Main area: Division Corporate – Commissioning Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent. Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time/Flexible working hours may be considered).
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary: £57,528 – £64,750 per annum pro‑rate. Location: Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join the Commissioning team as Senior Commissioning Manager. This high-profile role involves the financial and performance management of a portfolio of contracts.
As a core member of the Commissioning team, you will lead and manage staff, develop objectives and plans, and ensure a skilled, motivated team.
You will work with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, building relationships, communicating effectively, and resolving emergent contractual issues.
Main duties of the job
- Support the Deputy Director of Commissioning in securing legally binding contracts for NHS and non‑NHS services and manage the contract portfolio of the wider Commissioning team.
- Lead and manage the Commissioning team, developing objectives and plans for staff and ensuring availability of a skilled, motivated team.
- Provide visible and approachable leadership, ensuring effective communication, support, and challenge throughout the team.
- Ensure the continued development and performance of the Commissioning team in supporting clinical service delivery within the Trust.
- Manage the contractual disputes process with Commissioners and liaise with appropriate Trust personnel, escalating issues as appropriate to the Deputy Director of Commissioning.
- Respond to the needs of clinical services and external stakeholders as required, maintaining and developing effective relationships with key external bodies, including ICBs, NHSE and the Department of Health.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and 1,100 beds, CUH prioritises quality service for patients, staff and partners. Recognised for providing outstanding care, CUH is rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner.
The Trust values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – guide all staff behaviour and patient care.
CUH is committed to a diverse and inclusive community where all are valued. We welcome applications from all backgrounds irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy status or socioeconomic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full‑time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa unless they have a Graduate visa, have completed their course and applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date, or the Trust has agreed to sponsor them as a Skilled Worker and they will complete their studies within 3 months of the start date.
Benefits to you
At CUH we support good working days with development opportunities and a range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, a shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our work programme includes reduced‑cost Stagecoach bus travel to/from the hospital, free Park and Ride between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites, and subsidised parking on site for eligible staff.
On campus, hot food is available 24/7 at reduced cost. We have a staff pod break space with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge.
CUH promotes a work‑life balance with flexible arrangements such as part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start/finish times. We also welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
- Degree level education, or professional equivalent, or equivalent experience in a contracting or commissioning role.
- Professional accountancy qualification or professional equivalent.
Experience
- Substantial experience in the health service.
- Experience of working in a commissioning or financial planning role.
- Experience of working in a financial management role.
- Experience of negotiating in a resource‑constrained environment.
- Experience of delivering sound commissioning agreements.
- Experience of managing staff.
- Experience in influencing and persuading internal and external stakeholders to gain consensus or manage divergent views.
- Experience of working in a commissioning organisation.
- Experience in a provider organisation.
- Previous NHS experience.
Knowledge
- Expert knowledge of financial rules and regulations applicable to NHS and non‑NHS organisations.
- Knowledge of legal and contractual requirements placed on clinicians and managers.
- Understanding of the interface between contracts and financial management.
- Understanding of national changes in the commissioning landscape.
Skills
- Excellent written and verbal presentation skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to negotiate effectively and maintain robust professional relationships.
- Teamworking skills.
- Excellent organisational and planning skills.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage uncertainty and risk.
- Drive, determination, independence and autonomy.
- Highly developed analytical and problem‑solving skills to communicate difficult or controversial issues relating to services, finance, and organisations.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload.
- Prioritisation skills with ability to manage multiple projects.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to understand and behave at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
- Act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions.
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