Job summary
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.
Main duties of the job
Are you interested in developing your service lead skills and experience. The Nutrition & Dietetics (ND) and Podiatry Departments at Whittington Health (WH) are pleased to offer you an exciting opportunity to lead these teams where we value you, your career, & our patients.
We recognise that our staff are truly our greatest asset and you will lead a diverse team of Therapists & Admin, facilitating excellent professional development opportunities.
You will be supported by and experienced Care Group Lead in Therapies as well as a Service Business Manager.The post holder will be strategically, operationally and financially accountable for the development and delivery of the Whittington Health ND and Podiatry Services.
Services are provided across several sites across Islington and Haringey as well as a clinic at the Whittington Hospital, with 28 WTE within Podiatry service and 10 WTE within the ND Service.
Staff wellbeing and EDI are high priorities for the Service and Trust.
Click to find out more about our Adult Community Services, what it is like to work for Whittington Health, and why you should join our team.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Post holder will:
- Lead on the transformation, provision and maintenance of high-quality services in line with the Trust vision, objectives and values, and national guidance.
- Contribute fully to the ACS senior management team with additional specific service management and professional responsibility within the ICSU. The post has external relationships with the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), Local councils and Whittington Hospital Acute services and other neighbouring acute and Community NHS Organisations.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality care and customer services, continual service improvement, service re-design and development, managing staff performance, and providing professional advice on service improvements.
- Deputise for the Speciality Service Manager in Therapies, ACS as necessary.
- Facilitate an Integrated Pathway for ND and Podiatry patients where required .
- To represent the Whittington ND and Podiatry services on the NCL workstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
Post holder will:
- Lead on the transformation, provision and maintenance of high-quality services in line with the Trust vision, objectives and values, and national guidance.
- Contribute fully to the ACS senior management team with additional specific service management and professional responsibility within the ICSU. The post has external relationships with the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), Local councils and Whittington Hospital Acute services and other neighbouring acute and Community NHS Organisations.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality care and customer services, continual service improvement, service re-design and development, managing staff performance, and providing professional advice on service improvements.
- Deputise for the Speciality Service Manager in Therapies, ACS as necessary.
- Facilitate an Integrated Pathway for ND and Podiatry patients where required .
- To represent the Whittington ND and Podiatry services on the NCL workstream
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- relevant AHP Clinical qualification with management experience in NHS
- Management/ Leadership portfolio
- Training in HR processes
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Service Lead management experience in NHS
- experience of managing staff including recruitment, performance, appraisal, induction and mentoring
- Able to support senior clinicians with service delivery
- experience of negotiating and influencing at operational level
- experience chairing meetings
- leadership experience in change management
Desirable
- budgetary management experience and understanding of current NHS financial regime
- involvement in strategic management
Knowledge
Essential
- knowledge of wide range of staff management practices, appraisal, performance management , absence management, performance
- Knowledge of wide range of senior management practices including budgetary management, the consultation process, workforce planning cost pressures and service developments
- Comprehensive understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance principles and their application
Skills
Essential
- High-level interpersonal skills.
- Presentation skills and able to write reports and papers
- Teaching/coaching/facilitation skills.
- Ability to motivate and lead teams of staff
- Ability to anticipate, plan and manage change
- Ability to work in high pressure environment with conflicting work pressures
Desirable
- Analytical skills in relation to client, organisational and staffing issues.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to working jointly with users, practitioners and other agencies to develop high quality services
- Flexibility and enthusiasm for working within a changing environment
- Demonstration of leadership qualities with the motivation required for task completion
- Demonstrate personal values aligned with Whittington ICARE values
- Demonstrate commitment to staff wellbeing
- Demonstrate commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- relevant AHP Clinical qualification with management experience in NHS
- Management/ Leadership portfolio
- Training in HR processes
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Service Lead management experience in NHS
- experience of managing staff including recruitment, performance, appraisal, induction and mentoring
- Able to support senior clinicians with service delivery
- experience of negotiating and influencing at operational level
- experience chairing meetings
- leadership experience in change management
Desirable
- budgetary management experience and understanding of current NHS financial regime
- involvement in strategic management
Knowledge
Essential
- knowledge of wide range of staff management practices, appraisal, performance management , absence management, performance
- Knowledge of wide range of senior management practices including budgetary management, the consultation process, workforce planning cost pressures and service developments
- Comprehensive understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance principles and their application
Skills
Essential
- High-level interpersonal skills.
- Presentation skills and able to write reports and papers
- Teaching/coaching/facilitation skills.
- Ability to motivate and lead teams of staff
- Ability to anticipate, plan and manage change
- Ability to work in high pressure environment with conflicting work pressures
Desirable
- Analytical skills in relation to client, organisational and staffing issues.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Commitment to working jointly with users, practitioners and other agencies to develop high quality services
- Flexibility and enthusiasm for working within a changing environment
- Demonstration of leadership qualities with the motivation required for task completion
- Demonstrate personal values aligned with Whittington ICARE values
- Demonstrate commitment to staff wellbeing
- Demonstrate commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace
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).
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).
