Job summary
Are you a Nurse or Allied Health Professional ready to take on an exciting new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative eye care service?
Lead the Future of Eye Care at Calderdale Royal and Acre Mills!Join us as a dynamic leader shaping the delivery of cutting-edge ophthalmic nursing services across Calderdale Royal and Acre Mills Out-patient clinics. You'll steer a talented nursing workforce, driving clinical excellence and innovation across a spectrum of eye care specialties.
This role calls for a confident, compassionate leader who thrives in managing diverse teams, resolving conflict with grace, and uniting colleagues from varied perspectives toward shared goals. You'll champion service improvements, ensuring patient-centred, modern, and safe care that meets national standards and Trust initiatives.
Bring your expertise in HR best practices and people management to support and empower your team, fostering a collaborative, inclusive environment where every voice matters. If you're ready to influence, inspire, and make a lasting impact in ophthalmic nursing--this is the role for you!
improvements and change initiatives to deliver modern, safe, and patient-centred care aligned with national targets and Trust policies. The role requires effective conflict resolution skills and the ability to collaborate across diverse teams, bringing together different perspectives for a common purpose.
Main duties of the job
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Understanding of operational pressures, waiting list targets, referral to treatment pathways, managing change and service improvement along with budgetary controls.
About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional Duties
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Present a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic role model, providing leadership guidance and advice on strategic, operational and professional issues.
Managerial Duties - have experience in
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Monitor sickness, absence and competence issues, and implement Trust policies e.g. managing ill health, capability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional Duties
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Present a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic role model, providing leadership guidance and advice on strategic, operational and professional issues.
Managerial Duties - have experience in
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Monitor sickness, absence and competence issues, and implement Trust policies e.g. managing ill health, capability.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Recognised healthcare professional qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of postgraduate study and continuous professional development
- Formal leadership training, management qualification or working towards
- Recognised teaching qualification or working towards
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in leading clinical teams in a secondary care or outpatient setting
- Experience in service development or quality improvement within a clinical environ-ment
- Experience in change management and implementing service improvements
- Understanding of governance, risk, and patient safety frameworks
- Familiarity with HR policies and procedures relevant to NHS or equivalent healthcare settings
Desirable
- Ability to support and develop research skills and promote evidence-based practice
- Experience in using workforce planning, skill mix analysis and roster design to meet service demands
- Up-to-date knowledge of ophthalmic clinical practices, patient pathways, and national targets
- Ability to support and develop research skills and promote evidence-based practice
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Ability to establish clear, positive, and credible leadership both professionally and managerially
- Ability to manage and resolve conflict constructively
- Demonstrated achievement in financial and business planning, budget management, and waiting list oversight
- Excellent communication skills - verbal and written
- Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
- Commitment to maintaining a learning environment and supporting development for all staff grades
- Inclusive and compassionate approach to team management
- Ability to influence and build professional relationships
- Line management experience, including supervision, appraisals, and performance management
Desirable
- Experience in cross-site service management or coordination across multiple clinics
- Advanced knowledge of electronic patient record systems and data analysis tools
- Knowledge and understanding of writing business cases to support service development and transformation
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Recognised healthcare professional qualification
Desirable
- Evidence of postgraduate study and continuous professional development
- Formal leadership training, management qualification or working towards
- Recognised teaching qualification or working towards
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in leading clinical teams in a secondary care or outpatient setting
- Experience in service development or quality improvement within a clinical environ-ment
- Experience in change management and implementing service improvements
- Understanding of governance, risk, and patient safety frameworks
- Familiarity with HR policies and procedures relevant to NHS or equivalent healthcare settings
Desirable
- Ability to support and develop research skills and promote evidence-based practice
- Experience in using workforce planning, skill mix analysis and roster design to meet service demands
- Up-to-date knowledge of ophthalmic clinical practices, patient pathways, and national targets
- Ability to support and develop research skills and promote evidence-based practice
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Ability to establish clear, positive, and credible leadership both professionally and managerially
- Ability to manage and resolve conflict constructively
- Demonstrated achievement in financial and business planning, budget management, and waiting list oversight
- Excellent communication skills - verbal and written
- Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
- Commitment to maintaining a learning environment and supporting development for all staff grades
- Inclusive and compassionate approach to team management
- Ability to influence and build professional relationships
- Line management experience, including supervision, appraisals, and performance management
Desirable
- Experience in cross-site service management or coordination across multiple clinics
- Advanced knowledge of electronic patient record systems and data analysis tools
- Knowledge and understanding of writing business cases to support service development and transformation
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
