Job summary
- Main area
- Admin
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 468-HWE464
- Employer
- NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB
- Town
- Park Way, Welwyn Garden City
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum plus 5% HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/08/2025
Employer heading
Commissioning Team Leader
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
This is an exciting role within the All Age Continuing Care (AACC) team which is a busy operational team within Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB. The team works closely with local community providers, Hertfordshire Community Trust, Hertfordshire County Council as well as two providers of acute care; East & North Herts NHS Trust and Princess Alexandra Hospital.
The post-holder will be based primarily at the site located at Park Way, Welwyn Garden City, with the opportunity to also work from home and attend the office when required.
Main duties of the job
The main focus of the role will be to deal with commissioning and procurement issues, administration and sourcing of appropriate placements for patients, to maintain accurate records and support all aspects of work within the Adult Continuing Healthcare team.
The post holder will support the Commissioning Manager and Head of Service to ensure that there is sufficient, good quality Nursing Homes and Homecare Providers to meet the needs of people who are assessed as being eligible for CHC.
The ideal candidate will have experience of procuring placements and packages of care (POC) in either a CHC or Social Care environment and Lead the commissioning team.
If you have the energy, enthusiasm, values and drive that are required for this post we invite you to apply.
Working for our organisation
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the local NHS organisation that plans and oversees how NHS money is spent and makes sure health services work well and are of high quality.
The ICB’s role is to join up health and care services, improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for the 1.5 million people who live in Hertfordshire and West Essex.
It’s an exciting time for us and we’re looking for people who enjoy working in a fast-paced, vibrant environment that can help us achieve our aim.
So if you share our passion for people and want to make a positive change to their health and health services then we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role please see the job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Educated to NVQ 4 level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis
- Previously worked in a similar position within the public sector
- Team management skills or experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS Framework for Children and Young people Continuing Care
- Basic knowledge of project management principles
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills for communication on complex information and administrative matters, requiring developed interpersonal and oral/ written communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Dealing with complaints
- Analysing Data
- Team work
- Meeting strict deadlines
Analytical Skills
Essential criteria
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
Team leadership
Essential criteria
- Evidence they have managed 2 or more staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Newman
- Job title
- Commissioning manager/PHB Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07852168498
- Additional information
If you would like to discuss the vacancy in more detail please contact Sharon Newman on the contact details provided above.
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