Job summary
The Divisional Clinical Manager is a key member of the Senior Operational Leadership team and working closely with the Deputy Director of Operations, the post holder offers dynamic leadership and management within the shared portfolio of all Adult and Children's Community and Specialist Services across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ensuring all performance and quality metrics in the contracts are met. The post holder will ensure responsive, efficient and effective services, which are well led and of a high quality are developed and delivered in community settings, working with commissioners and system partners to deliver innovative and transformational services within the financial resources available reflecting system wide requirements.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
Have a clear understanding of the vision of the Trust and key partner organisations, be able to translate this into the directorate's strategic planning intentions and into operational implementation within community and specialist services.
Support the Deputy Director of Operations in establishing an ethos of modern, customer-orientated services and translate that into a culture of effective patient/user centred delivery, with partners, in a community setting.
Proactively lead the transformation and redesign of care and patient pathways for all ages embracing the concept of Families and care closer to home in collaboration with partners, to develop integrated and safe care wherever possible.
Working closely with the Director of Operations and the Deputy Director of Operations to shape community services in to "Place" and develop locality and neighbourhood models to bring care closer to home.
Lead and develop a "can do" culture that supports all staff to innovate and to deliver best practice standards.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse/NMC Registered Midwife/HCPC registered AHP
- Degree level of education supplemented by postgraduate study and management or clinical experience to master's degree level or equivalent experience.
- Relevant postgraduate specialist qualification
- Evidence of recent post registration continuous professional development/qualification
- Evidence of accredited management / leadership training or evidence of practical application of expertise at this level
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a health or social care setting
- Significant experience at a senior level
- Significant experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency health/social care environment.
- Experience of the Non-Elective Care systems and demonstrable ability to impact on demand management
- Proven track record as an effective leader/operational manager in health, social care or related environment at senior management level or above.
- Experience of strategic development
- Experience of leading complex and dynamic change successfully
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- In depth professional knowledge in a number of areas e.g. health /social care management, financial management, performance management acquired through training and proven experience over a number of years.
- Knowledge of the acute / community, social care and other local authority interface including working with partners including the third sector on joint tender responses.
- Good understanding of NHS legislation, SFIs and SO's, employment and health and safety legislation, national standards and service frameworks for care, safeguarding requirements.
- Substantial knowledge of the requirements for compliance across the key lines of enquiry and evidence to support significant improvement in this area.
- Ability to introduce systems and process which enable services to develop in line with governance and risk requirements
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse/NMC Registered Midwife/HCPC registered AHP
- Degree level of education supplemented by postgraduate study and management or clinical experience to master's degree level or equivalent experience.
- Relevant postgraduate specialist qualification
- Evidence of recent post registration continuous professional development/qualification
- Evidence of accredited management / leadership training or evidence of practical application of expertise at this level
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a health or social care setting
- Significant experience at a senior level
- Significant experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency health/social care environment.
- Experience of the Non-Elective Care systems and demonstrable ability to impact on demand management
- Proven track record as an effective leader/operational manager in health, social care or related environment at senior management level or above.
- Experience of strategic development
- Experience of leading complex and dynamic change successfully
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- In depth professional knowledge in a number of areas e.g. health /social care management, financial management, performance management acquired through training and proven experience over a number of years.
- Knowledge of the acute / community, social care and other local authority interface including working with partners including the third sector on joint tender responses.
- Good understanding of NHS legislation, SFIs and SO's, employment and health and safety legislation, national standards and service frameworks for care, safeguarding requirements.
- Substantial knowledge of the requirements for compliance across the key lines of enquiry and evidence to support significant improvement in this area.
- Ability to introduce systems and process which enable services to develop in line with governance and risk requirements
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).
