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About the Role
This role offers a significant opportunity to shape the approach to patient contracting and commissioning, strengthen relationships with funding partners, and secure the long-term financial sustainability of specialist services. Reporting to the Chief Services Officer, you will provide strategic and commercial leadership for patient contracts and funding arrangements, lead complex negotiations, and ensure contractual arrangements reflect the complexity and cost of specialist care.
Responsibilities
- Developing and leading RHN's commissioning and patient contracting strategy.
- Leading complex negotiations, fee reviews, contract renewals and the resolution of funding disputes.
- Building strong, collaborative relationships with ICBs, NHS England, local authorities and other funders.
- Securing sustainable funding arrangements that reflect the specialist and complex nature of our services.
- Advising RHN leadership on commissioning changes, commercial risks, strategic options and the contractual and financial implications of service developments.
- Working collaboratively with Finance and clinical colleagues to strengthen income assurance and ensure funding is agreed ahead of patient admission.
- Leading and developing the Contract Management function, ensuring effective oversight of contract performance and risk.
Requirements
- Substantial senior-level experience of complex commercial negotiations, contract renewals and resolving challenging contractual or funding disputes.
- Strong knowledge of NHS and local authority commissioning and funding arrangements, including Continuing Healthcare.
- Exceptional negotiation, influencing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships at senior level.
- Strong commercial and financial judgement, with experience managing risk and supporting strategic decision-making.
- Confidence to represent RHN credibly and constructively in challenging discussions.
- Experience leading and developing people and contributing to organisational strategy.
- Must have the Right to Work in the UK.
- Safeguarding patients will always be our highest priority.
Skills
- Commercial judgement
- Strategic thinking
- Exceptional communication skills
- Negotiation
- Influencing
- Interpersonal skills
- Financial judgement
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior-level
Benefits
- Generous Annual Leave entitlement
- Free counselling and therapy sessions and other mental wellbeing support
- Free on-site wellbeing programs, including weekly yoga, and monthly pottery club
- Ability to draw down a percentage of monthly wages early
- Financial support services such as low-interest loans and help with savings accounts
- Wellbeing networks (Pride, Women's, Race Equality)
- Heritage events
- Free on-site parking
- Cycle2Work scheme
- Tech purchase support scheme
- Blue Light Card discounts
About the Company
- The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) is a leading national centre of excellence and one of the longest-running charities and independent hospitals in the UK.
- Situated within beautiful gardens and grounds, the RHN provides adult person-centred services across the entire care pathway—from post-acute rehabilitation to end-of-life care—for people with complex neuro-disabilities and their families.
- Underpinned by a strong research and education framework, the RHN is more than a hospital; it is a vibrant community where residents engage in music, art, and holistic support to achieve the best possible quality of life.
Equal Opportunity
- RHN is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer that respects and values the differences of our people to achieve their full potential.
- We encourage applications from disabled people and will make reasonable adjustments to support you through the recruitment process and in the workplace.
- We recognise the importance in addressing environmental sustainability and we strive to contribute to reducing our carbon footprint.