Contracts Officer

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) Sustainability & Transformation Plan (STP) 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/STP 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/STP 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

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a strategic component of the Integrated Care System (ICS) across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. We were formed with the intention to improve population health and collaborate with local partners (NHS, Local Authority and Third Sector) to deliver high quality health and social care provision to our local population.

We have accountability for the system delivery of the ICS’ priorities such as improving outcomes in population health and healthcare, tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access, enhancing productivity and value for money, and helping the NHS support broader social and economic development.

We seek to improve the patient experience and are committed at looking at innovative ways we can improve care and offer access and choice to our patients. Patients are at the heart of everything we do and it’s important that they are involved not just in decisions about their individual care, but also in the decisions that shape the health services delivered locally. In conjunction, with patient experience and the growing demands of our population; we are facing significant financial challenge. We are required to reduce expenditure to sustainable levels (ICS 5-year strategic plan).

The ambitions are great, but so are the opportunities to be part of our new and evolving organisation, to make positive impactful change to the health and social care agenda across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

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.