Senior Contracts Officer - Leicester, United Kingdom - NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board

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Leicester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB are looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active individual to join the Contracts and Procurement team.

Following the establishment of the LLR Integrated Care Board, this is a critical time to join the Contracts and

Procurement Team:

to lead and shape the new organisation's approach to contracting, and to accelerate system-based working and integration to improve outcomes for patients.

The team has a wide portfolio and covers acute, community, primary care and independent sector contracts.

In addition, the team has the responsibility for leading procurements to secure appropriate providers utilising NHS Frameworks & other Provider Selection routes.

The objective of the team is to work in a matrix, partnership way across the organisation and wider ICS system to facilitate the LLR Objectives of recovery, sustainability and transformation.

The Senior Contract Officer will support and underpin transformation by:

Actively participate in the implementation of new innovative contracting models to support the LLR System in the delivery of the changing strategic commissioning and transformational agenda
Ensuring that contracts are secured to deliver value for money, service transformation and adoption of best practice. Ensure that all agreed contracts contain clear and agreed clinical pathways, service standards and outcomebased service specifications.
Establishing constructive commercial relationships with Providers with systematic, proactive management of contract compliance and delivery of service standards and prompt resolution of contractual and customer service issues.
Manage a portfolio of healthcare contracts, analysing and reporting on delivery, querying variances from plans or targets, working collaboratively in the system to achieve the agreed expected outcomes.
Contribute to service reviews, service specification development and pathway redesign to help ensure that the best value for money and highest quality health services are secured within the available resources and specifications comply with contract terms and conditions.
Produce assurance reports to the ICB's Boards and Committees and other forums as required on the portfolio of contracted services

Integrated Care Boards are at the heart of a new way of working for the NHS, bringing together providers of NHS services with local authorities and other local partners to plan, co-ordinate and arrange health services as part of an Integrated care System.

They are part of a fundamental shift in the way the health and care system is organised - away from competition and organisational autonomy and towards collaboration, with health and care organisations working together to better integrate services, improve population health and reduce health inequalities.

Manage a portfolio of healthcare contracts, analysing and reporting on performance, querying variances from plans or targets, raising performance issues and pursuing actions to recover performance.
Analyse, interpret and present complex data such as contract activity, demand and capacity data, finance or performance data, present findings and produce reports in order to query variances or anomalies, inform planning decisions or hold providers to account for delivery of activity plans and performance indicators within budgets.
Monitor the quality of data and information and take the necessary action to deal with any problems and maintain data quality
Manage daytoday contracting queries and provide expert advice relating to any of the contracts in the ICB's portfolio, from Localities, GP Practices, PCNs and/or other healthcare providers.
Contribute to service reviews, service specification development and pathway redesign to help ensure that the best value for money and highest quality health services are secured within the available resources and specifications comply with contract terms and conditions.
Coordinate the inyear contract management process including the work programme for contract technical and performance meetings and the annual contract review and negotiation process, delivering key components of the contract review and negotiation work plan.
Authorise requests for funding for noncontract activity (NCA) including patient transport and authorise NCA invoices (following validation by the finance department).
Investigate and respond to contractrelated patient complaints, MP letters and Freedom of Information requests.
Take an active part in the development review of own work against the KSF outline for the post with their reviewer and suggest areas for learning and development in the coming year.
Core Duties and Responsibilities (Key Result Areas)

Key responsibilities will include:

Writing, evaluating, negotiating and executing various contracts covering a range of transactions
Creating and maintaining relationships with providers and stakeholders
Maintaining correspondence and document