Job Description

Coventry and Warwickshire CCG are seeking an exceptional children’s health professional to provide clinical leadership and assurance in relation to children’s packages of care.

As Personalised Care Lead for Children, you will liaise with professional colleagues in primary and secondary care, CAMHS and mental health services, Transforming care, NHSE and with relevant local authorities and education authorities in order to deliver robust processes for the commissioning and oversight of children’s care packages. Your clinical background will have given you the opportunity to be familiar with the national frameworks related to Children’s Continuing Care, Transforming Care and the SEND agenda and you should be familiar with a multi-agency, outcomes-focused approach. This post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of safe, high quality packages of care/placements which effectively meet children’s identified needs. The post holder will also provide assurance to the CCG that agreed packages of care are clinically appropriate, value for money and are monitored and evaluated regularly to ensure they remain the right choice for the individual and for the commissioners of care.

This is a significant opportunity to develop your clinical and commissioning skills in a new role and in a new organisation. Applications will be considered from a wide range of clinical backgrounds and the CCG is open to consider applications from nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and other professional staff with the right experience and a passion for improving the lives of children and families.


NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group is responsible for planning, organising and buying NHS-funded healthcare for over a million people in the Coventry and Warwickshire areas. The CCG represents all 123 GP practices in our area. We have a governing body answerable to the member practices, led by elected local GPs, other clinicians and lay members supported by senior healthcare managers.

We are passionate about working together with our health and social care partners to ensure services are integrated, seamless and offer a high-quality patient experience. We thrive on building strong relationships patients, communities, partners and providers.

We aim to be a great place to work and have many initiatives in place to support staff. In line with the Equality Act 2010, our organisation has an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group which meets on a monthly basis and has representation from a wide range of staff groups andsupports a fairer and more diverse workplace for everyone. The CCG has a Wellbeing Warriors group which has recently received Bronze level accreditation for Thrive at work and is working towards Silver accreditation. The Wellbeing warriors focus on physical, mental and emotional health of all staff providing tips, resources and webinars to support and educate staff from senior management to administrators about their wellbeing.

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Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

 

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see applying from overseas.