Deputy Head of Contracting - Acute Services
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
The post holder will support the Head of Contracting & Costing by leading on the negotiation and management of the Trust’s acute contracts, with a particular emphasis on managing the delegation of specialised services to ICBs. They will be responsible for an acute contract budget of circa £550m, ensuring the Trust is providing value for money services that meet the demands of service users through proactive and effective contracting and commissioning arrangements.
Main duties of the job
This is a senior leadership role with autonomy to shape the Trust's contracting, finance and performance portfolio to ensure that our acute contracts are negotiated and managed effectively. The post holder will be required to influence decisions which will impact on the future strategy of the Trust, supporting the Head of Contracting & Costing and Divisional Directors in driving service transformation and change.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.
Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neonatal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
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Person specification
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria- Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Highly skilled in interpreting financial and non-financial information demonstrating ability to use it effectively
- Ability to present complex information in a variety of formats to senior level directors and/or Executives
- Ability to undertake in depth analysis of highly complex financial/ non-financial information
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria- High level analytical skills and ability to interpret data and information from wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively with both clinical and non-clinical colleagues
- Ability to make decisions autonomously when required, on complex issues
- Ability to nurture and maintain key relationships/ networks both internally and externally
- Ability to plan, organise and project manage a broad range of complex activities
- Ability to lead, manage, motivate & develop staff
- Ability to liaise and work with senior managers
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, delegating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines
- Ability to work effectively as a team player
- Flexibility and ability to handle a rapidly changing environment that at times has ambiguity
Other Requirements
Essential criteria- Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Office and Excel including use of pivot tables and other data analysis tools
- Ability to lead change and have influence on others
- Ability to set and achieve objectives within realistic time frames
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to Master’s degree level plus further management and commissioning knowledge to post graduate diploma level, or equivalent relevant experience
- Postgraduate qualification in accountancy or contract law
- Project/programme management qualification or equivalent by experience
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential criteria- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas (finance, contracting, performance)
- Significant experience in a similar role, or able demonstrate level of experience commensurate with progression
- Extensive experience of working in a health care setting
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring performance of health services
- Experience in the application of the NHS Standard Contract, with knowledge on its application and terms
- A sound understanding of NHS Finance and its applications
- Experience of managing and negotiating complex contracts
- Experience in production of performance/information reports and frameworks
- Understanding of current NHS policy and commissioning architecture
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria- Evidence of leadership skills, strategic thinking and planning with political astuteness
- Ability to interpret national policy and apply to local situation
- Experienced in budget management and working knowledge of NHS financial processes
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support performance reporting and sound financial management
- To be conversant with financial management and data systems
- Ability to redesign local systems and procedures as necessary
- Ability to use the NHS Standard Contract to document contractual agreements and action contract variations as necessary to maintain an audit trail of any agreed changes to the contract
Should any new information become available, you will be kept informed of this throughout your recruitment process.
As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with.This information will be treated in a confidential manner.