Job summary
To apply for this role please visit our website at www.stch.org.uk or copy and paste the link below into your search engine which will take you direct to the vacancy:
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Main duties of the job
Are you a registered professional with senior leadership experience? Are you an enthusiastic, highly motivated clinician that wants to operate at a senior level and help a local charity build forward? Are you passionate about delivering outstanding palliative and end of life care, looking for your next challenge? Are you keen to set the standard for quality of care built from a close appreciation of patient insight and to act as our Registered Manager?Are you ready to join a high performing, valued and respected local charity to help us further develop our model of care and support to the local community?
This post is offered on a full time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week (flexibility will be considered).
Please note, the successful candidate will be an essential car user, therefore candidates must have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
About us
St Catherines Hospice is a respected local charity providing specialist hospice care alongside statutory service partners (GPs, District nursing etc) across West Sussex and East Surrey.
The day- to-day provision of outstanding hospice care for the last 45 years is the basis of our local reputation and from this reputation for excellence we draw on the affection and support of thousands of funders, volunteers and supporters.
We provide care in communities across Surrey and Sussex which are richly diverse and we want to reflect that in everything we do. We celebrate and support difference and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe in the importance of what we do, share our values and want to be a part of an outstanding team building something important, wed love to hear from you.
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When you join St Catherines, youll be joining a supportive team all working towards abig ambition: to help everyone face death informed, supported and pain free. If that sounds like something youd find fulfilling, please apply today.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
Individual
accountability
The Care Services Director (CSD) is jointly
responsible with the Medical Director (MD) for the for the operational delivery
of all StCH clinical services (the service model) providing robust and
effective assurance evidence of its value and quality thereby ensuring
it remains compliant with the requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
and other relevant bodies. This includes the utilisation, alignment and support
of the StCH Clinical Team into our service model, building effective
relationship with external partners who deliver alongside our service model so
that StCH can demonstrate its commitment to its Charity Objects (see StCH
Articles of Association) and deliver its strategic aims (including ensuring
StCHs own sustainability).
As a member of
the SMT, the CSD plays a key role in the collective leadership of the
charitable organisation, supporting the Board, Chief Executive and wider SMT in
building and executing StCH strategy including the delivery and oversight of
StCH annually agreed business plan (and supporting budget). This will include providing a strategic
contextualisation of population health ensuring systems and processes are in
place to enable the delivery of high quality, sustainable hospice services
which meet our communitys need now and in the future. As a senior leader,
the CSD will also represent the Charity internally and externally, enhancing
the organisations reputation by acting as an ambassador at all times.
The CSD will
act as StCH Registered Manager and manage StCH Inpatient Services, Wellbeing
Services, Clinical Support Team as well as the Quality and Data team ensuring
an effective interplay with relevant external delivery partners, commissioners
and other bodies (eg HospiceUK). The CSD will also provide support to the
Community and Medical Teams.
The CSD is the senior registered healthcare
professional and will act as a point of expert support to all StCH
clinical professionals providing transparent and effective leadership so as to
ensure all StCH nurses and allied health professionals are successfully
recruited, inducted, developed, utilised and revalidated. The CSD will champion a learning culture ensuring
that service facing colleagues maintain the highest standards of professionalism
and compulsory education attainment so that each and together they can thrive
and deliver their best work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
Individual
accountability
The Care Services Director (CSD) is jointly
responsible with the Medical Director (MD) for the for the operational delivery
of all StCH clinical services (the service model) providing robust and
effective assurance evidence of its value and quality thereby ensuring
it remains compliant with the requirements of the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
and other relevant bodies. This includes the utilisation, alignment and support
of the StCH Clinical Team into our service model, building effective
relationship with external partners who deliver alongside our service model so
that StCH can demonstrate its commitment to its Charity Objects (see StCH
Articles of Association) and deliver its strategic aims (including ensuring
StCHs own sustainability).
As a member of
the SMT, the CSD plays a key role in the collective leadership of the
charitable organisation, supporting the Board, Chief Executive and wider SMT in
building and executing StCH strategy including the delivery and oversight of
StCH annually agreed business plan (and supporting budget). This will include providing a strategic
contextualisation of population health ensuring systems and processes are in
place to enable the delivery of high quality, sustainable hospice services
which meet our communitys need now and in the future. As a senior leader,
the CSD will also represent the Charity internally and externally, enhancing
the organisations reputation by acting as an ambassador at all times.
The CSD will
act as StCH Registered Manager and manage StCH Inpatient Services, Wellbeing
Services, Clinical Support Team as well as the Quality and Data team ensuring
an effective interplay with relevant external delivery partners, commissioners
and other bodies (eg HospiceUK). The CSD will also provide support to the
Community and Medical Teams.
The CSD is the senior registered healthcare
professional and will act as a point of expert support to all StCH
clinical professionals providing transparent and effective leadership so as to
ensure all StCH nurses and allied health professionals are successfully
recruited, inducted, developed, utilised and revalidated. The CSD will champion a learning culture ensuring
that service facing colleagues maintain the highest standards of professionalism
and compulsory education attainment so that each and together they can thrive
and deliver their best work.
