Commissioning Manager

Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the commissioning and facilitating the delivery of high quality, patient centred care, which is innovative, equitable, efficient, effective and where possible prevention based. The role involves dynamic leadership, working across multidisciplinary teams at both strategic and operational levels, overseeing processes for commissioning the provision of services. Working closely with local commissioning teams across the South West London footprint, to implement the plans and services in line with agreed joint commissioning strategies.

Main duties of the job

• Implement and lead projects and workstreams, addressing the transition issues, local needs, service gaps and priorities.

• Committed to working and engaging constructively with internal and external stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues.

• Support and encourage the effective mechanisms for consultation with service users and /or their representatives to ensure the needs are appropriate reflected in the commissioning and service plans.

• To take action to implement commissioning change, including close working with information and contracting team, commissioning support services and financial staff within the ICB to understand and plan appropriate actions.

• Contribute to short, medium and long term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.

• Work in partnership with the Communications teams on public relations and marketing activities.

• Creating and maintaining records in line with best practice and policies.

• Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation of policies, guidelines and service level agreement which may impact the service.

• Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes, in accordance with cluster and sector priorities.

About us

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.

Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:o an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care serviceso an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.

ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):o to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;o tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;o enhance productivity and value for money and;o help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.