Babies, Children and Young People’s Clinical Lead

Job summary

North East London (NEL) has a growing population of babies, children and young people (BCYP), with marked diversity and high levels of poverty, whose health has worsened over the course of the pandemic. We are putting in place an ambitious long-term programme of work to help our BCYP populations both recover from the pandemic and improve their overall health outcomes. Our mission will be to inspire our professionals and communities to lead a relevant and impactful programme, which is one of the four main strategic priorities of NHS NEL. Central to our work is the belief that we can best improve services through unleashing the potential of our staff, harnessing their creativity and passion through establishing a safe learning environment. Co-producing the programme together with children and young people will be a central theme. We aspire to have a wide-ranging impact on the quality of care provided - with better outcomes, more efficient services, a more engaged workforce and higher user satisfaction.

We are seeking to appoint a clinical lead to support this programme of work.

We encourage applications for all multidisciplinary professional groups and in particular would welcome application from interested candidates from a Black, Asian and Minority ethnic background.

Main duties of the job

We have developed a series of design principles that will ensure the CCP system leadership is fully integrated with executive and managerial leadership in our ICS operating model, system governance, structures and networks as a core required function of the NEL Integrated Care Board.

It is designed to support delivery of a clear, purposeful and motivational ICS strategy to improve health outcomes for the population of north east London and is focused on key functions and programmes of work that have a clear benefit of being addressed at system level and what leaders can collectively contribute to the broader system. It is essential that our CCP leadership group is Inclusive and reflective of the diversity, breadth and depth of our system across care settings, place, organisations, professional groups and networks and the population we serve. It is further designed to support the development of skills, behaviours, tools and relationships required to maintain a community of innovative and impactful system leaders working effectively across spatial, organisational and professional boundaries. Through all of this we will be able to support, develop and sustain a culture of learning underpinned by psychological safety in all aspects of this work.

About us

We will be providing development support for all of those with the skills and appetite to step into leadership roles at borough and ICS level and are keen to ensure a more diverse range of clinical and care professionals able to participate in system leadership roles - better reflecting our ambitions around integration and the multidisciplinary nature of care, as well as the diversity of the communities we serve.

This development support on offer will be through the NEL System Leadership Collaborative, which is being designed specifically to increase our pipeline for these key roles in NEL. Principally we are looking for health and care professionals with the energy, ability and enthusiasm to drive improvements in care across organisational boundaries, and improve outcomes and tackle inequalities in our population across NEL through closer collaboration.

Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a 6 months' probation period in line with the Probation Policy.