Designated Clinical Officer - Sunderland, United Kingdom - North East & North Cumbria ICB

North East & North Cumbria ICB

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Sunderland, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

To ensure that the outcomes for disabled children and young people and those with SEN are maximised by working to improve; quality of life, school absences, secondary mental and physical health problems, personal autonomy and involvement in further education and employment.

This will often involve comparison and interpretation of highly complex information and circumstances in relation to person centred planning and identification of personal and strategic outcomes and the need to persuade or influence others regarding those outcomes in situations that could be highly emotive.

You will provide oversight and co-ordination across all health professionals delivering healthcare to individual children and young people and those with SEND within the school setting.

To act as an expert resource for children and young peoples health providing highly specialised information, advice, guidance, reassurance and support for families and professionals in potentially emotive situations.

This will include dealing with queries and information that may be of a highly complex, contentious and sensitive nature which extends to identifying and understanding problems or issues and also the formulation of solutions, including making recommendations about the best course of action from a range of options.

You will actively participate in decision making around provision for children and young people within a panel environment, using information and evidence gathered to make sound and reasoned judgements, where the information will be highly complex and there may be conflicting opinions, and making recommendations from a multitude of potential options.

You will actively manage financial resource commitments through this forum. This will extend to approving/declining packages on behalf of the ICB.

You will ensure all health services are reflected in the Local Offer and that health providers are co-operating with the local authority in its development.

You will provide highly specialised, long term strategic oversight to those children within a special school setting with complex medical needs and adapt strategies and plans in relation to the changing needs and circumstances of those children.

You will develop, improve and influence the short and long term strategic planning and oversight of this area of work, including planning and design of services for delivery in the future within a timeframe that will often exceed a one year period.

You will act as strategic and operational health lead for the Education, Health and Care Plan Pathway, ensuring co-ordination between NHS commissioners, providers, education and social care whilst ensuring robust quality assurance processes are embedded.

You will work with the ICBs Commissioning team to inform short and longer term strategic planning and commissioning which will include influencing financial planning and management, in recognition of uncertainties and interdependencies that may exist in relation to the ongoing and constantly changing needs of the population of Children and Young People.

To act as the lead health contact for young people aged 19-25 and identify the most appropriate lead health professional for the young persons EHCP.

To lead the support to ICBs to ensure they meet their statutory duties for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) aged 0-25.

To provide highly specialised advice in relation to the development of often highly complex programmes of care for Children and Young People.

DIMENSIONS Form part of the ICB Nursing & Quality team, which also serves the whole population, to work with clinicians, patients and users and partners to ensure safe and quality services are delivered to the population covered.

To link across a range of workstreams to ensure services are strategic and work collaboratively to meet the needs of children and young people.

Ensuring the delivery of national requirements. KEY RESULT AREA Own individual responsibilities and share team objectives Lead or contribute to creating improvement, transformation and innovation of services Contribute to creating a work environment that is marked by pride, enthusiasm and collaboration Manage and/or contribute to financial performance and target delivery Lead by action andinspire others acting as role model, demonstrating the leadership behaviours and values identified by the ICB Communicate positively and effectively Actively give and receive feedback in a constructive manner Be adaptable, work with integrity and be trustworthy Show constancy, courage and resolve in the pursuit of the vision and aims of the ICB Actively contribute to improving the health and well-being of the population that is served

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES:

To support the development of the corporate identity of the ICB through contribution to developing the vision, strategic direction, values and culture.

To represent the ICB on external bodies To promote and develop the culture of a learning