Job summary
A CLINICAL LEAD IS REQUIRED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PATIENT ACTIVITY (IPA) TEAM WITHIN LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA ICB
IPA INCLUDES JOINT FUNDING, S117, LD & COMPLEX PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE PACKAGES IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS
YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO MANAGE A TEAM OF STAFF WHO COVER FUNDING FOR IPA ACROSS THE LANCASHIRE& SOUTH CUMBRIA FOOTPRINT AS WELL AS LIAISING WITH PLACE BASED CHC CLINICAL LEADS
ROLE IS FAMILY FRIENDLY AND OPEN TO ALL ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS & NURSES
The post holder will play a key role in supporting the All Age Continuing Health Care service across the region.
Working within the remit of the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare, the post holder will deliver an effective and competent level of service, consistently delivering a client-focused service.
The post holder will manage a team of professionals covering Discharge to Assess process and provide specialist advice to the IPA Advisors. The post holder will have responsibility for the operational and line management duties of the IPA Team in the commissioning of care packages in the community and in residential settings. The post holder will work closely with the Head of Service CHC & IPA
The post holder will work closely with acute trust & adult social care colleagues as well as commissioning leads in the ICB and Local Authority in health developments and strategy.
Main duties of the job
Currently we are looking for a motivated and experienced RMN, RGN OR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL as Clinical Lead for our IPA Team
The post holder will play a key role in supporting the All Age Continuing Health Care & Individual Patient Activity (IPA) service across the region.
The post holder will deliver an effective and competent level of service, consistently delivering a client-focused service.
The post holder will be responsible for providing management and clinical leadership and overseeing a team of professionally qualified health professionals in the delivery of Individual Patient Activity and Deputising for the Head of Service as required
The post holder will work closely with adult social care colleagues in health developments and strategy and will develop close working relationships with Local Authority Learning Disabilities Team and Mental Health Team in relation to specialised commissioning of complex cases.
The post holder will actively contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
The post holder will work with the Business Manager to ensure delivery and compliance with key performance indicators and performance targets.
The post holder should hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle to fulfil the requirements of this post.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB is a fully-authorised ICB responsible for the full range of ICB statutory duties and powers. Each Team within the ICB aims is to improve the health of the people and reduce health inequalities through strong, clinically-led commissioning of high quality healthcare services.
Good induction and training offered. Friendly Multi-disciplinary Team. The role is varied and involves working closely with Local Authority, Acute Trusts and with providers
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a successful, progressive ICB and to make a positive contribution to the lives of people in Lancashire & South Cumbria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the leadership, management & oversight of the IPA Team within ICB working alongside other leads within CHC teams
- Responsible for ensuring that all clinical aspects of enquiries, disputes, challenges and complaints are managed and co-ordinated in a timely and appropriate manner in line with policy and guidance.
- Lead the team in the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project
- Providing management and clinical leadership
- Overseeing a team of professionals in the delivery of IPA funding strerams and Deputising for the Head of Service as required
- Work with the Business Manager & Business Support Team to ensure delivery and compliance with key performance indicators and performance targets
- Actively contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary
- Liaise with other clinical leads to ascertain themes & trends across LSC ICB and place
- Provide weekly updates to Heads of Service regarding theme, trends, issues and plans implemented to manage and resolve these
Communication and Relationship Skills
- Communicating information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports
- Working closely with care providers involved in delivery of the service
- Develop key relationships, through networking with national and local partners and stakeholders.
- Link with managers and members of other functions, to address inter-dependencies and ensure alignment.
- Support peers across the ICB regions, expanding on knowledge, skills and experience within core functions.
- Pro-actively manage stakeholders, respond to and resolve conflict between different stakeholders when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms.
- Deal with conflicting and contentious situations in a professional empathetic manner.
- Proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders. Forge close positive working relationships, to support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS objectives.
Knowledge, training and Experience
- The post holder will need to maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments. This will assist in the thinking and definition of the strategy discussions for the service line and stakeholders.
- The post holder will have an extensive knowledge and experience of complex packages of care, particularly those involving learning disabilities & mental health
- The post holder will have a wide experience of cross-sector partnership
- Knowledge of S117 responsibility for commissioners
Analytical and judgement skills
- Undertake research and development as required to support the service.
