Contracts Manager

We are looking for an experienced Contracts Manager to join our Contracts Team and help deliver robust contract negotiation, formation and management across a complex portfolio of services. You will act as a senior ambassador for the Trust in negotiations with commissioning and provider partners and work closely with clinical, operational and corporate leaders to minimise financial, clinical and operational risk.

• Lead and support the development, negotiation and management of contracts and service level agreements, working with Divisional and Corporate colleagues.
• Maintain an accurate contracts register, filing systems and up-to-date service specifications.
• Represent the Trust at internal and external meetings relating to the contract portfolio, building effective relationships with commissioning and provider partners.
• Coordinate responses to Contract Performance Notices, including review meetings, action plans and improvement trajectories.
• Provide expert advice and a point of contact on contractual issues, resolving performance/service delivery concerns and escalating where appropriate.
• Support annual planning and ensure alignment to national and local milestones relating to contract negotiations.

Benefits

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

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