Job summary
Are you a clinician with person centred leadership skills with a keen interest in community care? Would you like to be part of the leadership team working in partnership with colleagues and key stakeholders to continue the development of our Community Response Hubs ? This is an opportunity to lead in one of our 3 Community Reasponse Hubs.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse/therapist who is committed to working with our local populations to enable people to return home from hospital at the earlist opportunity. The successful applicants will have a proven ability to lead in implementing and sustain changes and ability to work collaboratively with other organisations and bring people together. You will provide via yourself and the team a high quality, effective service to patients throughout their discharge journey from hospital and into their homes.
This position will be one of our three Community response Hubs based in Chester and commencing initially in Ellesmere Port.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for all operational management across the team, provide leadership to colleagues from various organisations working together. Provide day to day management of staff within your team including appraisals, supervision, absence management, budget management and rostering. To provide clinical oversight of a complex and varied community caseload.
You will play an integral role in developing the service and aligning services to work together in a home first approach.
To clinically lead, operationally manage and develop an efficient and effective community response hub delivering multidisciplinary health and social care for adults, older people and their carers. Ensuring that the Trust values, policies, procedures and good practice are adhered to and which ensures that adults and older people receive seamless, evidenced based services.
About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.We also offer up to three weeks' induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant, Nursing or Allied Health Professional (e.g. Occupational Therapy) degree level qualification or significant experience of managing multidisciplinary teams.
- Current registration with a nationally recognised professional body relevant to the professional qualification held e.g. HCPC for Occupational Therapists etc.
- Proven ability to work at post registration level
Desirable
- Masters level qualification or equivalent short courses and/or experience
- A recognised management qualification e.g. MBA, DMS or equivalent management experience and training
- Teaching qualification or significant experience
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- Knowledge of social and care health legislation and ability to apply knowledge appropriately
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of personnel/ human resource management issues e.g. recruitment and retention, performance management
- Able to demonstrate a sound understanding of multi-disciplinary service delivery for adults and older people, including health, social care and the voluntary sector.
- Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of quality assurance / performance management methods.
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience of working in a statutory Health or Social Care setting demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility
- Experience of achieving positive outcomes for service users and the community through multi-disciplinary and partnership working
- Experience of managing a team and supervising staff.
- Experience of budget management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant, Nursing or Allied Health Professional (e.g. Occupational Therapy) degree level qualification or significant experience of managing multidisciplinary teams.
- Current registration with a nationally recognised professional body relevant to the professional qualification held e.g. HCPC for Occupational Therapists etc.
- Proven ability to work at post registration level
Desirable
- Masters level qualification or equivalent short courses and/or experience
- A recognised management qualification e.g. MBA, DMS or equivalent management experience and training
- Teaching qualification or significant experience
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- Knowledge of social and care health legislation and ability to apply knowledge appropriately
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of personnel/ human resource management issues e.g. recruitment and retention, performance management
- Able to demonstrate a sound understanding of multi-disciplinary service delivery for adults and older people, including health, social care and the voluntary sector.
- Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of quality assurance / performance management methods.
Experience
Essential
- Post-qualification experience of working in a statutory Health or Social Care setting demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility
- Experience of achieving positive outcomes for service users and the community through multi-disciplinary and partnership working
- Experience of managing a team and supervising staff.
- Experience of budget management.
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).
