Deputy Clinical Officer for SEND

1 month ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom North West London Integrated Care Board Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced clinical leader to join our team as a Deputy Designated Clinical Officer for SEND. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Designated Clinical Officer for SEND in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that the Integrated Care Board (ICB) meets its statutory duties for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

Main Responsibilities
  • Support the Designated Clinical Officer in ensuring that the ICB meets its statutory duties for children and young people with SEND.
  • Manage complex arrangements and relationships between the NHS ICB and health service providers, Local Authority partners, and parent/carer forums.
  • Work with the DCO to identify need and future need of children and young people with SEN and disabilities and their families to inform joint commissioning arrangements.
  • Lead on or participate in working development or steering groups to ensure effective change management to support health providers to implement person-centred planning, improve service provision, and outcomes for children with disabilities and SEND.
  • Be the health lead representative on the Education, Health and Care Panels (EHCP) for Bi-borough and Hammersmith & Fulham local Authority as part of the EHC process.
  • Coordinate and support to embed the development of robust pathways to enable health service providers to meet their statutory duties, in contributing to the EHC process, including the legal requirements to respond to the National First Tier Tribunal, which may impact on other disciplines and maintain work-related records.
  • Provide support, guidance, and information to stakeholders, other partners, and parent/carers on children and young people's complex medical health needs and services available to meet those identified needs.
  • Coordinate and support health service providers in meeting their duty to ensure information is available and accessible to service users on local authority SEND Local Offers. To work in partnership with the Local authorities in the co-production and ongoing review of the Local Offer website.
  • Work collaboratively with partners and inform commissioners on the development of preparation for adulthood agenda and ensure good partnership working, coordination, and development for transitions pathways for children and young people with disabilities, including those with an EHC, to access adult health services.
  • Undertake a quality assurance role by conducting scheduled audits to monitor compliance with SEND statutory duties, reporting results, and supporting the development and implementation of improvement action plans enabling assurance to the ICB.
  • Contribute towards the gathering of data to influence commissioning decisions and reviewing future trends.
  • Undertake the development and delivery of training on the SEND/EHCP process to health professionals and partners.
  • Support the DCO in ensuring adherence to appropriate governance in line with the policies of and including compliance with Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission requirements. Support the DCO in preparing for and coordinating arrangements for the local area SEND inspections.
  • Deputise for the DCO as required within your scope of practice.
Key Skills and Qualifications
  • Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment.
  • Evidence of continued professional development.
  • Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
  • Experience of managing risks and reporting.
  • Babies, children, & young people.
  • Age-appropriate communication skills for parents, carers, and children of different ages.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of ICB statutory duties for children.
About Us

North West London Integrated Care Board (NHS NWL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in eight boroughs across North West London: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster.

The local population is large and diverse, with a wide range of health and care needs that are evolving all the time. Working with our partners, including Councils, NHS provider Trusts, GPs, and voluntary and community organisations, we plan and allocate NHS resources to deliver a wide range of services, including urgent and emergency care, mental health, primary care, elective hospital services, and community care.

All ICB roles work collectively to ensure our residents and patients have access to the right services when they need them, as well as focusing on prevention and health promotion, supporting residents to take greater care of their own health and live longer, healthier lives.

To do this, we will:

  • Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare.
  • Reduce inequalities in health outcomes, experience, and access.
  • Enhance productivity and better value for money.
  • Support broader social and economic development within our area.


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