Richard House Children’s Hospice

Head of Care (Band 8B)

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Job summary

Richard House Childrens Hospice, based in East London, provides palliative care to children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions across London. From the moment a child is diagnosed with a life-limiting, life-threatening or complex health condition everything changes. These changes affect the whole family, which is why we feel it is vital not only to provide care to the child but to support the whole family and to help families choose when, where and how they receive care. Join us and make a real difference.

Main duties of the job

We are recruiting for Head of Care to join our amazing and dedicated team at Richard House. This is a wonderful opportunity to lead and be part of our Care team to provide holistic, family-centred, quality care at our peaceful, woodland hospice based in the multi-cultural borough of Newham. The Head of Care will be responsible for the operational leadership and development of the Care Team. They deputise for the Director of Care and are responsible for the line management of the clinical team to ensure the highest standards of care are delivered and always maintained. Please see the job description for further details or download a full job description from our website.

About us

Richard House was Londons first childrens hospice. It was founded by our Life-President Anthea Hare, who was inspired by both her experience as a Paediatric Nurse and helping her parents to look after her severely autistic brother. Our benefits include: annual holiday allowance of 27 days, increasing to 29 days after five years service, pension with the option to continue existing NHS pension, supplemental unsocial hours pay, life assurance, occupational sick pay, enhanced family leave pay schemes, flexible working, employee assistance programme, a supportive team with a commitment to CPD and free parking.

Details

Date posted

02 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,718 to £76,271 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

VP2552F3AF

Job locations

Richard House Childrens Hospice

Richard House Drive

London

E16 3RG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Role overview

We are recruiting for Head of Care to join our amazing and dedicated team at Richard House. This is a wonderful opportunity to lead and be part of our Care team to provide holistic, family-centred, quality care at our peaceful, woodland hospice based in the multi-cultural borough of Newham.

The Head of Care will be responsible for the operational leadership and development of the Care Team. They deputise for the Director of Care and are responsible for the line management of the clinical team to ensure the highest standards of care are delivered and always maintained.

We are looking for someone who is experienced in providing a strong and visible leadership culture to managers as well as the wider team. With substantial experience in managing large teams, the post holder will have a pivotal role leading and managing the clinical team, improving patient experience, building, and maintaining the quality control systems and service development.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

Richard House is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. Successful candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Richard House is not authorised to sponsor overseas worker, you need to have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role overview

We are recruiting for Head of Care to join our amazing and dedicated team at Richard House. This is a wonderful opportunity to lead and be part of our Care team to provide holistic, family-centred, quality care at our peaceful, woodland hospice based in the multi-cultural borough of Newham.

The Head of Care will be responsible for the operational leadership and development of the Care Team. They deputise for the Director of Care and are responsible for the line management of the clinical team to ensure the highest standards of care are delivered and always maintained.

We are looking for someone who is experienced in providing a strong and visible leadership culture to managers as well as the wider team. With substantial experience in managing large teams, the post holder will have a pivotal role leading and managing the clinical team, improving patient experience, building, and maintaining the quality control systems and service development.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

Richard House is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. Successful candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Richard House is not authorised to sponsor overseas worker, you need to have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Person Specification

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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).

Employer details

Employer name

Richard House Children’s Hospice

Address

Richard House Childrens Hospice

Richard House Drive

London

E16 3RG


Employer's website

https://richardhouse.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Richard House Children’s Hospice

Address

Richard House Childrens Hospice

Richard House Drive

London

E16 3RG


Employer's website

https://richardhouse.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruiter

Human Resources (HR)

jobs@richardhouse.org.uk

02075110222

Details

Date posted

02 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,718 to £76,271 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

VP2552F3AF

Job locations

Richard House Childrens Hospice

Richard House Drive

London

E16 3RG


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