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Designated Clinical Officer
3 months ago
Job summary
We are looking for 2 dynamic individuals (qualified nurse or allied health professional) dedicated to improving the futures of children and young people (CYP) in NWL who has with substantial experience in SEND. As part of our growing team of Designated Clinical Officers (DCO), this is an opportunity for you to lead and shape local provision, ensuring that children receive the quality of services they deserve. Your role will be essential in improving healthcare services and outcomes for families and children. You will play a crucial role in supporting ICB delivery of statutory duties for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities by coordinating partnership working in Ealing or Hounslow boroughs.
Your responsibilities will include:
Leading achievement of the ICB SEND Code of Practice requirements, that can evidence an impact on preparation for adulthood.
Providing leadership and to be a source of expertise on matters relating to SEND for the ICB and Local Partnership Area, including advice for strategic commissioning.
Supporting effective partnership working in local areas to deliver clear plans and improvements in care for children with SEND.
Building partnerships and a shared understanding of the challenges and solutions is a key feature of this role.
Championing Co-Production as a way of working within and across health
Attendance at SEND panels
Main duties of the job
As a NWL DCO you will ensure that the outcomes for disabled children and young people and those with Special Educational Needs are maximised by working to improve quality of life, school absences, mental and physical health problems, personal autonomy and involvement in further education and employment, independent living and community inclusion. The DCOs will support ICBs to ensure they meet their statutory duties for children and young people with SEND.
Effective communication, strategic thinking, and strong organizational skills will be essential in achieving the vision of improved health outcomes and reduced health inequalities for children and young people and are vital for engaging stakeholders and aligning projects with broader NHS strategies.
If you are passionate about advocating for the needs of families and children, we encourage you to apply.
Contact Details
Informal discussions are welcome by contacting Janet Cree () or Alison Markwell ()
Closing Date
Closing date for applications is: 18th August 2024
The interview will take place on: w/c 27th August 2024
About us
NHS 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 resource 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
DCO specific responsibilities
(adapted from 2019 Council for Disabled Children Handbook for DCO/ DMO)
Inter-agency Responsibilities
Sit on relevant health and interagency committees and panels
Advise Education Services, schools and other relevant agencies, including social care, on health matters relevant to SEND
Support schools with their duties under the Supporting pupils with Medical Conditions guidance, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary health team
Advisory
Provide support and advice on the framework and preparation of EHCPs of a sufficient and consistent quality, and support resolution of operational issues
Ensuring that identification, assessment, planning takes place, and that health support is available for children and young people undergoing Education, Health and Care needs assessment and Annual Reviews of existing EHCPs
SEND policy
Provide advisory services on practical guidance and policies relating to SEND and advise ICB senior managers on their statutory responsibilities and SEND reforms implementation.
Work with the Head of SEND to devise, review, manage and update policies and procedures in relation to SEND for ICBs; ensuring that they reflect the current statutory guidance, and disseminate the policies and procedures throughout the ICB and local health economy.
To act as an expert resource for children and young peoples health for information, advice, guidance and support for families and professionals
To provide information and advice relating to the ongoing review of the Local Offer
Service planning and improvement advice
Advising Local Authority to support effective strategic planning and improvement of health services that will meet the education, learning and training need or social care needs of children with SEND. This will include an annual report of activity, demand and service gaps.
Promotion of joint service planning and improvement through establishing shared understanding of need within the SEND population, effective management of relationships and generation of shared system wide solutions with partner agencies wherever possible.
Ensuring mechanisms are in place to assure ICBs and the Council with regard to health providers identification, assessment, advice and intervention with regard to children and young people requiring an education health and care plan.
Ensure mechanisms are in place to enable smooth and seamless transitions between children and adult health services and alignment of services to effectively prepare children and young people for adulthood, including Annual Health Check arrangements and health assessments for 18-25 year olds.
The post holder will provide leadership and be a source of expertise on matters relating to SEND for the ICB and Local Partnership Area, including advice for strategic commissioning.
Working with the Head of SEND to advise the ICB, in consultation with the Health and Wellbeing Board, informing strategic planning priorities for SEND and contributing to Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
Coordination around EHC Plan
Engage and liaise with all relevant health service providers, including paediatricians, General Practitioners, specialist nurses, therapists, mental health services and continuing healthcare services to enable implementation of statutory requirements for SEND, and to decide with them an appropriate division of responsibilities relating to SEN - In conjunction with child and adult commissioning managers
Liaise with, advise and support healthcare providers on SEND issues
Work with partners in Education, Health, and Social Care to ensure that there are adequate quality assurance processes in place for professional advice for EHC needs assessment and EHC Plans.
