Contracts Manager | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
We are recruiting for a Contract Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
As a part of the Estates team, you will oversee the delivery of strategic business objectives, service improvements and EFM activity. You will support the Senior Contracts and Performance Manager in developing and implementing processes for monitoring and managing a portfolio of contracts including but not exclusively, secondary, tertiary, mental health and community healthcare contracts with Independent and NHS providers.
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Support in coordinating contract planning, negotiations, management, and reviews as well as ensuring efficient processes of monitoring are in place.
Be prepared to commute between various hospital sites. If own vehicle was used, a mileage allowance will be paid for this facility.
Develop strong relationships between the purchasers of ENHT services and demonstrate this through confident contract negotiation and in year monitoring.
Lead the day-to-day negotiations and management of delegated SLAs. Ensure SLAs are financially robust and include agreed service developments identified throughout the yearly cycle.
Manage the documentation throughout the contracts process, ensuring that contract documentation is kept up to date.
Implement SLA documentation in line with national requirements and the SFIs of the trust within defined timescales.
Support the Senior Contracts and Performance Manager in the delivery of the day-to-day management of the main Acute Services Contract as well as other large value contracts.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Oct 2024