Job summary
- Main area
- Commissioning / Contracting
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-F-245542
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Commissioning Manager
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Commissioning team as Commissioning Manager. This is a high profile role within the Trust, which involves the financial and performance management of a portfolio of contracts.
The appointee will work with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and as such, the ability to build relationships, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively to resolve emergent contractual issues are essential.
Main duties of the job
Support the Deputy Director of Commissioning and Senior Commissioning Manager in securing legally binding contracts for NHS and non-NHS services.
Work with the Deputy Director of Commissioning and Senior Commissioning Manager to ensure that appropriate legal frameworks are in place to enable contracts to be secured, reflecting the Trust’s operational and financial capacity to deliver.
As a core member of the Commissioning team, you will help to provide an effective and responsive central commissioning / contracts service, working closely with operational and financial managers to secure service contracts.
This role will help to ensure the continued development and performance of the Commissioning department in supporting clinical service delivery within the Trust.
Within the role you will assist in identifying any process issues within the organisation relating to commissioning / contracting functions and provide solutions as and when appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 6th January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 20th January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to A level or professional equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level, or professional equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in the health service
- Experience of working in a commissioning, contracting, procurement or financial planning role
- Experience of delivering sound contractual agreements
Desirable criteria
- Experience of negotiating in a resource constrained environment
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of national commissioning policy, including the National Payment System and NHS Standard Contract frameworks relating to NHS Trusts
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of the changing commissioning landscape within the NHS
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal presentation skills
- Good MS Office skills, (Excel and Word)
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to accurately manage processes, tasks and time
- Ability to manage a busy and varied workload
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together - safe, kind, excellent.1. The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together - safe, kind, excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Johnson
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Commissioning
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07393 210693
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