Head of Complex Care and All Age Continuing Healthcare

• Ensure robust arrangements for high-dependency and bespoke care packages
• Support strategic planning for CHC service delivery and sustainability.
• Oversee sourcing and negotiation of CHC care packages.
• Ensure adherence to procurement regulations and governance.
• Monitor provider performance and address quality concerns.
• Manage brokerage team and resources effectively.
• Develop and implement the strategic vision for All Age Continuing Care services.
• Lead on the development of policies, strategies and operating models that support the delivery ofhigh-quality continuing care services.
• Ensure services align with national policy, NHS England guidance, Integrated Care Systempriorities and local commissioning intentions

• Provide overall operational leadership for Continuing Healthcare, Funded Nursing Care, Children'sContinuing Care and Complex Care services.
• Ensure effective management of assessment, eligibility determination, care planning,commissioning and review processes.
• Oversee the delivery of statutory assessments within required timescales and quality standards.
• Manage performance against key performance indicators, financial targets and statutoryrequirements.
• Ensure robust governance arrangements are in place to support safe and effective service delivery.
• Promote a culture of high-quality, person-centred care.
• Ensure compliance with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-fundedNursing Care.
• Lead quality assurance processes relating to assessments, eligibility decisions and commissionedcare packages

Essential

• Educated to master's level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of and expertise in specialisms relevant to function and role
• Proven and significant leadership experience.
• Evidence of post qualifying 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
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Member of a relevant professional body - NMC - Nurse or Allied Health Professional AHP

Essential

• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.

Essential

• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues, create solutions and resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution

Essential

• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Interpreting national policy for implementation

Essential

• Skills for direct line management and job management
• Skills for delivering results through managing others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility
• Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders

Essential

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda.