders.
• In depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports.

Financial and Physical Resources

• Responsible for budgets/ matching the available budget to the appropriate staff resources and projects and for ensuring that the budget breaks even,co-ordinating and monitoring expenditure.
• Responsible for supporting the commissioning of projects and procurement of services to support project delivery, acting in accordance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instruction.
• Provide financial reports to Directors and the Board as required.
• Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility.
• Constantly strive for value for money and greater efficiency in the use of budgets, and to ensure that they operate in recurrent financial balance year on year.

People Management

• Responsible for the day to day range of staff management matters, which will include responsibility for supporting appraisals, development of staff, recruitment and where necessary employee relations matters.
• Responsible for an individuals development on the job and team performance.

Information Management
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Develop and deliver information sharing systems.

• Develop the acquisition, organisation, provision and use of knowledge and information.
• Highlight exceptions and risks ensuring mitigating action is taken.
• Drafting reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for the Head of Department.
• Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases and contribute to delivery of products and service improvement.
• Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.

Research and Development

• Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information
• Deliver projects to comply with key performance indicators, and best practice guidance.
• Co-ordinate Research & Development initiatives, delegating as appropriate.

Planning and Organisation
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• Ensure projects, services and initiatives are delivered on time, to quality standards and in a cost effective manner, adjusting plans as required.
• Determine the strategic planning of Department or Directorate projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
• Determine the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes, in accordance with Service Sector priorities.
• Determine short, medium and long term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.

Policy and Service Development
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• Carry responsibility for developing policy and procedure within own discipline/field, including briefings, commissioning, business or resources.
• Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies, guidelines and service level agreements (SLAs) which may impact within Department or Directorate.
• Proposes changes to own project/service and make recommendations for other projects/service delivery.