Job responsibilities
Key Result Areas & Performance:
To agree the rationale and drivers for exploring population health ideas/ problem statements
To establish how our information management system could support local work and translate data into actionable insights
- To engage with clinical leads to set up and lead any working groups required to drive forward and manage the projects
- To agree the characteristics and activity to case-find patients
- To agree what the expected outcomes would be for projects
- To support the development of a dashboard (or other tools if required) for end-users to support case-finding based on the above criteria
- To agree the relevant interventions with colleagues based on the areas where the data suggests there is room for improvement
- Facilitate MDT discussions as required
- To agree how to realise benefits and monitor those benefits
- To agree how they would embed the work as BAU
- To present project(s) as and when requested
- To consider wider dissemination of their project(s) through write-ups or sharing with other partners
Experience, Skills and Abilities
The post-holder will have experience working within health and social care, contributing to the delivery of high-quality care with an interest in acquiring a population health approach to help transform healthcare for the future
- Hold a masters degree in a clinical field or equivalent knowledge/ experience
- The post-holder will be required to ensure effective partnership working with stakeholders to ensure timely responses and the delivery of project aims and outcomes
- The post-holder will be required to work to tight deadlines and produce high quality and accurate results.
- To be able to work on their own initiative to identify gaps in access to health, health outcomes, and experiences for different patient cohorts within the population, and propose ways to explore them while tailoring findings to the needs and priorities of stakeholders.
- To work closely with CESEL facilitators, HEFs, the ARRS team, SPIN Fellows, community organizations/champions, and the community of practice leads for Health Equity across the boroughs to help critically appraise population health data and make it more useful for practical work planning.
- To be able to prioritise their work effectively.
- The post-holder must have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing at all levels and be able to respond and perform under continuous pressure.
- The role requires the post-holder to be highly skilled in project management and administrative duties, to be versatile and deal with difficult situations.
- To have a good general knowledge of the technical requirements of the systems used in primary and secondary care and be able to relay detailed information of a technical nature to both internal and external personnel.
Financial
- The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring value for money on agreed budgets and the timely delivery of projects.
- To support processes aimed at improving financial information and budgetary control and to ensure that all assets operated by the Services are utilised effectively
Partnerships
Communications and Relationships
The post-holder will work closely with Lewisham Population Health and Care team, as well as wider stakeholders to develop projects. Organisations include:
o Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT)
o London Borough of Lewisham (LBL)
o South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)
o One Health Lewisham (OHL GP federation including all practices in Lewisham)
o Cerner (PH&C system provider)
o South East London Integrated Care System (SEL ICS)
o Clinical fellows, including SPIN and GP fellows
o Lewisham Health Equity Fellows
o Clinical leads across acute and primary care
o Nursing staff
o Allied Health Professionals
o Consultants
o Service Management Teams
o We are establishing a community of practice for our fellows to support collaboration and spread best practice
General Information
Review of this job description
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post-holder on a regular basis.
Confidentiality
The post-holder must ensure that personal information for patients, members of staff and all other individuals is accurate,up to date,kept secure and confidential at all times in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998,the Caldicott principles and the common law duty of confidentiality. The post-holder must follow the record keeping guidelines established by theTrust to ensure compliancewith the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Data Protection Act
All staff who contributes to patients care records are expected to be familiar with, and adhere to, the Trusts Records Management Policy. Staff should be aware that patients care records throughout the Trust will be subject to regular audit.
All staff who have access to patients care records have a responsibility to ensure that these are maintained efficiently and that confidentiality is protected in line with the Trusts Code of Confidentiality Policy.
All staff has an obligation to ensure that care records are maintained efficiently and that confidentiality is protected. Staff are also subject to this obligation both on an implied basis and also on the basis that, on accepting their job description, they agree to maintain both patient / client and staff confidentiality.
In addition, all health professionals are advised to compile records on the assumption that they are accessible to patients in line with the Data Protection Act.
Systems and IT skills requirements
All Trust staff needs to have the essential IT skills in order to use the Trust Clinical Information System as well as other required IT related applications in their jobs. Initial and on-going IT applications and IT skills training will be provided to underpin this requirement.
Health & safety
All staff must comply with all Trust Health & Safety Policies and Procedures. Staff must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), and to ensure that agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees, patients and visitors.
Professional registration
i) If you are employed in an area of work which requires membership of a professional body in order to practice (e.g. Nursing & Midwifery Council for nurses), it is a condition precedent of your employment to maintain membership of such a professional body. It is also your responsibility to comply with the relevant bodys code of practice. Your manager will be able to advise you on which, if any, professional body of which you must be a member.
ii) You are required to advise the Trust if your professional body in any way limits or changes the terms of your registration.
iii) Failure to remain registered or to comply with the relevant code of practice may result in temporary downgrading, suspension from duty and/or disciplinary action, which may result in the termination of your employment.
iv) If you are required to have registration with a particular professional body or to have specific qualifications you must notify your manager on appointment of such fact and provide him or her with documentary evidence of them before your employment commences or, at the latest, on your first day of employment. Furthermore throughout your employment with the Trust, you are required on demand by your manager to provide him or her with documentary evidence of your registration with any particular professional body or in respect of any required qualifications.
Risk management
All Trust employees are accountable, through the terms and conditions of their employment, professional regulations, clinical governance and statutory health and safety regulations, and are responsible for reporting incidents, being aware of the risk management strategy and emergency procedures and attendance at training as required.
All staff has a responsibility to manage risk within their sphere of responsibility. It is a statutory duty to take reasonable care of their own safety and the safety of others who may be affected by acts or omissions.
All managers throughout the organisation have a responsibility to ensure that policies and procedures are followed, that staff receives appropriate training that a local risk register is developed and monitored on a quarterly basis and any changes reported to the Clinical Risk Management Group and Strategic Risk Management Committee.
Managers are responsible for implementing and monitoring any identified risk management control measures within their designated area/s and scope of responsibility. In situations where significant risks have been identified and where local control measures are considered to be potentially inadequate, managers are responsible for bringing these risks to the attention of the Clinical Risk Management Group and Strategic Risk Management Committee if resolution has not been satisfactorily achieved.
