Children and Young People Clinical Lead

The SWL Children and Young People (CYP) Clinical Lead will report to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), and be professionally accountable to the Executive Medical Officer (EMO). In this position, the postholder will be responsible for providing strategic direction and clinical leadership on the design and implementation of solutions to ensure the delivery of high-quality health and/or care services. In SWL the ambition is for all children and young people to have the best start in life, a goodeducation, enabling them to live well, flourish and achieve their full potential. This includessupporting parents and carers at local early years settings and schools, tackling inequalitiesand raising education attainment. We want children to be safe, their needs and aspirationsrecognised and achieved, with support where required to develop independence and preparation for adulthood., The postholder will be expected to work closely with public health and community leadsthrough our existing workstreams and projects and provide clinical leadership in order tosupport,

• an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
• an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
• enhance productivity and value for money and;
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.

This role requires close matrix working across SWL, and particularly with CYP Clinical leadsat Place. The postholder should be a registered Consultant Paediatrician currently providinghealth care services to resident patients in NHS services in SWL.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.