Locality Manager Adult ICT

Job description

Job responsibilities

To lead the delivery of locality services in line with the Trusts strategic direction, ensuring the delivery of high value, patient centred, responsive and efficient patient care

To work effectively with the designated operational contacts for local service providers i.e. GP practices and other stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and partnership working.

To support the Locality Lead and Assistant Director of Urgent and Emergency Care in the delivery of locality based services, ensuring an integrated approach with specialist services, focused on meeting the needs of a designated community of patients and their carers.

To ensure locality services are delivered in a highly professional and clinically safe manner, in conjunction with the business support team and in accordance with local and national policies and procedures, including compliance with Care Quality Commission and NICE standards, and to participate in the development of written policies, procedures and protocols in line with agreed development of the service.

To provide managerial leadership to staff within areas of responsibility, ensuring implementation of and compliance with policies and procedures, responding to complaints and incidents and monitoring data to ensure action is taken to correct and prevent recurrence and to ensure escalation processes are understood and embedded.

To take responsibility for ensuring effective capacity and demand management across service areas, in order to meet activity and waiting time directives, in line with the wider locality performance plan and present data when required.

To be responsible for ensuring outcome measures are developed and implemented within areas of service responsibility.

To work collaboratively with other managers in the preparation of the Business Units Annual Plan and to be responsible for ensuring aspects relating to areas of service responsibility are delivered.

To be responsible for the delegated budget and resource management in line with standing financial instructions.

To participate in Trusts on call rota.

To be responsible for the self-development of skills and competencies through participation in training and development activities, and to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post and to ensure own continued professional development, maintaining clinical and managerial credibility.

Participate in Trusts Performance and Development Review and to undertake any identified training and development related to the post.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.

Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Candidate Requirements

Essential

• Clinical qualification to first degree level or equivalent
• Knowledge of expertise in management acquired through in depth experience or theoretical study, equivalent to post graduate level
• Excellent communication skills in support of communicating with a range of commissioners and providers.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Address

Gregans House

34 Bedford Road

Hitchin

SG5 1HF

Employer's website

https://www.hct.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)