# IMPACT Contract Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/impact-contract-officer/1725b103-9c14-4129-8661-8558eb732877 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/impact-contract-officer/1725b103-9c14-4129-8661-8558eb732877.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Nottingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata for part time - **Contract type:** Secondment: 9 months (A full time contract may be considered which would be on a 6 month FTC basis) - **Employment type:** Part time - 21.5 hours per week (Working 3 days at 7.5 hours per week. Days to be confirmed on appointment) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T08:35:22.703Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Mapperley/Nottinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Contracting/Contracting-v8107274 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8107274?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Since October 2020 the responsibility for the commissioning of Adult Secure Care mental health, learning disability and autism services has transferred from NHS England (NHSE) Specialised Commissioning to Provider Collaboratives (PCs). Fifteen PCs nationally coordinate and deliver care for adult patients requiring low and medium secure care. The East Midlands area PC is called IMPACT. IMPACT is a partnership of 9 NHS and independent sector providers and is led by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS FT as the Lead Provider. The other organisations in the collaborative are: Cygnet Healthcare Derbyshire Healthcare NHS FT Elysium Healthcare Leicestershire Partnerships NHS Trust Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Lincolnshire Partnerships NHS FT Northamptonshire NHS FT Priory Healthcare St Andrews Healthcare   In order to preserve integrity and avoid conflicts of interest, Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust as the Lead Provider developed an arms-length commissioning and clinical oversight function (the IMPACT commissioning hub).  IMPACT’s commissioning hub’s role involves understanding the local population and empowering local clinicians and Experts by Experience to design improved pathways of care. Through the Lead Provider arrangements IMPACT also sub-contracts other providers e.g. to support discharges from secure care, assure the quality of services and lead the necessary reporting regionally and nationally to NHS England. ### Main duties of the job As a member of the IMPACT Contracting Team the post holder will work with Contracts Managers and Service Leads across the collaborative to support effective and quality contract management. The post holder will, with support and direction from The IMPACT Contracts Manager support specific contracting requirements as a result of new contracting arrangements happening across the collaborative. The post holder will be responsible for: - Supporting Contracts Manager to manage their portfolio of healthcare contracts including new contracts that need to issued under current service reconfigurations across the Collaborative. Responsible for the production of reports within agreed timescales. Organisation and co-ordination of meetings, creation and distribution of agendas and meeting papers. Minute taking and disseminating information to a range of internal and external stakeholders. Supporting the process of ongoing contract reviews for a range of Providers. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To support the ongoing contract review process for a range of Providers including: Arranging meetings; Completion of agendas; Distribution of meeting papers; Participating in meetings; Minute taking / action logs; Distribution of minutes and action logs Ensuring actions are delivered to agreed deadlines. To support the effective contractual management of a portfolio of providers with the direction from the IMPACT Contract Manager. Assist in the development and construction of robust contracts such as NHS sub-contracts, provider to provider sub contracts, provider agreements, memorandum of understandings. Ensure effective engagement and working relationships with Commissioner and Provider representatives to ensure performance monitoring of contracts is undertaken and recorded in line with appropriate regulations and frameworks. Prepare and collate the information required for regular contract performance meetings and reports highlighting areas of risk and concern, including outcomes data. Support the IMPACT Contracts Manager across a wide range of internal / external meetings and working groups. Provide effective administration cover and flexible support to the wider contracting team, including maintenance of office processes and protocols and develop maintain the contracts database. Take responsibility for the efficient organisation and maintenance of a centralised computer-based filing system for all Trust contracts. Ensure the integrity of the IMPACT Contracting Team by maintaining a professional manner and ensure all contacts with internal and external stakeholders are in a professional and welcoming manner. Develop a good working knowledge of contracts held by the Trust and sources of information in order to be able to respond to queries where required. Undertake specific project management work to assist in the delivery of key objectives and work strategies. We are expanding our team to establish a dedicated response function to support the delivery of urgent, high-priority service change across our Collaborative. This role will offer an opportunity to join a focused “team within a team,” working directly with senior leads in a fast-paced, reactive environment. The post holder will deliver clearly defined tasks at pace, with a strong emphasis on daily and weekly outputs. The role requires a highly responsive, proactive approach, with the ability to prioritise rapidly changing demands and act on direction quickly and effectively. While working within a supportive and collaborative team, this is a delivery-focused role with clear expectations around performance, accountability, and timely completion of work. This expansion reflects increased operational demand rather than turnover, and the successful candidate will play a key role in helping the team respond to system priorities. As with all IMPACT roles this post will be offered as a hybrid working arrangement (part home and part office working). Potential TUPE process. IMPACT commissioning support hub may potentially be moving through a ‘TUPE’ process to Northamptonshire Healthcare Advanced Foundation Trust in the near future.  There is strong support for a single hub model within the East Midlands, aimed at delivering financial efficiencies, streamlining governance, and reducing variation.  The merger approach will strengthen collaboration and alignment. The merger will not affect fixed term contracts or any changes to required job descriptions advertised. lease note that this post has been advertised as a part time post, however, full time hours would be considered but this would necessitate the length of the FTC to be reduced from 9 to 6 months. If you would like to know more and to speak to a member of our team, please contact Jo Moon – jo.moon@nottshc.nhs.uk ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent written and oral skills, including report writing and correspondence - Minute taking skills - Able to work quickly and accurately to competing deadlines - Good communicator who can liaise and work in partnership with a wide range of organisations, agencies and individuals - Ability to think ahead and anticipate needs before they arise ### Training **Essential** - Administrative qualifications ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of administrative systems and processes ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of a range of computer based systems (e.g. Word, Excel) - Experience of compiling contracts, agreements, reports - Experience of taking detailed minutes **Desirable** - Experience in contract administration skills ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent level of experience ## Documents - [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983) - [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913) - [about nottinghamshire healthcare (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2079) - [impact contract officer jd / ps (pdf, 440.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10408470) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.