Designated Clinical Officer - Windsor, United Kingdom - NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board

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Lead co-ordination between and health, education and social care in relation to Education, health and care plans pathway (EHCP).

Advise and lead on the new SEND inspection framework for the ICB and links to wider health economy and integration agenda.

This includes providing leadership within health services for planning and demonstrating change and improved outcomes for children. To act as an expert clinical resource for children and young peoples health, to both families and professionals.

To provide the Local Authority with statutory notifications for children and young people with SEND. To support schools with their duties under the Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions guidance.

To ensure the Local Offer fully represents health services available and that the information held is comprehensive and up to date.

Undertake a quality assurance role to work with others to review current health service provision to ensure it meets the needs the children and young people and their families.

To provide high level scrutiny and assurance for the ICB and escalate any issues that could affect performance. To provide support and challenge to senior medical colleagues such as paediatricians and GPs.

Ensure that health services are meeting the needs of children and young people with SEN or disability and comply with the SEND Code of Practice including mental health:
neonatal screening, healthy child programme, chronic conditions and specialist care provision in schools.

Have an oversight to ensure that assessment, planning and health support is carried out for children and young people with SEND, recognising the requirement to incorporate the transition to adult services and up to the age of 25.


Lead to strengthen partnership working and co-ordination of services at the point of transition for children and young people with an EHCP plan.

This involves facilitating the streamlining of health transitions in particular between year 6 and year 7, and also for young people at 16-25 years.


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