Ensure an effective partnership process for the coordination and transition to all adult services (including health) for children and young people with an EHC Plan.
Work jointly to deliver an effective process for personal health budgets for children and young people (aged 0-25) receiving an EHC Plan and who are eligible to receive a personal health budget.
To act as a point of contact for families requesting health specific mediation in relation to an EHC Plan
To advise the local authority on health matters identified in extended appeals made to the SEND Tribunal
Communication between services
Work with partners in Education, Health, and Social Care to ensure that the needs of vulnerable groups (such as Looked After children and young people, the electively home educated, children and young people known to the youth offending service) are understood and that support is well coordinated.
Enable implementation of statutory requirements for SEND, and decide on an appropriate division of responsibilities relating to SEN, in conjunction with:
oICB managers
opaediatricians
ospecialist nurses
otherapists
omental health services and palliative care services
Liaise with other DCOs and DMOs to establish networks to share and learn from experiences and good practice
Key Duties:
Work closely and effectively with internal and external partners including residents, service users, carers, and providers of services.
Monitor system performance, KPIs and capacity against agreed metrics and outcomes, supporting a culture of quality improvement.
Where necessary attend regular recovery meetings with providers to support performance improvement.
Support collaborative working across NWL ICS organisations and with other key organisations, including NHS England and local healthcare providers.
To ensure links and alignment with other programmes/ places in NW London, and act as a central point of contact/ spokesperson on all significant matters relating to relevant subject area.
Maintain clear and effective lines of communication at all levels with the programme/ place team and partner organisations.
Work closely with co-ordinating leads and relevant providers to inform service design, transformation and delivery.
Manage risks relating to the subject area ensuring that appropriate mitigations are in place and risks escalated as necessary.
Ensure relevant national and regional work and best practice is incorporated into work of the team.
Coordinate co-production within the programme/ place to drive development and delivery of transformation.
Ensure compliance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility.
Identify the appropriate governance and programme management routes within the current structures to which to provide regular and timely reporting.
Participate in and attend relevant programme/ place groups.
Prepare papers/ presentations and follow up for key programme/ place meetings and any other groups as appropriate.
Provide regular reports and assurance to key governance forums of the ICB, ICS and place based meetings.
Coordinate data collation, sourcing analysis as required and ensure accurate assurance reporting.
Play an active role in team management; line manage, motivate and develop relevant team members so that they are able to deliver at their best, ensuring that they have annual appraisals, a development plan and that regular one to ones are held.
Work closely and collaboratively with other senior and delivery managers within across NWL and within partner organisations.
Keep up to date with relevant policy, legislation, guidance and professional developments and ensure that these inform the work of the programme.
Human resources
Regularly responsible for professional/clinical supervision of a small number of qualified staff or students in regard to SEND. Regularly responsible for providing training in regard to SEND for multi-agency partners.
Within the context of the DCO team, one DCO will be responsible for day-to-day supervision of the deputy DCO. Other DCOs will provide cover and support as required.
Finance and Physical Resources
Ensures compliance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions in the discharge of this responsibility.
Observes personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in course of work.
Creation of Purchase Orders where required, and authorised for receipting invoices for payment.
Reducing Inequalities
Ensure services are developed and provided in a way that provides equal access and care for all our residents.
Promote approaches where residents views actively shape service and care provision.
Use data and information to actively review and monitor the impact of services and decisions on our diverse population, taking action where necessary to ensure greater equality of impact.
Ensure Equality Impact Assessments are proactively undertaken for all service developments.
Promote a culture that embraces equality and strives continuously to reduce inequality in for all NWL residents and staff.
Research and development
Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information
Deliver projects to comply with key performance indicators.
Co-ordinating Research & Development initiatives, delegating as appropriate.
Undertakes research, for example surveys, where appropriate within a programme of work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area. Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development SEND specific Qualified and registered Allied Health Professional or Registered Nurse or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (child family) with substantial experience in SEND First Level Degree or Master qualification or equivalent in relevant subject or equivalent knowledge / experience
Experience
Essential
Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in London and appreciate the implications of this on engagement Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations Understanding of Standing Financial Instructions, audit and other governance. Confidentiality of patient information, data security issues and other data protection governance. 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 Understanding of multi-agency accountability for commissioning childrens health pathways