Head of Provider Management

About The Role Team – Hospital Management Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of the Vitality Offices (Bournemouth, London or Stockport). Full time hours.  Top 3 skills needed for this role: Leadership skills Stakeholder management Strategically mindedWhat this role is all about: This role is responsible for leading the way and taking on the challenges presented in managing and maintaining our relationships with our provider population. This role will contribute to how we shape the future for Vitality as the organisation looks to build on the solid foundations of true partnership working with providers. This role is key in underpinning our need to deliver safe, effective and commercially sustainable care for our members. You will need proven experience in provider management in private insurance healthcare sector, or demonstrable practical experience in a transferable environment. The right candidate will have a clear understanding of the PMI market and the many challenges that its stakeholders face both today and in the future. You will be comfortable in working with all levels within an organisation to enable you to develop your own clear vision of how to deliver and evolve our provider strategy. You will be highly data-savvy, embedding an analytics-driven approach to drive conclusions and communicate. You’ll also be experienced with commercial strategy and all areas of negotiation and performance management, and comfortable with working with legal teams. Key Actions Support the Provider Management and Strategy Director by controlling on the engagement and management of all secondary care providers, with a combined spend of over £300m. Ensure that the provider department is pro-active in its approach and delivers on manging the claims fund by mitigating the impact and risk of inflation (including medical inflation). Increase provider advocacy of Vitality through actions and processes that make us the easiest partner/payor to do business with. Development of contractual documentation and standards in partnership with the legal and clinical functions. Oversee our Premier Consultant strategy, taking the growth of utilisation and engagement of our providers to the next level as part of the broader company purpose. Engage with healthcare hospitals and facilities, consultant bodies and key industry influencers in the UK market. Work closely with departmental colleagues to manage supplier performance, Drive innovation using trusted 3rd parties to meet evolving business needs. Responsibility for the Hospitals and Clinical functions and driving these areas to deliver to the business. Drive innovation in internal processes and the utilisation of technology to ensure that ‘customer’ needs are being met. Deputise as needed for the Provider Management and Strategy Director and CCOEssential Skills needed to fulfil this role: Previous experience (>2 years) of provider management at a senior level Experience of contractual development and implementation within the provider space Experience of commanding functions from both a people and strategy perspective Track record of commanding successful change initiatives/projects/programmes The ability to interpret and present complex data and to present ideas and initiatives Experience in engaging with and influencing internal and external organisations at all levelsSo, what’s in it for you? Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits Life Assurance – Four times annual salaryThese are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities! If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will: Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been. Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self. Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work. Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths. Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be. Give you the space to try, fail and learn. Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support. Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits. Be there for you when you need us. Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.About The Company Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place. We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care. Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.   Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait. If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible