Head of Health Inequalities for Children and Young people

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.
The ICP in partnership with CNWL have a transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.
The post holder will work closely with the community leads within the team, clinical team and Health partners to support development of strategy to tackle Health Inequalities focusing on Children and Young people. The focus will be on working with specific Health priorities as agreed by the Executive group.
The person will need to have excellent communication skills, be flexible, ability to work with wider stakeholders and have experience of working in the community.
This role will take on the lead role to tackle Health Inequalities (HI) in Children and Young people (CYP) Brent Health Matters across services
To work collaboratively as a member of the Senior Management Team within Brent Health Matters and ICP focusing on CYP driving change agendas
To lead on developing clinical policy and operational pathways within CYP in accordance with identified Health Inequalities priorities
Working with and supporting Cabinet members, lead members and Brent Integrated care partnership to ensure engagement with the Health Inequality project.
To ensure effective performance management and professional and clinical leadership of the workforce.
To ensure services are cost effective and delivered within budget
To lead change management in the implementation of service development strategies.
Brent Health Matters is a combined programme with Council, Health partners and voluntary sector to tackle Health Inequalities within Brent. We are looking for a Head of Health Inequalities for Children and Young people to join our team to work closely with other stakeholders and our communities to support tackling Health Inequalities.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The post holder has managerial responsibility for the effective operational running of the community health inequalities team within Brent and will lead on the delivery of a complex portfolio focusing on the needs of Children and young people across Brent.
The post holder will work with the Senior Management Team both within CNWL, the local authority and the Partnership to ensure that the strategic direction for health inequalities for CYP, as defined within the Borough is effectively implemented at a strategic and planning level and at an operational level.
The post holder is a member of the Senior Management Team and as such has a responsibility to participate in the management of the service and provide sound advice and guidance to the Borough Director, Programme Director for Health Matters and wider Partnership SMT

Please refer the Job description for details