Business Manager

The role of the Strategy and Development Team is to support the Trust to improve outcomes for people with mental ill health, learning disability or autism by providing a clear strategic direction and ensuring constructive relationships with commissioners and stakeholders. We are a small team leading on strategies and contracts for the Trust. You will join a team of four other Business Managers supporting the organisation This role will support one of the Trust's Divisions with their planning and commercial activity. This will include supporting the development of the Annual Plan and Divisional Plans and acting as the main link to commissioners for services within these Divisions. Alongside this the role will contribute to key projects that will allow the Trust to retain and grow in income in a sustainable and profitable manner such as supporting the development of tender submissions and business cases in connection with planned service changes. Working closely with senior managers, finance and HR colleagues you will take responsibility for maintaining positive relationships with our key commissioners. This will include leading on contract and performance discussions; supporting colleagues in the development of service proposals and supporting in the development and monitoring of the Trust's key strategic plans. There will also be a requirement for some travel throughout the HPFT footprint, this includes Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission. Our Family Of Over 4,500 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Simon Pattison Job title: Deputy Director of Strategy Email address: simon.pattison@nhs.net Telephone number: 07971992212