Children and Young People's Continuing Care Lead inBirmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED 3 JUN 2024

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership.
Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a passionate, innovative individual to take on a new, novel role as Midlands-wide lead for Children's Continuing Care. The postholder will take responsibility for working with the 11 Integrated Care Systems across the region to ensure Children's Continuing Care is delivered effectively and equitably, in accordance with nationally set specifications and eligibility criteria.

The role has been situated within the West Midlands Children's Network team, hosted by Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. This is to promote cross-working with relevant, interdependent network and clinical teams and to enable improved visibility of end-to-end pathways of care for children and young people with complex health needs, who often require Continuing Care. The postholder should expect to advocate for the needs of these babies, children and young people (and their families) which differ significantly from the majority of adults with Continuing Care needs. The postholder's role will extend across the entire Midlands region.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as part of the NHS England All-Age Continuing Care team to ensure alignment with the wider Continuing Care programme. This postholder should have strong interpersonal and communication skills, and should expect to work with a broad range of stakeholders across provision, commissioning and patients/families within the role.

Specifically, the postholder will:
  • Provide subject matter expert on children's continuing care for all enquiries from, and operational support for, ICBs.
  • Lead and provide capacity and support for national and regional AACC projects.
  • Support the Head of Clinical Quality & Workforce Development in managing the agreed programmes of work in relation to CYP Continuing Care and CYP transformation.
  • Contribute, with regional team colleagues, to the ongoing national development of the operating model and priorities for delivery of the AACC Vision.
  • Advise on and be a key stakeholder in developing assurance around children's continuing care with systems.
  • Develop collaborative working on children's continuing care with other key stakeholders in the Nursing Directorate and with other stakeholders inside and outside NHSE, including Medical Directorate, Specialised Commissioning and regional CYP transformation Forums; and with Local Authority stakeholders in children's social care and education.
  • Support AACC contribution to development and maintenance of safe and effective discharge processes in the region.
About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area of CHC or Children's Continuing Care.
  • Registered Nurse or Midwife.
Other

Desirable

  • Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of specialist areas of CHC and/or Children's Continuing Care acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
  • Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
  • Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
  • Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
  • Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes.
  • Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
Skills and Capabilities

Essential

  • Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
  • Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences.
  • Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
  • Interpreting national policy for implementation.
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
  • Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success.
  • Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
  • Ability to develop policy and procedure with national colleagues
Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
  • Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
  • Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
  • Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness.
  • Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
  • Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
  • Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
  • Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
  • Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
  • Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
  • Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
  • Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

  • Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area of CHC or Children's Continuing Care.
  • Registered Nurse or Midwife.
Other

Desirable

  • Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of specialist areas of CHC and/or Children's Continuing Care acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
  • Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
  • Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
  • Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
  • Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes.
  • Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
Skills and Capabilities

Essential

  • Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
  • Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences.
  • Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
  • Interpreting national policy for implementation.
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
  • Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success.
  • Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
  • Ability to develop policy and procedure with national colleagues
Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
  • Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
  • Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
  • Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness.
  • Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
  • Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
  • Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
  • Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
  • Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
  • Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
  • Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
  • Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

  • Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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

Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham

B4 6NH

Employer's website
Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a passionate, innovative individual to take on a new, novel role as Midlands-wide lead for Children's Continuing Care. The postholder will take responsibility for working with the 11 Integrated Care Systems across the region to ensure Children's Continuing Care is delivered effectively and equitably, in accordance with nationally set specifications and eligibility criteria.

The role has been situated within the West Midlands Children's Network team, hosted by Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. This is to promote cross-working with relevant, interdependent network and clinical teams and to enable improved visibility of end-to-end pathways of care for children and young people with complex health needs, who often require Continuing Care. The postholder should expect to advocate for the needs of these babies, children and young people (and their families) which differ significantly from the majority of adults with Continuing Care needs. The postholder's role will extend across the entire Midlands region.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as part of the NHS England All-Age Continuing Care team to ensure alignment with the wider Continuing Care programme. This postholder should have strong interpersonal and communication skills, and should expect to work with a broad range of stakeholders across provision, commissioning and patients/families within the role.

Specifically, the postholder will:
  • Provide subject matter expert on children's continuing care for all enquiries from, and operational support for, ICBs.
  • Lead and provide capacity and support for national and regional AACC projects.
  • Support the Head of Clinical Quality & Workforce Development in managing the agreed programmes of work in relation to CYP Continuing Care and CYP transformation.
  • Contribute, with regional team colleagues, to the ongoing national development of the operating model and priorities for delivery of the AACC Vision.
  • Advise on and be a key stakeholder in developing assurance around children's continuing care with systems.
  • Develop collaborative working on children's continuing care with other key stakeholders in the Nursing Directorate and with other stakeholders inside and outside NHSE, including Medical Directorate, Specialised Commissioning and regional CYP transformation Forums; and with Local Authority stakeholders in children's social care and education.
  • Support AACC contribution to development and maintenance of safe and effective discharge processes in the region.
About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area of CHC or Children's Continuing Care.
  • Registered Nurse or Midwife.
Other

Desirable

  • Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of specialist areas of CHC and/or Children's Continuing Care acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
  • Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
  • Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
  • Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
  • Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes.
  • Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
Skills and Capabilities

Essential

  • Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
  • Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences.
  • Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
  • Interpreting national policy for implementation.
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
  • Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success.
  • Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
  • Ability to develop policy and procedure with national colleagues
Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
  • Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
  • Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
  • Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness.
  • Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
  • Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
  • Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
  • Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
  • Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
  • Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
  • Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
  • Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

  • Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area of CHC or Children's Continuing Care.
  • Registered Nurse or Midwife.
Other

Desirable

  • Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of specialist areas of CHC and/or Children's Continuing Care acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
  • Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
  • Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
  • Have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
  • Experience of budgetary responsible, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes.
  • Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships to drive organisational agenda.
Skills and Capabilities

Essential

  • Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
  • Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences.
  • Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
  • Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
  • Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
  • Interpreting national policy for implementation.
  • Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
  • Demonstrable experience developing, managing and motivating teams/individuals to ensure success.
  • Experience of delivering against competing priorities and deadlines while also directing the work of teams/individuals.
  • Ability to develop policy and procedure with national colleagues
Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
  • Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
  • Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
  • Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
  • Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness.
  • Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
  • Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
  • Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
  • Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
  • Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
  • Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
  • Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
  • Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

  • Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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

Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham

B4 6NH

Employer's website


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