Head of Patient Care Contracts - Band 8b

Job summary

The Head of Patient Care Contracts will be a member of the senior management team reporting directly to the Associate Director of Income and Contracting. The post holder will support the Associate Director in relation to all healthcare contract discussions with internal and external stakeholders.

The role supports the contract management process for the Trust, provider to provider and third sector contracts, to ensure delivery of services that are high quality, better value for money and to achieve the Trust objectives.

The post holder will also be expected to provide expert advice on contract management matters to Executives, Divisional Managers and clinicians from a variety of disciplines.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the development of the Trust to contracting with non-commissioning bodies as well as developing capability within the team and of individual team members.

Expected interview date: 29 Jan 2026

Main duties of the job

Key Dimensions

Contract Management

Successful delivery of this role involves ensuring contract management for all contract services by ensuring robust systems for proactive contract performance monitoring that enable performance indicators to be specified, monitored, performance issues to be acted upon and future procurement decisions to be made.

Safeguarding

Provision of in-house contractual expertise on how the Trust's interests can be safeguarded in contracts and partnerships with other organisations, and how those safeguards can be documented.

Portfolio Management

Manage a portfolio of Trust contracts, supporting clinical and operational teams with their understanding of contract terms and parameters.

Finance Liaison

The post holder will work closely with the finance team so as to ensure the Contracting & Income department provides a seamless service on all income issues.

Relationship Development

Development of key working relationships with Directors and Senior Managers of NHS provider organisations, suppliers and third sector bodies.

About us

We are a small team of ten who work closely together within the Finance function as our roles across finance, contracting and income overlap. We are in effect a small multi-disciplinary team. Our role means that we interact with many internal and external clients and need to build good working relationships, often leading in workshops to resolve multifaceted issues.

Details

Date posted

22 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year (pa pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

318-25-T0774

Job locations

Riverside House (1st floor)

College Baths Road

Cheltenham

GL53 7QB

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