Job summary
- Main area
- Medical
- Grade
- NHS Medical
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed term contract ending 31 March 2025 (Secondment for NHS Employers))
- Hours
- Part time - 0.1 sessions per week (pro rata)
- Job ref
- 990-EOE-6432492-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Victoria House
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Children and Young People Clinical Lead - Diabetes (Consultant)
NHS Medical
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
As CYA Clinical Lead for Diabetes, the post holder will work to provide clinical leadership, engagement and influence in paediatric epilepsy working alongside other members of the regional CYP Clinical Network & Transformation team. This post requires a healthcare professional with direct experience of working with CYP with Diabetes and a strong track record in multidisciplinary working within diabetes specialist teams.
Main duties of the job
· Work with the regional CYP Clinical Network to support improvement in CYP diabetes services across the East of England.
· Provide clinical advice and leadership to the CYP Network
· Support systems and ICS Diabetes Leads to roll out national and regional priorities for CYP with epilepsy including transition and reducing health care inequalities.
· Provide expert clinical advice and support to the CYP Clinical Director, CYP Clinical Lead colleagues and Head of East of England CYP Clinical Network & Transformation.
· To engage and communicate with a wide variety of other stakeholders to promote sustainable and equitable CYP diabetes services of the highest quality possible.
· To act as a conduit for information and initiatives between regional and local systems.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support the ICS to develop a strategic approach to integrating services for CYA, improving the quality of care for CYP with diabetes. Include CYA with diabetes in local, regional and national policy and programme design to ensure that services are designed to meet the needs of CYA and improvements are made in reducing inequalities.
- To provide clinical leadership within the CYP workstreams across the ICSs.
- To uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality.
- Represent the CYP Clinical Network and Adult Diabetes Network at NHS England regional and national forums providing a source of expertise and advice on these forums.
- To use analytics to inform quality and clinical improvement.
- To provide leadership and management to the defined clinical area within the CYA with diabetes Clinical Network.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with professional body. Educated to masters’ level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in paediatric and/or adult diabetes with significant experience of young adult services for a minimum of 5 years
- Health professional with an identified clinical leadership experience.
- Knowledge and experience of working in formal clinical networks within the NHS.
- Experience of developing, applying, and reviewing an evidence-based approach to decision making.
- Knowledge of the NDPA and associated data reports, and knowledge of Peer review reports of individual paediatric diabetes services.
Desirable criteria
- Active member of the East of England CYA Diabetes Regional Network or East of England adult diabetes network
- Trained Diabetes Peer Reviewer
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Demonstrably involves patients, carers and the public in their work. Consistently puts children and young people at the heart of decision making. Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness.
- Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sue Arrowsmith
- Job title
- Head of Children and Young People Transformation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07866344047
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