Job overview

The key responsibilities of the postholder are to: 

•    Support the wider team and Designated Professionals in providing strategic leadership, clinical advice and consultancy to staff, senior managers, and external stakeholders to improve the health of looked after children and care leavers to ensure the statutory responsibilities of the ICB 
•    Provide advice and support relating to the looked after children agenda locally, regionally and nationally, using a trauma informed approach.
•    Lead on specific looked after children agendas, as part of collaborative team workstreams, ensuring the Integrated Care Board and wider health economy fulfil all requirements under the Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (SAAF) and the intercollegiate documents.
•    Develop and deliver specialist training and education in relation to looked after children in care within, and across, the health services in Surrey and Sussex.
•    Work closely with the Designated Professionals to ensure robust governance arrangements are in place within the ICB, and gaining the assurance required from all commissioned services. 

 

Main duties of the job

Key relationships may include, but are not limited to:

• Senior Managers, peers, and colleagues across the Integrated Care System. 
• Close, integrated working, with colleagues in NHS England
• Provider Boards, clinical and managerial leads from across all sectors (including third and private sectors).
• Local authorities, including Public Health, Adult & Children’s Social Care
• Universities, schools, and colleges
• Public, patients, and carers – particularly groups established for engagement.
• Care Quality Commission
• Professional networks across neighbouring health and care systems, as well as regional and national system architecture
• Commercial partners and suppliers

Working for our organisation

The Integrated Care Board (ICB) has the responsibility to decide what health services are needed in Surrey and Sussex and set out how they'll be provided, making sure hospitals, primary care, and other services work together, rather than in silos, for the benefit of everyone in the community. NHS Surrey Heartlands and Sussex ICB achieve this by working in partnership with local health and care organisations, staff, patients, carers, families and the public, to support three million people across Surrey and Sussex to live healthier lives.   

 

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome all applications, especially those from underrepresented communities, including people with a disability, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

As part of the organisation’s commitment to achieving equality of opportunity for all staff,  NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB will consider all requests for flexible working on hiring. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, compressed hours, part-time hours and/or job-sharing, and homeworking.

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.

In accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB will not discriminate against or dismiss the applications of candidates with spent convictions for posts which are not exempt from this legislation.