Job summary
This is a new and exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to lead the development and delivery of the Coventry and Warwickshire LeDeR (Learning from lives and deaths of people with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism) programme. The post holder will provide specialist skills, knowledge, and leadership in order to drive a high quality LeDeR programme across the Coventry & Warwickshire footprint, as well as make strategic contributions to develop the local strategy for tackling health inequalities experienced by people with Learning Disability and autistic people.
Please note that interviews are due to take place w/c 22nd July.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role include but are not limited to;
Support the clinical transformation team within the ICB Nursing and Quality Directorate, in driving clinical transformation, improving care, and ensuring barriers are being tacked in the health inequalities that people with a learning disability and autistic people face.
Lead on the delivery of the LeDeR programme across Coventry and Warwickshire, including chairing the LeDeR Subgroup, and ensuring the programme is underpinned by a strong clinical governance structure.
Lead in overseeing all LeDeR reviews completed in Coventry & Warwickshire, reporting any areas of concern to the Local Area Contact, and extracting positive practice that can be shared across the system.
Lead in the strategic oversight of transformation projects specific in nature to improve the quality of care and services for people with a learning disability and/or diagnosis of autism. These transformation projects will involve working closely with Experts by Experience.
Communicate with and actively influence a range of internal and external stakeholders including clinical and professional leads and senior managers and executive board members.
Prepare reports and deliver presentations on highly contentious health issues to a wide range of audiences
About us
Learning from the Lives and Deaths of People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People (LeDeR) has been in place since 2017. This is part of a national service improvement programme; the LeDeR Programme seeks to identify factors influencing health inequality and premature deaths in order to influence effective change in health and social care provision for people with learning disability and autistic adults.
NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB is responsible for commissioning health and care services on behalf of people in Coventry and Warwickshire. The LeDeR team in Coventry and Warwickshire are passionate and committed to making a meaningful contribution to improving the health outcomes for people with learning disability and/or autism.
Job description
Job responsibilities
General
To manage team members to deliver the requirements listed above, and engage and liaise with key stakeholders, in particular:
Creates, implements and leads on the programme of work which delivers priorities across the LeDeR programme, clearly identifying links to national, regional and local priorities and policy objectives.
Leads and, as demand requires, assists in the completion of all Coventry and Warwickshire LeDeR reviews.
Has a focus on high quality care and effectiveness of services for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
Able to identify specific SMART actions from reviews, as well as wider themes and trends across the Coventry & Warwickshire footprint and explore these within the LeDeR Subgroup.
Supports the identification and sharing of best practice.
Provide leadership and day to day management of the LeDeR Programme team.
Responsible for the supervision, coaching, performance development and professional leadership of staff, demonstrating compassionate and inclusive leadership, working collaboratively in accordance with the ICB values.
Operate effectively in a flexible and demanding environment and proactively engage with NHS, social care and other partners including expert by experience on a variety of topics.
Develop positive relationships and effective engagement with experts by experience relevant to the projects.
Having the ability to deal with resulting potentially challenging / antagonistic situations.
Manages a range of complex and highly sensitive information, in accordance with local and national information governance requirements.
Drafting reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports to boards and NHSE.
Deliver programmes of work that comply with key performance indicators and key themes and trends which emerge from local LeDeR reviews.
Leads the development and implementation of the LeDeR programme schedule with clear timescales to deliver outcomes, identify risks and mitigation for the identified risks.
Organise meetings related to LeDeR and lead on the planning of both the governance group and working subgroup, ensuring agendas, workbooks, action logs and reports are produced in a robust and timely manner and are accessible to stakeholders.
Facilitate collaborative working across the organisation/sector, including the involvement of Experts by Experience.
Responsibility of monitoring the LeDeR programme budget and to lead on drawing up financial initiatives for the service. This includes both recurrent and non-recurrent funds attached to the programme.
To work collaboratively with the SRO of the LeDeR programme, who is the budget holder, on any financial initiatives or decisions.
Responsible for making recommendations, providing advice and able to prepare strategic reports/briefings for the Clinical Transformation Lead, Steering/Reference Groups and others as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent relevant specialist experience
- Trained LeDeR Reviewer
- Registered Health or Care Professional
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and their families
- Experience of completing reviews of care and service provision
- Previous LeDeR reviewer, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post registration learning/development specific to learning disability/Autism
- Line management experience
Job Related Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within health/care settings
- Experience of multi-agency working across organisations
- Understanding of the types of service provision for people with LD/Autism
Skills
Essential
- Experienced in use of Microsoft IT software
- Ability to work to tight and often changing timescales
- Self-motivated, reliable, approachable
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to lead and support a team of reviewers, regularly exposed to potentially distressing information
- Willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the LeDeR programme
- Able to travel to meetings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board
Address
Shire Hall
Market Place
Warwick
CV34 4RL