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
The post holder will act as the Clinical Manager for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), as defined in the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (revised 2022) and will be expected to have particular responsibility for the management and oversight of all AACC workstreams that underpin the delivery of our strategic objectives. In addition, this post also clinically supports the ICBs complex care individualused commissioning.
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
The post holder will be responsible for assisting the AACC Senior Leadership Team with leadership, implementation and management of the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care.
The role will require travel on occasions; Access to transport is therefore necessary, be it personal or public.
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. with appropriate regulatory body registration e.g. Nursing Midwifery Council for Registered Nurses, Registered Mental Health or dual Registered RN/RMN/RNLD, Allied Health Professional, Midwife or Social Workers.
Knowledge, Experience Essential
Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment. Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments. Evidence of continuing professional development. Evidence or experience of clinical leadership in a health or complex environment. Evidence of thorough knowledge and experience of Continuing Healthcare and NHS funded Nursing Care. Demonstrated experience of co ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments. Experience of managing risks and reporting. Experience and knowledge of developing and implementing policy including standard operating processes. Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes. Knowledge and experience of service improvement methodology, and associated monitoring tools, to ensure real time feedback of system and process effectiveness.
Skills, Capabilities, 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. Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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)