Clinical Programmes Lead – Adults/ABI/PHB

NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board

The closing date is 24 March 2025

Job summary

To manage and develop services in relation to the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare for Adults. Ensuring high quality, patient focused services to meet the complex needs of those eligible for NHS CHC in BSOL in line with strategic goals and national policy.

The post holder is responsible for ensuring the safe and effective management of the NHS Continuing Care Service across Birmingham and Solihull ICB and the effective and efficient management of resources of the service.

Lead the service in ensuring, that for individuals who are eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, and wish to receive a Personal Health Budget, the service is fully able to deliver this, with appropriate policy, procedures and governance arrangements in place.

Provide clinical and managerial leadership to the Continuing Healthcare team, to ensure a high standard of patient focused assessment, decision making and care management.

Main duties of the job

he post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with a wide range of external stakeholders to implement a local vision of Continuing Healthcare

Services, ensuring the delivery of key quality outcomes and strategic objectives.

The post holder is responsible for overseeing the commissioning of care packages for adults funded under NHS CHC.

The post holder will take the strategic lead for the commissioning Level 2 Acquired Brain Injury Pathway for individuals living in BSOL. Working in partnership with ICBs, and other key stakeholders, including providers, carers, service users and the voluntary sector, to ensure that the commissioning reflects national and local priorities, and high-quality standards of practice.

Responsible for providing senior professional expertise and advice to the operational CHC team, ICB and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of a quality and safe CHC service.

The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery.

Responsible for meeting external KPI requirements for NHSE 28 days and funded nursing care.

To support the business and performance team for the submissions required to NHSE CHAT Assurance tool, Funded Nursing care reporting, and any other statutory requirements.

About us

Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System brings together local NHS, councils and voluntary, community and faith sectors to better serve our communities. With a population of circa 1.55 million, our vision is for BSOL to be the healthiest place to live and work, driving equity in life chances and health outcomes for everyone. For an chance to be part of the fantastic opportunity we have as an Integrated Care System, apply for this role today.

As a member of our system you will actively demonstrate system values in all that you do. You will be driven to address health inequalities and create an environment that is inclusive for all people.

In return NHS Birmingham and Solihull can offer you the opportunity to thrive and develop in a team that is supportive, ambitious and inclusive. You will have plenty of opportunities to build your skills and experience, with a chance to work with colleagues across our five Provider Trusts, two Local Authorities, voluntary organisations, Integrated Care Board (ICB) and NHS England to truly effect change and add value.

We know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation and are committed to challenging discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity for all, being a fair and inclusive employer, and creating a place of work in which all of us feel we belong.

Date posted

06 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year PA/Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

529-7033095

Job locations

Hybrid - Alpha Tower Birmingham

Alpha Tower

Birmingham

B1 1TT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Refer to Job Description

Key Relationships:

The post holder will be required to communicate and provide highly complex information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including service users, wider public, public health, specialist commissioning, Local Authority / Education / Strategic Commissioning Team, NHS England and clinical networks to ensure a collaborative joined up approach to commissioning e.g. across the universal and targeted pathways, for those with Continuing Healthcare needs.

Nurture key relationships and maintain networks internally and externally, including national networks. Key relationships will include Chairs and senior staff in the Integrated Care Board and Senior Clinicians in all settings, the Director of Childrens Services, and, Local Authority Elected Members.

Develop relationships with individual service users and service user engagement forums to ensure CHC eligible individuals are involved in coproduction and management of individual packages of care.

Implementing and monitoring the use of NHS Englands NHS Continuing Healthcare Competency Framework, to help ensure that all staff within the service are competent to deliver the requirements of their roles.

Sourcing appropriate training to meet the needs of the service

Using feedback from individuals being assessed for or receiving services,

or from their representatives, to inform training. Ensuring any learning from

incidents, case reviews and complaints is used to improve practice, and

implementing any changes to training as required.

Carrying out audits and supporting others to carry out audits, using those audits to bring about service improvement, inform training needs and /or policy refresh.

Present highly complex information about projects, initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.