Lead for Inpatient Centre
St Luke’s Hospice
The closing date is 06 December 2024
Job summary
Are you a compassionate and forward-thinking leader ready to make a real difference in palliative care? St Lukes Hospice is seeking a Lead for Inpatient Centreto bring their clinical expertise, management skills, and inspiring leadership to our dedicated team.
Main duties of the job
This is a pivotal role where youll lead a multidisciplinary team, ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care, and champion innovation in our In-Patient Centre (IPC). Youll have the opportunity to influence strategy, develop clinical practices, and drive service excellence, all while promoting a supportive and inclusive culture.
About us
St Lukes is an organisation that is dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing and quality of life of all those affected by a terminal illness in Sheffield. No patient or family is ever the same, and our journey with each individual is unique. Through the provision of high-quality care, support, compassion and respect, we aim to improve the lives of these people at some of the most challenging times of their lives.
Everyone who works at St Luke's makes a difference. St Lukes plays a key role in helping terminally ill people in Sheffield and you could join the team that makes St Lukes so special.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lead with purpose: Provide visible, inspiring leadership to a dynamic clinical team.
Mentor and develop: Oversee recruitment, training, and appraisal processes to nurture professional growth.
Drive excellence: Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality standards, including infection control.
Innovate: Manage change effectively to continuously improve care delivery and patient outcomes.
Collaborate: Work across professional boundaries to deliver seamless, holistic care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Lead with purpose: Provide visible, inspiring leadership to a dynamic clinical team.
Mentor and develop: Oversee recruitment, training, and appraisal processes to nurture professional growth.
Drive excellence: Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality standards, including infection control.
Innovate: Manage change effectively to continuously improve care delivery and patient outcomes.
Collaborate: Work across professional boundaries to deliver seamless, holistic care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with NMC or other professional body
- Training to a minimum degree level
Desirable
- Evidence of post qualification study/professional development
- Leadership or Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Rich and varied experience at a senior management level within a clinical team
- Experience of contributing to mentoring, training and education (including performance review) of professional staff
- Experience of recruitment, selection, and interviewing
- Experience of effective line management and supervision of teams
- Experience of managing staffing to ensure appropriate workloads, skills mix and rotas
- Experience of providing high quality patient care, and of encouraging others to do the same
- Experience of effectively and successfully managing resources (financial, physical and human)
- Evidence of working with a range of professionals across boundaries
- Evidence of implementing and using clinical governance systems
- Experience of managing change
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Knowledge of current National Palliative Care guidance and initiatives.
- Good standard of IT literacy
- Proven experience and understanding of individualised patient care
- Leadership and change management skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development within specialist palliative care.
- Understanding of infection control and compliance
- Advanced Clinical assessment and analytical skills.
Desirable
- Understanding and experience of working with quality indicators, KPIs,
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with NMC or other professional body
- Training to a minimum degree level
Desirable
- Evidence of post qualification study/professional development
- Leadership or Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Rich and varied experience at a senior management level within a clinical team
- Experience of contributing to mentoring, training and education (including performance review) of professional staff
- Experience of recruitment, selection, and interviewing
- Experience of effective line management and supervision of teams
- Experience of managing staffing to ensure appropriate workloads, skills mix and rotas
- Experience of providing high quality patient care, and of encouraging others to do the same
- Experience of effectively and successfully managing resources (financial, physical and human)
- Evidence of working with a range of professionals across boundaries
- Evidence of implementing and using clinical governance systems
- Experience of managing change
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Knowledge of current National Palliative Care guidance and initiatives.
- Good standard of IT literacy
- Proven experience and understanding of individualised patient care
- Leadership and change management skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development within specialist palliative care.
- Understanding of infection control and compliance
- Advanced Clinical assessment and analytical skills.
Desirable
- Understanding and experience of working with quality indicators, KPIs,
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
