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Job summary

Main area
Designated Clinical Officer
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-3754
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
5 Pancras Square
Town
London
Salary
£72,921 - £83,362 Including Inner HCAS pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/03/2026 23:59

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Whittington Health NHS Trust logo

Camden Designated Clinical Officer

NHS AfC: Band 8b

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Job overview

We are looking for a Designated Clinical Officer within Camden to lead the support to West and North London ICB to ensure it meets its statutory duties for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) aged 0-25, in accordance with the Code of Practice (June 2014) which provides statutory guidance on duties, policies and procedures relating to Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as strategic and operational health lead for the Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) pathway and provide professional and clinical leadership and be a source of expertise on matters relating to SEND for the West and North London (WNL) ICB, Local Authority, healthcare providers and other local agencies and organisations. You will also contribute to the development of a robust quality assurance and improvement framework across the health community for children with SEND.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health offers many staff benefits, including flexible working opportunities, health and wellbeing employee benefits including gym discounts and bike loans, employee support including counselling services, performance appraisals, staff excellence awards and NHS discounts on high street brands and services. To find out more about My Trust benefits please visit www.whittington.nhs.uk/CYPrecruitment

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

In collaboration with Children's commissioners and managers, devise, manage and update policies and procedures in relation to SEND for the WNL ICB, ensuring that they reflect the current statutory guidance, and disseminate the policies and procedures throughout the WNL ICB and local health economy. 

Ensure that the WNL ICB is provided with appropriate data and written updates on the status of SEND for Camden children and young people including those in residential settings. This will include writing relevant reports and presentations for meetings/committees.

Review EHC Plans, in liaison with other key health professionals, to ensure the plan meets the individual’s health need and that the outcomes are appropriate. 

To ensure that services set out in individual EHCPs can be delivered within the existing WNL ICB contracts where possible.

To advise the WNL ICB and Local Authority Commissioners on individual needs that require additional resourcing where needs cannot be met from the local offer in place.

To provide clinical advice to the SEN panel and subsequently at Tribunal, if required, in respect of children where there are dispute issues in relation to the provision of health services set out in their EHCP. 

Act as a point of contact for local authorities, schools and colleges seeking health advice on children and young people who may have SEN or disabilities, and provide a contact for the WNL ICB or health providers so that appropriate notification can be given to the local authority of children under compulsory school age who they think may have SEN or disabilities. 

Act as a point of contact for schools seeking advice in relation to their duties under the Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions guidance offer advice to schools. 

To attend Local Offer Events and strategic parent engagement events as a health representative.

To set up and implement quality assurance systems in order to monitor the quality and equity of the health element of EHC plans and, in line with local arrangements, to make decisions about health funding in exceptional and specific circumstances. 

Work in collaboration with the DSCO and Safeguarding Children's Team within the WNL ICB and Health Providers to ensure that where children or young people with SEN or disabilities also have a child in need or child protection plan their SEN needs are fully addressed (Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013).

Work in collaboration with the Children in Care health teams and Children’s social care to ensure the health needs of looked after and adopted children with SEND are met.

Liaise with the Safeguarding Team and other relevant leads within the WNL ICB to ensure that transition arrangements are in place for young people turning 18 requiring adult social care services or adult health services, as part of a transition plan. 

Monitor the compliance of WNL ICB, NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts in their responsibilities to inform the appropriate local authority if they identify a child under compulsory school age as having, or probably having, SEN or a disability (Section 23 of the Children and Families Act 2014).

Contribute to the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, WNL ICB commissioning intentions, Local Authority health commissioning plans to ensure that health services are meeting the needs of children and young people with SEN or disability and comply with the SEND Code of Practice (2014) iWNLuding mental health, neonatal screening, healthy child programme, chronic conditions and specialist care provision in schools.

To contribute to the provision and ongoing review of a robust local health offer that is responsive to clinical need. This iWNLudes identifying service gaps and/or trends in spot purchasing requirements or requests for extra-contractual therapy/treatments and reporting back to the WNL ICB

To oversee health content and quality of health information on the Local Offer site through liaison with providers and the Local Authority.

Provide wider professional clinical leadership and appropriate health training on SEND as required.

Attend relevant regional and national Continuing Professional Development events and actively seek out professional networks in order to maintain up-to-date skills in the area and identify best practice to adopt locally.

Person specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Registered paediatric nurse or relevant qualified Paediatric Allied Health Professional
  • 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
  • Member of relevant professional body

Communication skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to build effective relationships and influence, persuade and negotiate with others
  • Political astuteness and sensitivity
  • Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level
  • Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts
  • Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others

Analytical

Essential criteria
  • Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution

Planning skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time

Management skills

Essential criteria
  • Abilities for financial and staff management

Financial and Physical Resources

Essential criteria
  • Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes

Equality and Diversity

Essential criteria
  • Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kate Bayley
Job title
Camden and Barnet CYP Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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