South West London Integrated Care Board
Clinical Lead

The closing date is 25 November 2026

Job summary
NHS South West London ICB is looking for experienced, registered healthcare professionals to join our All Age Continuing Care (AACC) service as Clinical Leads.

You will be responsible for a team of adult and learning disability professionals who assess people's eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and NHS-funded Nursing Care (FNC) and review care packages for existing patients. You will make sure assessments and reviews are timely, records are accurate, and funding recommendations are evidence based and made in line with the National Framework, working with patients and their families so that decisions are transparent.

As part of the AACC clinical leadership team, you will make sure effective clinical governance is in place and act as the service's safeguarding lead. You will join the senior duty rota, handling fast track applications, Checklist referrals, complex cases, verification sign-off and panels for disputed cases, and you will line manage the Senior Nurse Assessors.

You will bring experience of clinical assessment and review of CHC patients, excellent knowledge of AACC national and local policy, experience of managing and motivating a team, and the ability to handle highly complex and sensitive information and negotiate with senior stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the day-to-day operational management of the CHC and learning disability team, making sure assessments and 3- and 12-month reviews are timely and the service meets its KPIs.
• Join the senior duty rota, overseeing the duty team, ratifying non-disputed CHC and FNC applications, and chairing panels for disputed cases where needed.
• Make sure CHC verification and panel decisions are transparent and robust, and give the ICB assurance that funding decisions represent value for money.
• Embed the agreed case management tool to support timely assessments, record keeping and performance management.
• Act as the safeguarding lead for the service, making sure safeguarding, MCA and related policies are embedded in the team's practice.
• Lead on clinical and practice standards, the AACC audit plan and peer review, and investigate complaints so that learning is shared.
• Work with the PHB Programme Lead to manage personal health budgets for adults receiving CHC, making sure care plans are in place, up to date and regularly reviewed.
• Prepare high-quality briefings, reports and presentations for the Senior Clinical Lead, and communicate with partners including trusts, hospices, local authorities and NHS England.

About us
On 1 July 2022, NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was established. The 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.

Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:

• 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.

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £63,665 to £70,887 a year per annum inclusive of Outer HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 491-SWLCHC36-S3-A
Job locations: The Broadway, 120 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1RH, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Relevant healthcare professional with current registration
• Essential: Educated to master's level, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area
• Essential: Extensive specialist knowledge acquired through a postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience or training, plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent, with evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development

Experience

• Essential: Experience of clinical assessment and review of CHC patients
• Essential: Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy, researching best practice and advising on how it could be implemented
• Essential: Previous responsibility for a budget, involvement in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• Essential: Comprehensive experience of project principles, techniques and tools such as PRINCE2 and Managing Successful Projects

Knowledge

• Essential: Excellent knowledge of AACC national and local policy, and good knowledge of all aspects of AACC (Clinical, Brokerage, Contracting, Finance, Business Intelligence and Quality)
• Essential: Understanding of current healthcare policy in London and of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and provider and commissioning organisations

Leadership

• Essential: Able to prioritise own work and direct the activities of others, with experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing individual performance, and strong compassionate and inclusive leadership

Skills and ability

• Essential: Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult issues including performance and change, and present to large and influential groups
• Essential: Ability to analyse complex facts and situations, develop a range of options and make decisions autonomously on difficult and contentious issues to tight and changing timescales
• Essential: Strategic thinker with problem-solving skills, able to respond to sudden demands and plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes

Personal qualities

• Essential: Adaptable and calm under pressure in a busy environment; an effective organiser, influencer and networker and a completer-finisher focused on improving performance

Values and behaviours

• Essential: Demonstrates commitment to NHS and organisational values, role-models behaviours that support equality, diversity, belonging and inclusion, and works flexibly as part of a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: South West London Integrated Care Board
Address: The Broadway, 120 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1RH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply via the company portal

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Senior Clinical Lead, Mobola Shadiya, Apply via the company portal

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