Prior Approval and Audit / IFR Officer

As a Prior Approval and Audit or Individual Funding Request Officer, you will support the leadership and day-to-day delivery of the Clinical Policy Implementation service. You will work with a dedicated team managing funding applications from GPs and consultants for treatments that are mainly subject to defined access criteria as well as those not normally funded on the NHS.

You will also contribute to compliance audits, activity reporting, and the management of Individual Funding Request panels.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and highly organised individual to join the Clinical Policy Unit and help make a difference to patient care. Working within the Clinical Policy Implementation function, you will support the fair, consistent and effective application of clinical commissioning policies, helping to secure best value for public money and optimal clinical outcomes.

You will join a knowledgeable and supportive team with a shared commitment to improving patient outcomes, reducing unwarranted variation and ensuring NHS resources are used fairly and effectively. The role offers the opportunity to develop expertise in clinical policy implementation, funding-request management, assurance and audit while working collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries.

We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.

We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.

We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.

Here is a summary of some of the benefits and services which are on offer to staff:

27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement

NHS pension scheme

Sick pay policy

Occupational health services including staff counselling services

Flexible working and family friendly policies

Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers

Health Service Discounts - offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.

Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.