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Job summary

Main area
Clinical
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
495-ICB-5918HB-A
Employer
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
King Edward VII Hospital,
Town
Windsor
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/02/2025 23:59

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NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board logo

ICS Children and Young People’s Clinical Respiratory Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8a

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board was formed on 1 July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, replacing NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group.

The ICB is the new statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services. It will work collaboratively with partner organisations including the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, people and communities across the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.

We are committed to delivering a trustworthy, flexible and responsible staff culture.  

Job overview

The postholder will lead the implementation and delivery of the Asthma Bundle of Care within Frimley ICS, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based respiratory care for children and young people.  

      This role involves developing and embedding best practices for respiratory care.

      Collaborating across primary, secondary, and community care settings, the Clinical Lead will engage with multidisciplinary teams, schools, local Authorities, Charities and families to address health inequalities and improve outcomes. 

  

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will champion asthma awareness and prevention through training, public health initiatives, and integrated pathways aligned with national standards. They will monitor service performance, collect data to demonstrate impact, and lead quality improvement projects. This role requires clinical expertise, strategic vision, and the ability to influence stakeholders to achieve a cohesive, child-centred approach to respiratory care across the ICS.

 

Working for our organisation

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board was formed on 1 July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, replacing NHS Frimley Clinical Commissioning Group.

The ICB is the new statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and delivering health and care services. It will work collaboratively with partner organisations including the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, people and communities across the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System (ICS).

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best employers are those that reflect the communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership and particularly encourage applications from women, people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.

We are committed to delivering a trustworthy, flexible and responsible staff culture.

Benefits include:

  • Fringe HCAS payment
  • NHS Pension Scheme
  • Agile Working; currently 1 day a fortnight office based.

Supportive team, flexible working arrangements and access to NHS leadership development and training opportunities



 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will nurture key relationships and maintain networks internally and externally, including national networks. Key relationships will include: 

ICS CYP Respiratory Network.

ICS Adult Respiratory Network. 

ICB staff, clinical leads, practices, lay members and patient representatives.

Women and Children’s Commissioning staff and other ICB teams.

Local Councils including Children’s Commissioning and Public Health.

Service Providers including NHS Trusts, Community providers, Primary care colleagues, Independent Contractors, Local Authorities and the Voluntary Sector.

Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, presenting information, to a wide range of stakeholders in a formal setting.  

Committed to working and engaging constructively with internal and external stakeholders on a range of issues.

Link with managers and members of other functions, to address interdependencies and ensure alignment.

Apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the impact of any change. 

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

Ensure that EDI is considered in all aspects of project delivery. Support development of Equality Impact Assessments to enhance the organisation’s drive to address health inequalities in all we do.

Ensure up to date knowledge and sensitivity to equality, diversity and inclusion themes and priorities, with the aim of supporting a team culture where people feel valued, respected and safe to be themselves at work.

Please see the attached job description for full details

 

Person specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
  • Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, 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.
  • Member of relevant professional body.
Desirable criteria
  • Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.

ommunication Skills

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
  • Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.

Analytical

Essential criteria
  • Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
  • Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
  • Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
  • Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.

Planning Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Desirable criteria
  • Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.

Management Skills

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Katherine Hannant
Job title
Transformation Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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