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Job requirements
Essential
7 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Education
Professional knowledge, plus additional specialist, management knowledge acquired through training and experience to Masters level or equivalent relevant experience.
- Experience
Present highly complex, sometimes contentious information to approximately 500x contract stakeholders. Persuade senior managers of the necessity of change when appropriate.
- Experience
Adequate sight and dexterity to use standard office equipment.
- Skills/Abilities
Ability to use modern office software and to be trained to use other specialist software.
- Skills/Abilities
Highly developed interpersonal skills, with ability to relate to a broad range of professions and levels of seniority.
- Skills/Abilities
Ability to analyse performance of Specialist service providers.
- Skills/Abilities
Set strategic objectives and advice in areas where expert opinions differ.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
We are an NHS partnership between Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are now one of the largest pathology providers in the UK. Our structure is based on a hub and spoke model providing pathology services at seven hospital sites across London.
Driven by visionary leadership, strategic investment and transformative initiatives, NWLP has grown into one of the UK’s most forward-thinking diagnostic service providers. We are recognised as pioneers in England for establishing one of the first fully integrated NHS pathology networks.
We are seeking an exceptional Contracts Manager to join our NWLP team and continue to shape the future of pathology services.
This role supports the contract management process for NWLP, to ensure delivery of Pathology that is high quality, better value for money and achieves NWLP and the owner Trust's objectives.
Successful delivery of this role involves ensuring contract management for all contract services by ensuring robust systems for proactive contract performance monitoring that enable activity and clinical quality indicators to be specified, monitored, under-performance acted upon and future procurement decisions to be made.
The successful candidate will contribute to the development of the NWLP/Imperial approach to: contracting; ensuring provider performance; and developing capability within the team.
Main duties of the job
- This role supports the contract management process for NWLP, to ensure delivery of Pathology that is high quality, better value for money and achieves NWLP and the owner Trust’s wide objectives.
- Successful delivery of this role involves ensuring contract management for all contract services by ensuring robust systems for proactive contract performance monitoring that enable activity and clinical quality indicators to be specified, monitored, under performance acted upon and future procurement decisions to be made.
- Contribute to the development of the NWLP/Imperial approach to contracting and provider performance and developing capability within the team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
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This advert is for NWLP Contract Manager with North West London Pathology in London, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Contracts manager role. The advertised salary is £75,328 - £86,114 pa inclusive. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Oct 2026.
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