Job overview

The post holder will, under the direction of the SWL Primary Care Transformation Manager (dental and optometry) engage with NEL ICB who contract dental and optometry on behalf of the five London ICBs, to identify opportunities for SWL ICB that can deliver improvements and transformations in patient care for dental and optometry. This role will be a strong link between contracting and transformation in both areas.

The post holder will be expected to analyse and interpret the available data to provide reports across the ICB so that local leads and clinicians can identify specific pathway improvements. The post holder will be able to lead on specific initiatives at a SWL level as agreed with their line manager as well as support the current steering groups for both Optometry and Dentistry.

The post holder will work within the SWL primary care transformation team as a vital team member and be expected to contribute to wider primary care initiatives, utilising their skill set and knowledge to best effect to the team.

Main duties of the job

1.    Duties and Responsibilities

•    Interpreting complex quality and demographic information drawn from different sources to present recommendations to senior managers and clinicians.

•    Preparing papers and presentations for meetings, including any escalation meetings should alarming trends be identified with a particular provider.

•    Work with NHS NEL ICB on interpreting contract and public health data to identify specific problems and/or opportunities for change.

•    Identifying where delivery of programmes in their portfolio is off-track, or where desired outcomes are not being achieved, and to propose and seek agreement to remedial action to address this, acting where necessary. 

•    Ensuring that dental and optometry plans are supporting an evidence based and population health approach to understanding need, addressing health inequalities, and setting clear outcomes and standards to measure success.

•    Supporting public and patient engagement to support the programmes.  Support activities to ensure that the voice of people with lived experience / experts by experience are at the heart of all transformation programme activities associated with the portfolio.

Working for our organisation

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.

Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:
•    an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
•    an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.

ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
•    to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
•    tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
•    enhance productivity and value for money and;
•    help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.