Job summary
TheTransfer of Care System Leader is a system appointment. The post holder will work in partnership with the system health and care leaders to operationally deliver a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to discharge from hospital based on the principles of no place like home, adopting a Home First approach.
The post will be hosted by one of the statutory partners and will report to the Assistant Director of Adult Social Care Operations for professional supervision and management. There will be dual reporting lines into the Trust and Council and the post holder will be situated as part of the management structure within both organisations. It is recognised that the delivery is on behalf of the system and will require full system support to achieve this.
This post is a partnership post and the expectation would be to interact alongside all system partners. In performing this system leadership role it is a requirement to develop a shared system view of transfer of care, to hold stakeholders to account, driving forward the actions that need to be taken as a system to address shared challenges.
Main duties of the job
The primary functions of this role are:
Strategic and operational oversight of the system wide Transfer of Care Hub, functions and policies.
The oversight and co-ordination of 'transfer of care' primarily hospital discharge arrangements and hospital admission avoidance for all people across the health and care system.
Escalating as necessary to the relevant Executive Leads for the Trust, ICB and Local Authority.
Implementation and system oversight of the Hospital discharge and community support policy
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development post graduate study.
- Health or Social Care related degree at Masters level or able to demonstrate substantial knowledge and experience within the relevant field with a willingness to work towards qualification.
- Advanced theoretical, practical & professional knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by specialist training to postgraduate or equivalent level or experience, in relevant disciplines.
Desirable
- Professional registration within one of the key health or social care disciplines.
- Additional advanced leadership and transformation training.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial management experience at senior level in a large, complex Health or Social Care Organisation.
- Experience working in, or in close partnership with, democratically accountable organisations.
- Substantial understanding of the background to and aims of current health & social care policy and be able to translate these into system wide and organisational level change.
- Evidence of developing and delivering policy and performance changes on a large scale.
- Experience of cross sector and partnership working, developing relations with other organisations and stakeholders to deliver key strategies and programmes.
- Evidence of ability to influence agendas to ensure delivery of outcomes across organisations boundaries.
- Experience of customer engagement and Clinical leadership advocacy in continually improving services.
- In-depth understanding of the requirements of the hospital discharge policy and the interdependencies with other partners statutory responsibilities.
- A basic understanding of the range of health and social care statutory frameworks and a working knowledge of all the relevant key frameworks for discharge .
- Solid understanding of: Current NHS structural relationships e.g. NHS England / Improvement, and individual provider and commissioning organisations .
- The role and function of the Care Quality Commission currently and as part of future structures.
- Evidence of successful service development, service change and delivery of major quality improvement projects.
- Extensive knowledge and evidence of governance, performance management, risk management, and assurance frameworks.
- Understanding and experience of implementing public policy and government legislation.
- Financial and budgetary management experience.
- Knowledge of current priorities and issues in community based physical health care services.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent presentation skills, able to give high level presentations to Executive Boards and other organisations
- Expertise in writing and implementing corporate policies, procedures and protocols.
- Demonstrates an ability to manage highly complex and sensitive situations
- Ability to work within and meet clear performance targets and indicators
- Ability to negotiate, shape and influence local service development involving partner agencies and key stakeholders
- Able to act as an expert and provide support to multidisciplinary teams in solution focused approaches for a number of complex cases to direct resources and efforts to ensure people are on the correct pathways and can achieve the most independent outcome.
- Able to apply their knowledge, understanding and experience of theory and practice for large- and small-scale change to motivate and work at all levels working across with leaders, clinicians, professional and vocationally experienced colleagues.
- Able to liaise with all organisations and members to share best practice and drive cross system innovation Acute political awareness.
- Demonstrable abilities in strategic thinking and planning solutions, showing an understanding of and responsiveness to the needs of communities.
- Ability to lead, motivate, inspire and empower others, by example.
- Development of constructive relationships based on candour, trust and mutual respect are developed and maintained
- Demonstrable ability as a forward-thinker with an innovative approach, able to conceive, develop and implement new initiatives, and manage change across different organisations.
- Ability to work under exceptional pressure.
- An excellent, persuasive, clear and constructive communicator at all levels.
- Ability to make decisions and take responsibility for actions
- Excellent interpersonal skills: a strong networker able to build relationships with mutual confidence, honesty and respect overcoming significant barriers to understanding and acceptance in a system which has historically had strained and challenged relationships
- Ability to influence at Executive Director level enabling changes in service behaviour to meet goals, objectives and system requirements.
- Negotiation with partners to ensure operational delivery is focused on system rather than Organisational approach.
- Flexible in style and approach
- System and process orientated
- IT literate
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and to deliver
- Ability to travel across North Cumbria and the wider ICB footprint
- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development post graduate study.
- Health or Social Care related degree at Masters level or able to demonstrate substantial knowledge and experience within the relevant field with a willingness to work towards qualification.
- Advanced theoretical, practical & professional knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by specialist training to postgraduate or equivalent level or experience, in relevant disciplines.
Desirable
- Professional registration within one of the key health or social care disciplines.
- Additional advanced leadership and transformation training.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Substantial management experience at senior level in a large, complex Health or Social Care Organisation.
- Experience working in, or in close partnership with, democratically accountable organisations.
- Substantial understanding of the background to and aims of current health & social care policy and be able to translate these into system wide and organisational level change.
- Evidence of developing and delivering policy and performance changes on a large scale.
- Experience of cross sector and partnership working, developing relations with other organisations and stakeholders to deliver key strategies and programmes.
- Evidence of ability to influence agendas to ensure delivery of outcomes across organisations boundaries.
- Experience of customer engagement and Clinical leadership advocacy in continually improving services.
- In-depth understanding of the requirements of the hospital discharge policy and the interdependencies with other partners statutory responsibilities.
- A basic understanding of the range of health and social care statutory frameworks and a working knowledge of all the relevant key frameworks for discharge .
- Solid understanding of: Current NHS structural relationships e.g. NHS England / Improvement, and individual provider and commissioning organisations .
- The role and function of the Care Quality Commission currently and as part of future structures.
- Evidence of successful service development, service change and delivery of major quality improvement projects.
- Extensive knowledge and evidence of governance, performance management, risk management, and assurance frameworks.
- Understanding and experience of implementing public policy and government legislation.
- Financial and budgetary management experience.
- Knowledge of current priorities and issues in community based physical health care services.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent presentation skills, able to give high level presentations to Executive Boards and other organisations
- Expertise in writing and implementing corporate policies, procedures and protocols.
- Demonstrates an ability to manage highly complex and sensitive situations
- Ability to work within and meet clear performance targets and indicators
- Ability to negotiate, shape and influence local service development involving partner agencies and key stakeholders
- Able to act as an expert and provide support to multidisciplinary teams in solution focused approaches for a number of complex cases to direct resources and efforts to ensure people are on the correct pathways and can achieve the most independent outcome.
- Able to apply their knowledge, understanding and experience of theory and practice for large- and small-scale change to motivate and work at all levels working across with leaders, clinicians, professional and vocationally experienced colleagues.
- Able to liaise with all organisations and members to share best practice and drive cross system innovation Acute political awareness.
- Demonstrable abilities in strategic thinking and planning solutions, showing an understanding of and responsiveness to the needs of communities.
- Ability to lead, motivate, inspire and empower others, by example.
- Development of constructive relationships based on candour, trust and mutual respect are developed and maintained
- Demonstrable ability as a forward-thinker with an innovative approach, able to conceive, develop and implement new initiatives, and manage change across different organisations.
- Ability to work under exceptional pressure.
- An excellent, persuasive, clear and constructive communicator at all levels.
- Ability to make decisions and take responsibility for actions
- Excellent interpersonal skills: a strong networker able to build relationships with mutual confidence, honesty and respect overcoming significant barriers to understanding and acceptance in a system which has historically had strained and challenged relationships
- Ability to influence at Executive Director level enabling changes in service behaviour to meet goals, objectives and system requirements.
- Negotiation with partners to ensure operational delivery is focused on system rather than Organisational approach.
- Flexible in style and approach
- System and process orientated
- IT literate
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and to deliver
- Ability to travel across North Cumbria and the wider ICB footprint
- Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity
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).
Employer details
Employer name
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
TBC Cumberland Infirmary / West Cumberland Hospital / Cumbria House
Carlisle
CA2 7HY
Employer's website
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
