Nursing Home Support Scheme Contract Manager

The principal role of the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal) Contracts Manager will be to work closely with the Nursing Home Support Scheme team and with the wider Operational and Finance teams to ensure that the role of the NTPF under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act (2009) is fulfilled to the required standard.

The Current Priorities for the Nursing Home Support Fair Deal Contracts Manager are as follows:

• Negotiate pricing and other arrangements with a preassigned cohort of private and voluntary nursing homes participating in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme.
• Develop and provide clear analysis of nursing homes data to support and empower the Fair Deal team to achieve their targets and goals working in partnership with the Executive Team.
• To develop and maintain information databases of data collected from nursing homes under the NTPF statutory role in the Fair Deal Scheme.
• To report to management on the activities, outcomes and key issues arising from this role.
• To ensure that the process and output from NTPF’s role provides value for money for exchequer funding and that the activities are carried out with fairness, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness.

This will typically mean:

• Gaining an understanding of the financial and business operation of each nursing home (i.e. key cost drivers, level of occupancy, current and future cost pressures, and any other information that will inform discussion on maximum prices).
• Engage with nursing home management by way of face to face meetings and in writing in order to discuss the NTPF pricing criteria and agreed maximum rates as part of the Fair Deal scheme.
• Attending to all administrative matters arising out of discussions with each nursing home.
• Prepare written reports of engagement with each nursing home, including any agreements made, and notification to the NTPF support team to facilitate the drafting of a Deed of Agreement between the NTPF and each nursing home.
• To participate in the development and implementation of information systems with particular reference to nursing homes.
• Manage and implement best practice in public service values when engaging with nursing homes.

Note: The functions and responsibilities assigned to this position are based on the current requirements of the NTPF. These requirements may change in line with changes in the roles, objectives or business requirements of the organisation up to and including transfer to other business units.