Full job descriptionCommissioning ManagerNHS AfC: Band 7Job Details*Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
*Contract: Permanent
*Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref367-LD&F-101742
SiteForrest House, King Fisher Court
TownRadlett
Salary£51,657 - £58,785 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)
Salary periodYearly
Closing16/11/2026 23:59
Values Based ScreenerAt Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a ’completion code’ by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overviewThe key purpose of this role is to lead on the commissioning and contract managing of health and social care secondary commissioning for the trust, working across home care, supported living, residential and nursing-based services for people with mental health care and support needs.
The role will engage with stakeholders, including people with lived experience of care and support needs to ensure they are appropriately involved in commissioning activity.
The role will deliver commissioning projects across service user need groups, supporting with market shaping and procurement.
The role will lead and manage a team of contract and quality officers who perform PAMMS assessments with commissioned provider, requiring strong relationship building across multiple teams within the trust.
Main duties of the jobThe role of Commissioning Manager for the Placement Team is an opportunity to shape the contracting, commissioning and quality of secondary provided services in the community. working across home care, supported living, residential and nursing-based services for people with mental health care and support needs.
The role manages providers under an annual budget of £22 million. The finance management of the services is a key role in ensuring the Trust’s social care spend is intelligence led and based on value and outcomes.
The role will lead and manage a team of Contract Officer’s who assess annual contract audits of services within Hertfordshire. A knowledge of local quality assurance will be used in this role to support the team.
Working for our organisationHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ’Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities*Input to a commissioning strategy to be developed in line with organisational and whole system priorities.
*Support the Business Development Manager with autonomy for projects on the commissioning of social care services for Mental Health service need in Hertfordshire, this will include large scale procurement tendering projects and service finding of such services.
*Deliver projects on time and to budget
*Conduct research and evaluation using local and national data and information to support strategic planning and the operational delivery of services to support commissioned activity.
*Maintain effective and positive links with operational staff and other organisations to develop service solutions
*Develop and maintain strong links to the provider market
*Procure providers to supply care packages to adult social care, have responsibility commission packages at agreed costs.
*Responsibility to maintain data information systems including the service finding spreadsheet and contract databases. Additionally ensure accurate use of local systems such as PARIS and ACSIS and work on the development and maintenance of an e-brokerage system.
Person specificationQualification, Education and TrainingEssential criteria*Relevant first degree and advanced professional knowledge acquired through specialist training at diploma level or equivalent.
*At least 2 years’ experience working within a commissioner- provider type environment
Desirable criteria*Post Graduate qualification in health or social care (or equivalent demonstratable experience)
Previous ExperienceEssential criteria*Previous managerial experience in a complex organisation
*Line management experience
*Experience of commissioning and contracting of services
*Evidence of building effective relationships with commissioners and stakeholders.
*Experience of managing services to budgetary requirements.
*Well developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information systems.
Skills Knowledge AbilityEssential criteria*Excellent communication skills, written and oral
*Ability to work in collaboration with partner organisations
*Ability to lead complex programmes of work
*IT Skills
*Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
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