- Use qualitative and quantitative information and work with the Business Team to develop robust business cases and contribute to project and performance outputs
- Use data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
- Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies & guidelines which may impact service.
- Propose changes to own function making recommendations for other processes and service delivery.
- Ensure the flexibility of services if required to meet conflicting/changing requirements.
Planning and organisational skills
- Contribute to maintenance and monitoring of service standards around quality
- Managing the IPA team to ensure that workstream plans are fulfilled and supervised effectively to ensure successful delivery
- Develop short, medium and long-term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.
- Ensure that the services maintain business and clinical focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, are actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities of NHS
- Responsible for making recommendations, providing advice and able to prepare reports/briefings for the Head of Service, Senior management Team, Steering/Reference Groups and others as required.
- Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes.
Physical skills
- Keyboard skills
- Access to vehicle for occasional travel to visit individuals, providers and other sites
Patient/Client Care
- Managing & supporting the team in the arrangement of services required to meet the needs of individuals who qualify for a healthcare element of a joint care package as well as fully funded packages under NHS which are not Continuing Healthcare eligible
- Fostering transparency and a person-centred approach with patients, families and representatives
- Ensure the principles and duties of safeguarding are holistically, consistently and contentiously applied
Policy/Service Development
- Manage a team of IPA Advisors, ensuring a high-quality service is delivered, supporting staff to achieve continuous improvement.
- Ensuring Continuing Healthcare guidance is followed and services are delivered to maximise patient safety
- Actively supporting & managing the IPA team in working towards goals and objectives
- Comply with NHS Codes of Conduct and Standard Business Conduct and/or NHS Trust Standards of Business Conduct policies
Finance and Physical Resources
- Extensive Knowledge of Personal Health Budget process
- Be responsible for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of services on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
- Adherence to the budget, ongoing monitoring of expenditure against budget and ensuring the appropriate documentation is available for scrutiny working jointly with Business Manager.
Human Resources/Staff Management
- To ensure revalidation of professional registration for self and staff is maintained
- Support training and induction of new staff
- Responsible for the recruitment of team staff, chair of recruitment panels and acting as the recruiting officer as required.
- Responsible for undertaking appraisal, clinical supervision and personal development including progressing any disciplinary or capability issues.
- To ensure own and teams compliance with all statutory and mandatory training
- To support, motivate and develop staff within the team to ensure that they can deliver the new responsibilities of the NHS strategy.
Information/Resources
- Providing accurate and legible recording of information
- Ensuring data systems are kept up to date and maintained in line with standard operating policy and procedures
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, presenting information, to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the leadership, management & oversight of the IPA Team within ICB working alongside other leads within CHC teams
- Responsible for ensuring that all clinical aspects of enquiries, disputes, challenges and complaints are managed and co-ordinated in a timely and appropriate manner in line with policy and guidance.
- Lead the team in the delivery of project plans, allocating tasks as appropriate, identifying risks, issues and dependencies, considering best practice and current options and ultimately making decisions in the best interest of the project
- Providing management and clinical leadership
- Overseeing a team of professionals in the delivery of IPA funding strerams and Deputising for the Head of Service as required
- Work with the Business Manager & Business Support Team to ensure delivery and compliance with key performance indicators and performance targets
- Actively contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary
- Liaise with other clinical leads to ascertain themes & trends across LSC ICB and place
- Provide weekly updates to Heads of Service regarding theme, trends, issues and plans implemented to manage and resolve these
Communication and Relationship Skills
- Communicating information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports
- Working closely with care providers involved in delivery of the service
- Develop key relationships, through networking with national and local partners and stakeholders.
- Link with managers and members of other functions, to address inter-dependencies and ensure alignment.
- Support peers across the ICB regions, expanding on knowledge, skills and experience within core functions.
- Pro-actively manage stakeholders, respond to and resolve conflict between different stakeholders when this arises through facilitation or other appropriate mechanisms.
- Deal with conflicting and contentious situations in a professional empathetic manner.
- Proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders. Forge close positive working relationships, to support an effective matrix approach to achieve NHS objectives.
Knowledge, training and Experience
- The post holder will need to maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments. This will assist in the thinking and definition of the strategy discussions for the service line and stakeholders.
- The post holder will have an extensive knowledge and experience of complex packages of care, particularly those involving learning disabilities & mental health
- The post holder will have a wide experience of cross-sector partnership
- Knowledge of S117 responsibility for commissioners
Analytical and judgement skills
- Undertake research and development as required to support the service.
- Use qualitative and quantitative information and work with the Business Team to develop robust business cases and contribute to project and performance outputs
- Use data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making.
- Responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation and interpretation to policies & guidelines which may impact service.
- Propose changes to own function making recommendations for other processes and service delivery.
- Ensure the flexibility of services if required to meet conflicting/changing requirements.
Planning and organisational skills
- Contribute to maintenance and monitoring of service standards around quality
- Managing the IPA team to ensure that workstream plans are fulfilled and supervised effectively to ensure successful delivery
- Develop short, medium and long-term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.
- Ensure that the services maintain business and clinical focus, have clear authority and that the context, including risks, are actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities of NHS
- Responsible for making recommendations, providing advice and able to prepare reports/briefings for the Head of Service, Senior management Team, Steering/Reference Groups and others as required.
- Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes.
Physical skills
- Keyboard skills
- Access to vehicle for occasional travel to visit individuals, providers and other sites
Patient/Client Care
- Managing & supporting the team in the arrangement of services required to meet the needs of individuals who qualify for a healthcare element of a joint care package as well as fully funded packages under NHS which are not Continuing Healthcare eligible
- Fostering transparency and a person-centred approach with patients, families and representatives
- Ensure the principles and duties of safeguarding are holistically, consistently and contentiously applied
Policy/Service Development
- Manage a team of IPA Advisors, ensuring a high-quality service is delivered, supporting staff to achieve continuous improvement.
- Ensuring Continuing Healthcare guidance is followed and services are delivered to maximise patient safety
- Actively supporting & managing the IPA team in working towards goals and objectives
- Comply with NHS Codes of Conduct and Standard Business Conduct and/or NHS Trust Standards of Business Conduct policies
Finance and Physical Resources
- Extensive Knowledge of Personal Health Budget process
- Be responsible for a high standard of work supporting the delivery of services on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner.
- Adherence to the budget, ongoing monitoring of expenditure against budget and ensuring the appropriate documentation is available for scrutiny working jointly with Business Manager.
Human Resources/Staff Management
- To ensure revalidation of professional registration for self and staff is maintained
- Support training and induction of new staff
- Responsible for the recruitment of team staff, chair of recruitment panels and acting as the recruiting officer as required.
- Responsible for undertaking appraisal, clinical supervision and personal development including progressing any disciplinary or capability issues.
- To ensure own and teams compliance with all statutory and mandatory training
- To support, motivate and develop staff within the team to ensure that they can deliver the new responsibilities of the NHS strategy.
Information/Resources
- Providing accurate and legible recording of information
- Ensuring data systems are kept up to date and maintained in line with standard operating policy and procedures
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, presenting information, to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Proven line management experience
- Wide experience of cross-sector partnership
- Knowledge of S117 funding arrangements
Desirable
- Experience of PHB implementation
Competencies
Essential
- Demonstrable relative experience and knowledge of current key policies and procedures
- Sound knowledge and understanding of the current NHS reforms
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing goals.
Desirable
- Experience of providing information at Board level
Personal qualities
Essential
- Comfortable with complex and demanding workloads and competing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication including providing and receiving complex, sensitive or contentious information
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Proven line management experience
- Wide experience of cross-sector partnership
- Knowledge of S117 funding arrangements
Desirable
- Experience of PHB implementation
Competencies
Essential
- Demonstrable relative experience and knowledge of current key policies and procedures
- Sound knowledge and understanding of the current NHS reforms
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing goals.
Desirable
- Experience of providing information at Board level
Personal qualities
Essential
- Comfortable with complex and demanding workloads and competing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication including providing and receiving complex, sensitive or contentious 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.
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
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.
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).