AACC Clinical Commissioning Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated clinical professional to join the Kent and Medway All Age Continuing Care (AACC) service as an AACC Clinical Commissioning Manager.

The AACC Clinical Commissioning Manager will support the commissioning, assurance and continuous improvement of All Age Continuing Care services across Kent and Medway, ensuring services are safe, effective, person-centred and financially sustainable.

• Drive improvements in quality and service transformation across AACC services.
• Lead planning, commissioning, assurance and monitoring activities to ensure high‑quality service delivery.
• Ensure robust processes are followed to monitor quality and performance of the AACC service.
• Combine subject matter expertise and technical skills to support strong programme delivery.
• Ensure appeals, disputes and Independent Review Panels are delivered to a high standard and progressed in a timely manner.
• Oversight of any complaint responses, SARs and FOI’s that are the responsibility of ICB
• Proactively engage and manage stakeholders including patients, families, carers, local authorities, care homes, NHS Trusts, NHS England and legal bodies.
• Financial authorisation, oversight and responsibility for AACC commissioned packages, including supporting the ICB high cost decision making panel process
• Support delivery of statutory and regulatory responsibilities relating to CYPCC, CHC and FNC.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, value‑for‑money assessments and service redesign.

We are committed to a culture that supports all staff at NHS Kent and Medway to be the best version of themselves.

Our ability to improve outcomes for our population depends on how effectively clinical, operational, financial and strategic professionals work together to make informed commissioning decisions. That’s why our workforce works a minimum of two days-a-week on-site, with the expectation that all one-to-ones are held face-to-face and that colleagues will regularly visit the services we are commissioning to understand more about them.

We believe regular on-site working supports stronger collaboration, faster problem-solving, peer learning, visible leadership and the integration of colleagues into our organisation. We also know that culture is built through shared experiences and day-to-day interactions.

We are a flexible working friendly organisation; we aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal and access to training opportunities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Aparna Belapurkar Job title: Chief AHP Officer and Director of AACC Email address: aparna.belapurkar1@nhs.net