Senior Contracts Officer

The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB are looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active individual to join the Contracts and Procurement team.

The Contracts and Procurement team has a wide portfolio and covers acute, community, primary care and independent sector contracts. This post will have a focus on the acute portfolio but may also cover other areas in a flexible matrix approach. Its an exciting time to join the team as we work ever more closely with our provider partners to ensure that we can maximise value for money and deliver effective care to patients.

The team also has the responsibility for leading procurements to secure appropriate providers utilising the NHS Frameworks & ensuring the ICB is compliant with the new Provider Selection Regime (PSR). One of the key objectives of the team is to work in partnership across the ICBs directorate teams and wider ICS system partners to facilitate delivery of the LLR objectives - recovery, sustainability and transformation., We are looking for a Contracts Officer to join our friendly and welcoming team. The post holder is a key member of the contracts team whose overarching goal is to enable, promote and support the effective use of contract data, information, knowledge and technology to improve, inform and support a portfolio of contracts and services. The successful individual will provide high quality contract management support to ensure requirements are met and upheld, promoting quality improvement and best practice through application of robust contract management. We are looking for some who can undertake complex and detailed information analysis of specific activities / reports requiring high levels of concentration, which may require comparing a range of options to support projects and the contract cycle.

Integrated Care Boards are at the heart of a new way of working for the NHS, bringing together providers of NHS services with local authorities and other local partners to plan, co-ordinate and arrange health services as part of an Integrated care System. They are part of a fundamental shift in the way the health and care system is organised - away from competition and organisational autonomy and towards collaboration, with health and care organisations working together to better integrate services, improve population health and reduce health inequalities.