Senior Commissioning Manager – MH LD & NeurodiversityNHS

Job summary

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We are looking for an experienced and motivatedSenior Commissioning Manager - Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Neurodiversity to join our strategic commissioning team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in translating our strategic commissioning priorities into practical delivery, supporting the development and improvement of mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Working closely with the Strategic Commissioning Lead, you will lead and support a range of complex commissioning, transformation and service improvement programmes. You will use data, evidence and population need to inform decision-making, monitor the quality and performance of commissioned services, and help ensure that resources are used effectively to deliver improved outcomes for our population.

Main duties of the job

The role requires strong partnership working across the NHS, local authorities, providers and the voluntary and community sector, alongside meaningful engagement and co-production with people with lived experience, families and carers. You will need to be comfortable working across organisational boundaries, managing competing priorities and turning complex strategic challenges into deliverable plans.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can combine commissioning expertise, analytical thinking and effective programme delivery with the ability to build strong relationships and influence senior stakeholders across a complex health and care system

Job description

This job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role; the job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required. The job description and person specification may be reviewed on anongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation

About us

Working for Your Organisation:

We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.

We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.

We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.

Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:

27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement

NHS pension scheme

Sick pay policy

Occupational health services including staff counselling services

Flexible working and family friendly policies

Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers

Health Service Discounts - offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.

Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.