PLEASE NOTE - This is a fixed term position until 31st March 2027.
The Child Health Hub model has been running in NWL for a number of years now, starting with Connecting Care for Children and is now featured in the national Neighbourhood Health Framework with an expectation that all Children have access to a model like the Child Health Hub developed in NWL by 2028.
With the changes to the ICBs and the reduction in the borough team model and the expansion of coverage of the ICB and its changing role to becoming a Strategic Commissioner, it is more critical that providers work together to lead any transformation.
The NWL Training Hub hosted by The Confederation Hillingdon CIC has been asked to host a Clinical Lead from general practice and a Programme Manager to support the clinical leadership working across NWL to continue to mobilise, embed, adapt and evaluate the model of Child Health Hubs across NWL. This will inform the development of the Neighbourhood Model of Care for Children and Young People.
Main duties of the job
* The role will work with colleagues across NWL to embed, develop, enhance, improve and evaluate the model of Child Health Hubs.
* Work with all providers to support a quality improvement approach to transformation, ensuring the voice of children and young people is at the heart of the improvement plan for neighbourhood health, using the model of Child Health Hubs.
* The post holder will take a key leadership role in the evaluation of the model working with BI leads, academic partners and clinical leadership across NWL.
* The post holder will facilitate the Community of Practice for Child Health Hubs to support the diffusion of learning across the system.
* The post holder will work closely with the training hub to support development of the training needs analysis CYP neighbourhood working and then implementation of training in response to the training needs identified.
* Champion the case finding and population health approach in child health hubs.
* Work closely with partner organisations, including third sector agencies, to improve pathway interfaces with primary care as required.
* Have a flexible approach when dealing with multidisciplinary teams; able to identify a range of solutions.
* Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives which may be highly complex, sensitive, political, and contain contentious information.
* Ensure the patient voice and patient experience is at the heart of decision making.
About us
The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC works with General Practice and other healthcare providers to deliver its vision for Hillingdon to deliver the best primary care outcomes for patients in the whole of London. We are a not‑for‑profit community interest company. The Confederation works to develop and support individual GP practices, PCNs and Neighbourhoods and their changing needs. We deliver excellent clinical services ourselves both at scale and complementary to General Practice. We are the provider representative voice for local General Practice into the wider NHS and other Partners. We are of the NHS but independent, innovative and transformational.
The Confederation determines to develop as an attractive place to work, providing rewarding roles and opportunities to grow in order to attract and retain great staff that in turn delivers our vision.
Our Values
* We work together to make a difference for patients
* We care enough to go the extra mile
* We support, trust, and empower
* We sincerely value each other
* We support primary care to own its destiny
Job responsibilities
Providing primary care leadership for the Children's Neighbourhood model of care
* Facilitate the Community of Practice for the Child Health Hubs across NWL.
* Be a core member of the Child health Hubs Leadership team influencing and leading certain elements of the development of the model of care.
* Bring together the right people to take forward the evaluation of the Child Health Hubs model of Care in order to secure ongoing support and funding where required.
* Work closely with NCL colleagues to support and influence the expansion of the model of care, sharing the learning from NWL.
* Advocate for the alignment and join up of the various children's reforms agendas with local transformation, such as SEND reforms, Families First partnership, Best Start in Life with Child Health Hubs.
* Take a leadership role in championing the focus on Babies, Children and Young People in the emerging Neighbourhood Model of Care and left shift transformation.
Analytical
* Awareness of risks to the programme and ensure that escalation processes are followed.
* Provide coordination of and lead relevant meetings, reporting attendance and providing information advice and support where requested.
* Ensure that data collected is analysed, reported as appropriate and monitor the processing of data and information.
Communications and Engagement
* Support co‑production as a way of working ensuring the key aspects of the workstream are developed with service users and experts by experience.
* Maintain clear and effective lines of communication at all levels with stakeholders.
* Be able to work effectively with service users, GP Practices, NHS providers as well as non‑NHS providers.
* Interface with clinical leads in the other programmes for example: children and young people, elective, urgent and emergency care, diagnostics.
* Communicate information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports to the borough and programme teams, sponsors and a range of internal and external staff.
* Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on functional and information matters.
* Work with key stakeholders to investigate the causes of any variance from plan/delivery targets and contribute to the implementation of solutions.
* Support the development of internal and external communications where required by regular contact with the teams, stakeholders and Communications team.
* Represent and champion the Child Health Hub programme at various local, regional or other meetings as required.
Quality
* Ensure quality, outcomes and experience for babies, children and young people are central to all delivery decisions.
* Work with clinical and analytical colleagues to define, monitor and act on quality and outcome measures for Child Health Hubs.
* Support evaluation and evidence based decision making to demonstrate impact and inform sustainability.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
* Embed equity, inclusion and anti‑inequality principles throughout programme delivery.
* Support approaches to co‑production and engagement with diverse communities, ensuring the Child Health Hub model responds to local needs.
* Consider the impact of delivery decisions on health inequalities and protected groups, in line with statutory duties.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
* Awareness and understanding of the healthcare landscape in North West London and your borough.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own workload and conflicting demands to meet tight deadlines.
* Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others.
* Ability to foster quality improvement within clinical practice.
* Judgement: having the ability to understand and interpret clinical decisions for others and make informed judgments concerning clinical priorities.
* Demonstrate an understanding of quality assurance activity.
* Demonstrate the ability to hold to account clinical colleagues.
* Ability to ensure robust governance processes are agreed and in place for projects.
* Flexibility and willingness to travel within the borough and NWL area to provide widespread support to continuously develop the programmes of work.
* Good working knowledge of educational support in primary care training, and health systems.
* Understanding of national, regional and local primary care workforce transformation programmes.
* Excellent analytical skills.
* Project management and change management.
* Ability to produce structured work, strong presentations and deliverables.
Qualifications
* Practicing primary care clinician in the borough with at least 2 sessions a month at a practice or PCN in the borough. (Current or past practice within the last 4 years)
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) and revalidation
* MRCGP or equivalent clinical qualification
* Evidence of a license to practice
* Satisfactory Appraisal within the last 12 months or within the most recent 12 months of work, (if currently on a career break)
* Clinical leadership qualification
Experience
* Relevant clinical experience in primary care and leadership.
* Experience of building productive and collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, working creatively toward shared goals.
* Experience of reducing unwarranted clinical variation and the ability to foster quality improvement within clinical practice.
* Evidence of planning and delivering of transformation change to deliver agreed objectives.
* Demonstrate an ability to lead and motivate individuals and teams.
* Good working knowledge of professional requirements.
* Experience of project work focusing on benefits realisation and supporting transformational change.
* Experience in liaising with NHS trusts, community organisations, medical schools and other partners and providers in leadership roles.
* Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi‑professional team.
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.
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