Job Details
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| Contracts Manager - PCT | | |
| Location | | South East ( Berkshire ) | | |
Salary
£30000 - £35000 per annum | | |
Application Deadline
21/10/2008 | | |
Description
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Main Duties and Responsibilities?
- To be a key member of the contracting team responsible for expert negotiation and to manage legally binding contracts with both purchasers and providers with a value of over £170m.
- To be responsible for the management of a diverse portfolio of contracts, ensuring regular active monitoring and management including the application of contractual rules and the interpretation of trends and variances.
- Ensure that all notices are served as per the contract and manage the time lines and actions following notices accordingly.
- Identify all contractual risks and escalate to Trust committees as appropriate. Identify possible mitigation strategies.
- To make us of SLAM and other hospital information systems to produce reports.
- To ensure high quality and consistent documentation and audit standards are established and maintained on all contracts.
- To support the expert advice service Trust departments on contracting, service level agreement development and negotiation, assisting in any policy development as required.
- To keep up to date with developments in healthcare across the NHS and beyond. To provide commentary on other information sources which will have a broad bearing on the Trust, such as national PbR guidance or changes to relevant policy in Primary Care.
- To ensure that the Trust is responsive to the needs and wishes of customers and commissioners that secures stability and growth in Trust services.
- The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. The post holder is at all times expected to carry out their duties in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy.
Key Skills
- Ideally a Member of CIPS and working towards a professional qualification or relevant experience.
- Previous experience of contracting in either NHS or other organisations or significant financial or NHS commissioning experience is preferred.
- Experience of contract monitoring preferably within a health services environment.
- Good understanding of NHS commissioning and the changing NHS environment.
Knowledge of current NHS policy and processes.
- Demonstrate awareness of the role of contracting and commissioning within NHS organisations.
- Information management and statistical awareness.
- High degree of interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and negotiate with a wide variety of people within and outside host organisation in a complex working environment.
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Reference
85073 | | |
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