Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Primary Care Team that is part of the Strategy and Delivery Directorate at NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board working as a Primary Care Manager.

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team to ensure their workstream of programmes and projects are planned and managed effectively leading to successful delivery.

The post holder will support the work of the Primary Care Team with responsibility for specific Primary Care projects and Primary Care contracts. The Primary Care team has a dual function, commissioning Primary Care providers and developing Primary Care.  Some post-holders will focus on development and others on commissioning.  However post-holders will be expected to be able to work effectively in either area, with the ability to interchange as required;  The post-holder will have an area of functional expertise, as well as a ‘key contact’ role, and to provide support in that area to other key contacts, county-wide.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have the following responsibilities:

Working under the direction of the Assistant Director of Primary Care and the Senior Primary Care Managers, the commissioning responsibilities will be as follows:

·                Commission primary care providers across Derbyshire, both:

§    Those that the ICB is directly responsible for;

§    Those delegated under the delegated commissioning agreement;

·                Commissioning incorporates: commissioning, development, procurement, implementation, delivery, performance management and contract variations;

·                Support and contribute to the various aspects of primary care commissioning and contracting under the direction of the Head of the Team and Assistant Director;

·                Manage and contribute to the development of service specifications and contribute to the development and redesign of care pathways to ensure primary care commissioned services provide quality and value for money, including General Practice, community pharmacy, dental and optometric services;

·                Support the Assistant Director of Primary Care and the team to ensure that the programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery;

Working for our organisation

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.  Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.