LeDeR and Tackling Health Inequalities Lead

An exciting opportunity has become available for a full time, permanent, Band 8A LEDER and Tackling Health Inequalities Lead within the Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity (LDAN) function within the Chief Medical Officer's directorate, with strong links to the Chief Nursing Officer directorate, working together to improve services in this important area of healthcare., The post holder will provide specialist skills, knowledge, and leadership across the Devon ICS LEDER programme. Leading and line managing a team of reviewers, undertaking, and allocating LEDER reviews, as well as supporting reviewers to conduct their review activity. They will drive service improvement in partnership with health and social care providers and provide Quality Assurance for the LEDER programme within the ICB. The post holder will contribute to and lead work focused on implementing practice changes identified from LEDER related learning. The post holder will also support related work outside of the focused remit of the LEDER Programmes that seeks to address health inequalities for people with a learning disability, autism or both. This post will afford the successful applicant the opportunity to really help make a difference for people's health and wellbeing in Devon., The post holder will work with the Local Area Contact (LAC), LeDeR and Tackling Health Inequalities Specialist to lead the implementation of learning into practice across the ICS, reducing health inequalities with specific focus working with Public Health programmes to support LAC, GP Clinical Lead and Commissioner, delivery on reducing health inequalities programme.

NHS Devon Integrated Care System

As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable.

Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.

About NHS Devon

As part of the Devon ICS, NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is responsible for the majority of county's NHS budget, and develops a plan to improve peoples health, deliver high-quality care and better value for money. The organisation is led by a diverse board, with an aim to improve peoples lives in Devon wherever they live, to reduce health inequalities and make sure we can deliver these services for the long term., For more information, visit our ICS website www.icsdevon.co.uk and our NHS Devon website www.devon.icb.nhs.uk.