Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic clinician to join the Lambeth Continuing Healthcare Team as Clinical Lead (Band 8a).This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role within a service that sits at the heart of integrated health and care delivery. The successful candidate will help shape and deliver high-quality NHS Continuing Healthcare services for Lambeth residents, working acrossorganisational boundaries to improve outcomes, strengthen partnerships and ensure effective use of NHS resources.This is a role that offers both significant challenge and significant opportunity. Lambeth has one of the largest and most complex CHC portfolios across South East London, requiring strong clinical leadership, robust decision-making and effective partnership working. At the sametime, the role offers the chance to make a tangible difference to residents, influence systemwide improvements and contribute to the future development of CHC services across theborough. The service has recently demonstrated strong improvement, with sustained progress in 28-day decision-making performance, reflecting the commitment of the team and providing a strongplatform for further transformation and quality improvement.

Main duties of the job

o Provide expert clinical leadership, advice and assurance to SEL ICB (Lambeth Place) and the CHC service.o Lead on the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred NHS Continuing Healthcare services in line with the National Framework.o Support decision-making processes relating to CHC eligibility, reviews, appeals and complex case management.o Undertake clinical review and scrutiny of CHC-funded care packages, ensuring quality, value for money and person-centred outcomes.o Provide clinical oversight of complex cases, including individuals with highly complex health, behavioural or safeguarding needs.o Work collaboratively with community services, acute providers, primary care, mental health services, social care and independent sector providers to deliver joined-up care.o Lead and support multi-disciplinary discussions regarding eligibility, care planning and commissioning arrangements.o Contribute to service improvement, quality assurance and performance management, including supporting continued improvements in 28-day performance and other keynational metrics.o Provide specialist advice on complex commissioning decisions, individual funding arrangements and care package optimisation.o Support the development, supervision and professional leadership of CHC nurses and wider team members.o Lead on clinical governance, safeguarding, risk management and quality monitoring activities.

About us

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) is responsible for planning and commissioning healthcare services for approximately 1.9 million residents across the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. SEL ICB works closely withlocal authorities, NHS providers, primary care, the voluntary and community sector, and local communities to improve health outcomes, reduce inequalities and ensure residents receivehigh-quality, person-centred care. Within SEL ICB, the Lambeth Place-based Team works in partnership with the London Boroughof Lambeth and local providers to commission and oversee services that meet the needs of local people. Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is a key area of delivery, supporting some of the borough's most vulnerable residents with complex health and care needs.