Head of Community Palliative Care East Team
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Job summary
Job Overview
Head of Community Palliative Care East TeamAs part of our transformation into the hospice of the future, that puts the patient at the heart of everything we do, a fantastic opportunity has opened. This is an exciting chance to help shape change as we become more sustainable as a charity.
The postholder will work collaboratively with the Head of Community Services West in developing and managing an integrated, multidisciplinary community service, providing specialist palliative care.
Main duties of the job
The Role
You will provide leadership and direction to our integrated community services who provide holistic, skilled, high-quality, patient-centred palliative care to patients in their own homes, in partnership with other organisation and in appropriate sites across out boroughs. Care is delivered at home or in a care home, clinics, community spaces or our patient's usual place of residence.
You will support the design, and lead delivery of, our clinical strategy, while providing a sense of purpose to your service. One of our key aims is to increase clinic and group work across our community, reaching those who are least likely to access our services and identifying potential partnership opportunities within the boroughs to provide care closer to home. This is where your outstanding communication skills will be essential in engaging diverse communities from across our local area.
Working as part of the Patient Services Directorate, you will support the Director of Patient Services implement and report against achievements in our strategic plan with a view to developing an inspiring culture of excellence across the integrated community team. You will be key to delivering our Clinical Strategy that will enable us to reach more people and ensure our services are delivered in line with our CORE values across our integrated community patient services.
About us
North London Hospice has been at the heart of our community for more than 40 years, supporting more than 3,500 every year across the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
Through our vision of the best of life, at the end of life, for everyone, we provide outstanding care to our patients. We pride ourselves on the dedication and quality that we can bring to any situation, and as a result, our charity has become a beacon of care and support to our community.
Our hospice continues to play a crucial role in helping services work together to meet the needs of those in our community living with a variety of conditions. We're passionate, caring and focused on ensuring that everyone who uses our services are cared for and supported at one of the most important moments of their lives. In addition, we also support people in transition between services, sectors, and specialisms.
To do this, we must ensure that all our services and teams continue to form vital strategic partnerships and we need to make sure we have the best possible leaders to deliver.
Details
Date posted
27 January 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£60,460 to £67,263 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
Head of Palliative Care
Job locations
North London Hospice
110 Barrowell Green
Winchmore Hill
N21 3AY
Employer details
Employer name
North London Hospice
Address
North London Hospice
110 Barrowell Green
Winchmore Hill
N21 3AY
Employer's website
https://www.northlondonhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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