Clinical and Care Professional Virtual Ward ICB Lead - Primary Care

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Information:

This job is now closed

Job summary

The Lancashire and South Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formally established as a new statutory body on 1 July 2022, replacing the eight clinical commissioning groups across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Our role is to join up health and care services, improve people's health and wellbeing, and to make sure everyone has the same access to services and gets the same outcomes from treatment. We also oversee how money is spent and make sure health services work well and are of high quality.Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB is a highly complex organisation serving a population of over 1.8 million people.

This role will provide leadership to the clinical and care professional network for the Virtual Ward portfolio across the Integrated Care Board (ICB), and to the other Place Clinical & Care Professional Leads across the range of portfolio areas. They will be the ICB Virtual Ward representative/s on the Lancashire and South Cumbria Clinical and Care Professional Assembly.

Main duties of the job

This will be varied and will adapt over time as the ICB develops. However, the postholder is expected to fulfil the following key functions: -

This role will provide leadership to the clinical and care professional network for the Virtual Ward portfolio across the Integrated Care Board (ICB), and to the other Place Clinical & Care Professional Leads across the range of portfolio areas. They will be the ICB Virtual Ward representative/s on the Lancashire and South Cumbria Clinical and Care Professional Assembly.

About us

Risk ManagementYou are required to contribute to the control of risk and use the incident reporting system to alert the ICB of incidents or near misses that may compromise the quality of services.

Equality & DiversityThe ICB is committed to equality and diversity and works hard to make sure all staff and service users have access to an environment that is open and a free from discrimination. As an ICB we value the diversity of our staff and service users, and therefore recognise and appreciate that everyone associated with the ICB is different and so should be treated in ways that are consistent with their needs and preferences.

In support of this all staff are required to be aware of the ICB's Equality and Diversity Policy and the commitments and responsibilities the ICB has to:

Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act.

Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.

Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.

We firmly believe that it makes good business sense to have a workforce representative of the communities we serve and so encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Date posted

24 May 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience £300 per session

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

125-ICB-948601-VWL-P

Job locations

Preston county Hall/ Lancaster as the HQs

This role is system wide

Lancashire

PR26 6TT


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Clinical and Care Professional Virtual Ward ICB Lead will: -

Provide Clinical Leadership to the virtual ward programme, shaping the models of care, pathways and standards.

Act as a key member of the L&SC virtual ward programme team supporting the development of programme plans and priorities, ensuring the ICS meets its targets.

Champion the principles and practice of blended virtual care, particularly remote monitoring.

Encourage successful provider collaborative delivery models.

Host regular networking sessions for Clinicians and Medics involved in virtual wards to share best practice, work through challenges and learn together.Be accountable to Associate Medical Director Transformation/Associate Medical Director Primary Care.

Work closely with the Regional and National clinical leaders.

Work closely together as Primary and Secondary Care virtual ward clinical leaders.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Clinical and Care Professional Virtual Ward ICB Lead will: -

Provide Clinical Leadership to the virtual ward programme, shaping the models of care, pathways and standards.

Act as a key member of the L&SC virtual ward programme team supporting the development of programme plans and priorities, ensuring the ICS meets its targets.

Champion the principles and practice of blended virtual care, particularly remote monitoring.

Encourage successful provider collaborative delivery models.

Host regular networking sessions for Clinicians and Medics involved in virtual wards to share best practice, work through challenges and learn together.Be accountable to Associate Medical Director Transformation/Associate Medical Director Primary Care.

Work closely with the Regional and National clinical leaders.

Work closely together as Primary and Secondary Care virtual ward clinical leaders.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Registered healthcare professional in a LSC partner organisation
  • Making sound operational or clinical judgements that ensure safe and effective service provision
  • Proven ability to engage people by the way they communicate and interact, including members of the public, clinical and professional leaders

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualification or evidence of special interest in lead area

Leadership Skills

Essential

  • Be competent, confident and willing to give an unbiased strategic clinical or professional view on aspects of quality and safety within the ICB and PBPs;
  • Have the skills and experience to plan and chair meetings with multi-professional and multiple stakeholder involvement

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of health, care and local government landscape, and integrated care agenda
  • Knowledge and understanding of population health inequalities and how this impacts people's outcomes and experience of health and care provision
  • Understanding of the LSC system and its population

Approach

Essential

  • Determination and ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity in an effective way
  • Encourage and test new ways of working together, collaborating and learning from each other to achieve our collective ambition to improve the health and wellbeing of our population
  • Commitment to principles of promoting equality and respecting diversity
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Registered healthcare professional in a LSC partner organisation
  • Making sound operational or clinical judgements that ensure safe and effective service provision
  • Proven ability to engage people by the way they communicate and interact, including members of the public, clinical and professional leaders

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualification or evidence of special interest in lead area

Leadership Skills

Essential

  • Be competent, confident and willing to give an unbiased strategic clinical or professional view on aspects of quality and safety within the ICB and PBPs;
  • Have the skills and experience to plan and chair meetings with multi-professional and multiple stakeholder involvement

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of health, care and local government landscape, and integrated care agenda
  • Knowledge and understanding of population health inequalities and how this impacts people's outcomes and experience of health and care provision
  • Understanding of the LSC system and its population

Approach

Essential

  • Determination and ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity in an effective way
  • Encourage and test new ways of working together, collaborating and learning from each other to achieve our collective ambition to improve the health and wellbeing of our population
  • Commitment to principles of promoting equality and respecting diversity

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Address

Preston county Hall/ Lancaster as the HQs

This role is system wide

Lancashire

PR26 6TT


Employer's website

https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Address

Preston county Hall/ Lancaster as the HQs

This role is system wide

Lancashire

PR26 6TT


Employer's website

https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Manager

Catherine Wright

catherine.wright16@nhs.net

Date posted

24 May 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience £300 per session

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

125-ICB-948601-VWL-P

Job locations

Preston county Hall/ Lancaster as the HQs

This role is system wide

Lancashire

PR26 6TT


Supporting documents

Privacy notice

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)'s privacy notice (opens in a new tab)