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Main area
Clinical Effectiveness
Grade
£145,530
Contract
14 months (Fixed-Term until 31 March 2026)
Hours
Part time - 2 sessions per week
Job ref
807-NWL-807
Employer
NHS North West London ICB
Employer type
NHS
Site
NHS North West London ICB
Town
London
Salary
£145,530 Per Annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/01/2025 23:59

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NHS North West London ICB logo

Borough Clinical Effectiveness Lead - Brent

£145,530

Job overview

The North West London Borough Clinical Leads for Clinical Effectiveness have a critical role within the Integrated Care System. The post holder will lead a systematic evidence-based approach to quality improvement within a NWL borough, to help to improve health outcomes for local residents. They will work in close partnership with the NWL Clinical Lead for Clinical Effectiveness and with NWL and borough-based partnerships, also supporting wider NWL transformation.
Building on successful models already established in North West London boroughs and elsewhere, the programme will bring population health management and learning together, to form the basis for personal, organisational and system development, and continuous improvement in outcomes.  
This role requires strong, strategic leadership skills, critical reasoning, and numeracy, with the experience of stewardship of significant public funds, good governance and delivering impactful public outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will bring with them a track record of leading transformational change, the ability to establish a stakeholder-led culture across the system, build trusted partnerships which drive change and improvements in care, have great personal integrity and champion diversity, inclusion, and equality of opportunity for all.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity.  We know through experience that the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustment for people who have a disability.
Interviews will take place in January 2025. 
Find out more
If you have any queries, please email [email protected] and we will field your query to the right person.

Working for our organisation

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (NHS NWL ICB) is a statutory body responsible for planning and allocating health and care resources to improve the lives of people in eight boroughs across North West London: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.

The local population is large and diverse, with a wide range of health and care needs  that are evolving all the time. Working with our partners including Councils, NHS provider Trusts, GPs and voluntary and community organisations, we plan and allocate NHS resource to deliver a wide range of services including urgent and emergency care, mental health, primary care, elective hospital services and community care.

Working for us, you can help ensure that our residents and patients have access to the right services when they need them and assist them take greater care of their own health to ensure they live longer, healthier lives.

To do this we will:
improve outcomes in population health and healthcare

reduce inequalities in health outcomes, experience, and access

enhance productivity and better value for money

support broader social and economic development within our area.

We're proud of our staff and the contribution they make and are committed to developing their knowledge and skills in a supportive, inclusive, and values-led organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role, please read the job description and person specification document provided on this advert.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Training

Essential criteria
  • Practising primary care clinician in North West London.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
  • If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of UK approved training
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant clinical qualification

Knowledge Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant clinical experience in primary care and leadership.
  • Experience of building productive and collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, working creatively toward shared goals.
  • Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education.
  • Ability to foster quality improvement within clinical practice.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of project work focusing on benefits realisation and supporting transformational change.
  • Experience in liaising with NHS trusts, community organisations, medical schools and other partners and providers in leadership roles.
  • Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team.
  • Trained and experienced in recruitment, selection and Equality and Diversity in the last 3 years.
  • Experience of leading on clinical recruitment campaigns.
  • Awareness and understanding of the healthcare landscape in North West London and local knowledge of specific borough
  • Good professional relationships at place level and knowledge of the local borough

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own workload and conflicting demands to meet tight deadlines.
  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
  • Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others.
  • Ability to foster quality improvement within clinical practice.
  • Judgement: having the ability to understand and interpret clinical decisions for others and make informed judgements concerning clinical priorities.
  • Be innovative and responsive to change.
  • Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
  • Ability to ensure robust governance processes are agreed and in place for projects.
  • Ability to adapt working to changing programme requirements.
  • Flexibility and willingness to travel within the ICB area to provide widespread support to continuously develop the programmes of work.
Desirable criteria
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Project management and change management.
  • Ability to produce structured work, strong presentations and deliverables.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Manager
Job title
Programme Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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