About this role
Job summary
All-Age Complex and Continuing Care are a team of clinical, business, commissioning specialists who provide continuing healthcare (CHC) children and young people's continuing care (CYPCC) and complex care commissioning to individuals across the Thames Valley footprint.
Our operating model has three main areas of activity,
Neighbourhood teams work alongside health and social care partners within the community assessing, reviewing and case managing care for adults and children within Oxford, Buckinghamshire or Berkshire, working directly with individuals and families.
Central services teams act as the front door and end to end service delivery, managing referrals into the service, business, administration and invoicing functions. Working closely with individuals and their families.
Commissioning Contracting and Brokerage team work closely with care providers and social care to commission individualised care for individuals.
Main duties of the job
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) is the procedure prescribed in law when someone requires care and treatment but lacks the capacity to consent whilst being deprived of their liberty. The purpose of this role is to identify and support the Continuing Healthcare Team (CHC) by ensuring that the Integrated Care Board (ICB) is meeting its legal responsibilities in terms of DoLS. The DoLS Assessor would undertake and manage CHC eligible complex cases and judicial applications ahead of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) guidance coming into being.
The post holder will work with the MCA/DoLS Lead and support the Head of Commissioning AACCC as part of the senior management team to deliver an effective and safe Continuing Healthcare Service, ensuring Mental Capacity is considered and adhered to as an integral part of the CHC service.
The post holder will need to have extensive experience and in-depth knowledge in respect of mental health legislation, including the Mental Capacity Act, its application and implications for both the patient and organisation if statutory legislation is not adhered to. The post holder will be required to write and deliver a training package which will positively engage all staff across the ICB.
The DoLS Assessor will undertake the required DoLS assessments for people registered with a Thames Valley ICB GP and are eligible for NHS fully funded CHC.
About us
Please note it is proposed that this post will be in scope to transfer to Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) on the 1 September 2026. If you are appointed prior to 1 September 2026, you will join Thames Valley ICB initially, but it is proposed that your employment will then transfer to FHFT in accordance with TUPE/ CoSOP regulations. If your start date is on or after the 1 September 2026 it is planned that you will be employed directly by FHFT from commencement.
Job description Job responsibilities Main Duties and Responsibilities
To participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide information and analytical advice and expertise.
To maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
To develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.
To present information and issues, explaining highly complex issues, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
To liaise with other managers to share best practice.
Project Management Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed.
Provide coordination of and participate in relevant internal and external working groups and provide project advice, expertise and support as requested.
Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio of projects/function
Work with members of the Team to investigate the causes of any variance from target/plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.
Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and its proactive resolution and escalation processes.
Financial and Physical Resources Provide regular reporting on the targeting of resources and monitoring their implementation from a value for money perspective.
Provide oversight and monitoring of all aspects of team budgets
Evaluate projects/function within identified portfolio for delivery against financial recovery/savings plans through providing sophisticated, high quality project analysis.
Management Take a lead in the coordination of training, development and recruitment activity across the team.
Manage colleagues, including undertaking appraisals, recruitment and induction processes, and progressing any informal and formal processes as necessary e.g. disciplinary or capability issues.
Information Management
Devise and provide improvements to current management information, analysing, reporting and suggesting procedures to enhance decision making processes.
Ensure timely and accurate information analysis and reporting to management on agreed areas of work.
Research and Development Contribute to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of individual and workstream success.
Delegate aspects of research and development activities, collating information, analysing and reporting findings.
Planning and Organisation Contribute to the strategic planning of team projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider organisation, resource requirements and building in contingency and adjustments as necessary.
Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes, in accordance with ICB and regional priorities.
Contribute to short, medium and long-term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.
Policy and Service Development Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems and contribute to the development of an integrated approach to service or initiative management.
Develop policies and procedures in own work function with an impact on the wider organisation, as required.
The job description is an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The postholder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager. The job description will be reviewed on a regular basis in accordance with the changing needs of the department and the organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area. Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent.
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment. Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments. Experience of managing risks and reporting. Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior management level. Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes. Experience of managing others (with / without direct line management). Experience of working in a healthcare environment. Experience of developing and delivering communications such as presentations to a varied group of stakeholders (internal and external) Experience of setting up, implementing and reviewing internal processes and procedures. Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes Essential
Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills. Knowledge of financial systems e.g. monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement. Ability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making. Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
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.
Employer details Employer name Thames Valley ICB
Address Thames Valley
Oxford
OX4 2PG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.thamesvalley.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)