ICB Learning Disabilities and Autism Regional Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Learning Disability and Autism is one of six priority workstreams across North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care system. The Regional Manager is a key member of the Workstream senior leadership structure across NCNE ICS.

The post holder will work alongside Health and North East Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) colleagues as part of a virtual Regional team to deliver the NENC Regional Learning Disability and Autism Programme Plan on behalf of the ICS.

The Programme Plan includes a brief and scope, themes and an action plan. The themes of work range from needs assessment, data analysis, treatment and care and market shaping set alongside a co-design framework. The Programme Plan is not in lieu of an overall Learning Disability and Autism strategy for the North East and the North Cumbria, it does not replace the ICS Workstream Executive Summary or the requirements under the NHS Long Term Plan, but is a call to action, with the buy in from senior leaders across the ICS, to affect change and capitalise on lessons learned.

There are currently 142 adults in hospital across the North East and North Cumbria, the primary aim of the Programme Plan will be to safely discharge those people who is it legally possible to discharge by March 2024, in line with NHS Long Term Plan commitments.

The Regional Manager will act as the regional lead for the Programme across health and social care, taking into account new policies and research from the NHS and LGA.

The Regional Manager will be the lead manager and responsible for prioritising actions and programmes across the NENC System to improve the outcomes for people with Learning Disability and Autism. Specifically, to make a step change, to increase quality community provision, to enable discharge and reduce inpatient numbers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area. In-depth professional knowledge in a number of disciplines e.g. financial management, performance management, information systems, staff management acquired through training and experience over extended period.
• In depth additional expert commissioning knowledge in learning disability and autism acquired over a significant period of time.
• Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to learning disability and autism.

Experience

Essential

• Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the NHS England/ NHS Improvement and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
• Demonstrable experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid working knowledge of financial process requirements.
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.

Desirable

• Member of relevant professional body.

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations.
• Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, academic and all levels of staff.
• High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions.
• Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate.
• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
• Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation

Employer details

Employer name

North East & North Cumbria ICB

Address

Pemberton House

Colima Avenue

Sunderland Enterprise Park

Sunderland

SR5 3XB

Employer's website

https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)