Clinical Effectiveness IFR Manager
NHS EnglandLondon / Leeds / National, London
Overview
This is a NHS role (fixed-term) with NHS England based in London / Leeds / National. The advertised salary is £57,528 to £64,750. Applications close on 16 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
The Individual Funding Request (IFR) process is a statutory function of NHS England and decisions are made on treatment funding for individual patient...
The post holder will manage staff based in the regions. The post holder's role will be to deliver an effective service for IFRs, managing and leading staff to ensure process and practice for managing IFRs is aligned with national guidance and to lead the IFR process for directly commissioned services. The post holder will deputise for the IFR Senior Manager.
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for external candidates.
Essential: - Knowledge and experience of IFR processes and commissioning; - Experience of working at a senior level in IFR; - Experience of managing and motivating a team/virtual team and reviewing performance of the individuals
Essential: - Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups, particularly related to IFRs; - Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals
Essential: - Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do; - Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
Essential: - Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
How this role compares
We hold 1,232 NHS vacancies in London that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £45,953. This role pays more than about 70% of them.
There are 11,611 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,709 of them in London.
You have 11 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 30 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
NHS England has 32 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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How to apply
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