Job summary
NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington.
Our local population is large and diverse, with a wide range of health and care needs that are evolving all the time. We're committed to improving the health and experience of our patients and residents, working with partners across the North Central London Integrated Care System (ICS) - including Councils, providers, GPs and voluntary and community organisations - to plan and deliver high quality, joined-up and accessible health and care services that put people first.
As an ICB, we're focused on:
o improving outcomes in population health and healthcare
o tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access
o enhancing productivity and value for money
o helping the NHS support broader social and economic development
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as an expert Senior Learning Disability Continuing Healthcare clinician. providing specialist clinical advice, supervision and management of a team of specialist nurse assessors. They will manage the team to ensure delivery of skilled assessment, placement, case management and monitoring of clients with a learning disability for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). They will be responsible for agreeing joint funding and ensure all joint funded clients who have a diagnosis of learning disability are reviewed, as well as overseeing any CHC appeals and retrospective claims. The post will lead on developing and operationalising strong transition arrangements working with Children and Young People teams and the local authorities.
The post holder will need to develop key working relationships with a variety of internal and external teams and stakeholders, including: Colleagues across Complex Care, Finance, HR, Safeguarding, Quality, Local Authorities, Adult Social Care, District nursing services, GPs,Palliative Care Service, Families, Carers, Acute Hospitals, Home Care Providers, Legal teams and Integrated Learning Disability Teams.
The post holder will also have experience of managing a team of clinicians and providing clinical supervision, ideally as a clinical lead; carrying out health care needs assessments whilst working with multi-disciplinary teams; managing contentious or sensitive issues, and proven experience of financial management.
About us
We're ambitious, driven, and passionate about working collaboratively and creatively to deliver the best health and care possible for our patients and residents through every stage of their lives. Our Population Health and Integration Strategy outlines our vision and priorities and will shape our focus as a system for the coming years.
It is an exciting time to be joining NCL ICB - we recently completed a redesign of the structure of the organisation and the way that we work to better meet the needs of our population, our people, our system, and our partners. As part of the organisational change programme, we want to re-launch and re-energise the organisation, embed new ways of working and building the capabilities we need to create a thriving organisational culture
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on this role please refer to the attached job description. Please ensure you pay careful attention to the essential and desirable of the person specification when completing your supporting statement.
For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Georgie.Jones-Conaghan1@nhs.net, Assistant Director - Complex Care (Learning Disability and Autism), 07919 995075 or Mansur.Quraishi@nhs.net , Head of Complex Care (Learning Disability and Autism) 020 3198 9743
Closing date: 30 June 2024
Date of Interview: 13 July 2024
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on this role please refer to the attached job description. Please ensure you pay careful attention to the essential and desirable of the person specification when completing your supporting statement.
For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Georgie.Jones-Conaghan1@nhs.net, Assistant Director - Complex Care (Learning Disability and Autism), 07919 995075 or Mansur.Quraishi@nhs.net , Head of Complex Care (Learning Disability and Autism) 020 3198 9743
Closing date: 30 June 2024
Date of Interview: 13 July 2024
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (LD) with current NMC registration
- Educated to first degree level or equivalent experience
- Significant evidence of ongoing professional development and achievement
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate qualification - e.g. Masters or specialist qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in complex care at 8a or above
- Experience of managing a team of clinicians and providing clinical supervision
- Substantial clinical experience post registration caring for young people, adults and older people in different clinical settings with LD/A
- Significant experience of being directly responsible for leading clinical teams who are responsible for making clinical decisions about patient care
- Experience of being a clinical lead of a speciality area e.g. LD&A
- Significant experience of working with the local authority stakeholders on operational issues impacting at the interface of health and social care such as delayed discharges
Desirable
- Experience of working in community settings
Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Significant knowledge of the Continuing healthcare process and national legislation as stipulated by the Department of Health, e.g. direct payments, PHB, patient choice, S117
- Able to manage staff, including recruitment, career development and performance management
- Ability to manage change and challenge practice
- Ability to deliver difficult messages, in a compassionate, yet clear manner
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (LD) with current NMC registration
- Educated to first degree level or equivalent experience
- Significant evidence of ongoing professional development and achievement
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate qualification - e.g. Masters or specialist qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in complex care at 8a or above
- Experience of managing a team of clinicians and providing clinical supervision
- Substantial clinical experience post registration caring for young people, adults and older people in different clinical settings with LD/A
- Significant experience of being directly responsible for leading clinical teams who are responsible for making clinical decisions about patient care
- Experience of being a clinical lead of a speciality area e.g. LD&A
- Significant experience of working with the local authority stakeholders on operational issues impacting at the interface of health and social care such as delayed discharges
Desirable
- Experience of working in community settings
Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Significant knowledge of the Continuing healthcare process and national legislation as stipulated by the Department of Health, e.g. direct payments, PHB, patient choice, S117
- Able to manage staff, including recruitment, career development and performance management
- Ability to manage change and challenge practice
- Ability to deliver difficult messages, in a compassionate, yet clear manner
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