Person Specification
Attitudes and Behaviour
Essential
- Tenacious & highly motivated senior practitioner with the desire & motivation to make StCH stand out for its quality, effectiveness, innovation, value & success thereby motivating donors and potential donors/supporters
- Personally committed to ensuring sustainability in all StCH activities including to dial down activity where sustainability is in question
- Highly organised & comfortable working in a challenging but changing environment & able to lead and implement significant change & improvement initiatives (including commitment to effective project management disciplines), carrying colleagues to give of their best
- Flexible, adaptable & able to work on own initiative
- Honesty & integrity with personal values aligned to StCHs vision, mission and values
- Personally resilient, committed to creating a culture of empowered responsibility to achieve agreed goals - at all levels
- Commitment to keeping abreast of hospice & wider NHS/Social care developments & the national/local political environment
- An appreciation of what it means to be outside the statutory NHS system yet directly affected by its evolving change that may impact StCH and our charitable objectives
- Commitment to effective and regular communication with internal and external stakeholders
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working at senior management or deputy level within a health care environment.
- Experience of palliative and End of Life Care
- Expert knowledge & experience of clinical governance, CQC guidelines, information governance & multi-disciplined quality management.
- Strong, inspirational leadership & management skills with demonstrable track record in creating & leading a high performance/engaged multi-disciplinary clinical team.
- Open minded strategic & innovative thinker with good decision making skills
- Experience of taking decisions in respect of difficult, challenging & contentious issues where there may be various courses of actions.
- Experience of working to achieve patient focussed outcomes blended with organisational imperatives which are consistent with best practice.
- Experience in leading & implementing a patient safety & quality agenda, improving services & the patient experience through user engagement.
- Strong project management skills able to deliver service improvement while working with other professions & disciplines towards a common goal.
- Experience of being an ambassador & building strong working relationships at all levels, internally & externally
- Outstanding communicator, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels internally & externally & with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Excellent judgement & problem-solving skills with a strong commitment to agreed organisational strategy and objectives.
- Ability to analyse & interpret complex facts, situations & documents, extracting key messages.
- Proactive, motivated, organised with strong time-management skills.
- Understanding of & commitment to equality & diversity.
- Financial acumen with evidence of responsibility for setting & managing budgets with an appreciation of the balance between quality & productivity & a broad understanding of the annual financial cycle/processes.
Desirable
- Specific experience of Registered Manager role for CQC registration purposes.
- Excellent ICT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office
- Evidence of leadership skills in a multi-professional setting
- A track record of meeting challenging objectives & outcomes in tight timeframes & limited financial resources
- Excellent writing, report writing, presentation & public speaking skills
- Excellent attention to detail with high levels of accuracy
- Ability to drive & influence in order to achieve high quality work with significant attention to detail.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional with active NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of continuous professional development including masters (level 7) learning
- Leadership/management qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Masters degree in nursing or related/relevant subject area
Person Specification
Attitudes and Behaviour
Essential
- Tenacious & highly motivated senior practitioner with the desire & motivation to make StCH stand out for its quality, effectiveness, innovation, value & success thereby motivating donors and potential donors/supporters
- Personally committed to ensuring sustainability in all StCH activities including to dial down activity where sustainability is in question
- Highly organised & comfortable working in a challenging but changing environment & able to lead and implement significant change & improvement initiatives (including commitment to effective project management disciplines), carrying colleagues to give of their best
- Flexible, adaptable & able to work on own initiative
- Honesty & integrity with personal values aligned to StCHs vision, mission and values
- Personally resilient, committed to creating a culture of empowered responsibility to achieve agreed goals - at all levels
- Commitment to keeping abreast of hospice & wider NHS/Social care developments & the national/local political environment
- An appreciation of what it means to be outside the statutory NHS system yet directly affected by its evolving change that may impact StCH and our charitable objectives
- Commitment to effective and regular communication with internal and external stakeholders
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working at senior management or deputy level within a health care environment.
- Experience of palliative and End of Life Care
- Expert knowledge & experience of clinical governance, CQC guidelines, information governance & multi-disciplined quality management.
- Strong, inspirational leadership & management skills with demonstrable track record in creating & leading a high performance/engaged multi-disciplinary clinical team.
- Open minded strategic & innovative thinker with good decision making skills
- Experience of taking decisions in respect of difficult, challenging & contentious issues where there may be various courses of actions.
- Experience of working to achieve patient focussed outcomes blended with organisational imperatives which are consistent with best practice.
- Experience in leading & implementing a patient safety & quality agenda, improving services & the patient experience through user engagement.
- Strong project management skills able to deliver service improvement while working with other professions & disciplines towards a common goal.
- Experience of being an ambassador & building strong working relationships at all levels, internally & externally
- Outstanding communicator, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels internally & externally & with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Excellent judgement & problem-solving skills with a strong commitment to agreed organisational strategy and objectives.
- Ability to analyse & interpret complex facts, situations & documents, extracting key messages.
- Proactive, motivated, organised with strong time-management skills.
- Understanding of & commitment to equality & diversity.
- Financial acumen with evidence of responsibility for setting & managing budgets with an appreciation of the balance between quality & productivity & a broad understanding of the annual financial cycle/processes.
Desirable
- Specific experience of Registered Manager role for CQC registration purposes.
- Excellent ICT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office
- Evidence of leadership skills in a multi-professional setting
- A track record of meeting challenging objectives & outcomes in tight timeframes & limited financial resources
- Excellent writing, report writing, presentation & public speaking skills
- Excellent attention to detail with high levels of accuracy
- Ability to drive & influence in order to achieve high quality work with significant attention to detail.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional with active NMC or HCPC
- Evidence of continuous professional development including masters (level 7) learning
- Leadership/management qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Independent Prescriber
- Masters degree in nursing or related/relevant subject area
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 (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (opens in a new window).
