Role Overview
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust & George Eliot NHS Trust has an opportunity for the role of Contracts Manager. As an essential member of the Income & Contracting team you will be responsible for providing a comprehensive contracting management service, including ongoing management and monitoring of all contracts to ensure compliance, development of service specifications and coordination of key information to support contract performance.
Qualifications
Technically strong, with in-depth contracting experience and an appreciation of the current NHS regimes. Due to the complexities of the information that you will be dealing with, it is essential you have the capabilities to understand, interpret and convey financial concepts clearly and persuasively to finance and non‑finance colleagues. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, will be essential.
Responsibilities
- The role will deliver robust and appropriate contract management, ensuring that the income to the Trust is maintained and increased to reflect agreed service changes and in line with national guidance and contractual agreements. The total portfolio of contracts to be managed represents over £135 million income.
- To promote excellent working relationships with established Clinical Commissioning Groups and Local Area Team Specialised Commissioning, allowing early dialogue on changing commissioning intentions in either service models and/or potential providers. The post holder will need to work to tight and conflicting deadlines and have a high level of resilience.
- To carry out investigation and analysis which will support option appraisal and decision making with a view to growing the Trust’s business whilst managing existing contracts.
- To engage with clinical and managerial teams to translate the commissioning aspects of new models of care for patients so services are improved, income protected and debt reduced.
- The Contracts Manager will also help forge and maintain close links between Information and Operational Directorates including raising awareness of the importance of contracting functions. This will include leading training of staff and representing the team at key meetings (both internally and externally).
