Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the North Cumbria Locality, Access & Community Clinical Business Unit for a Clinical Manager, Band 8a. The post is within the 'Getting Help Sooner' portfolio across Adult Community Services and offers the successful candidate the opportunity to support the transformation of community mental health services for adults, enabling improved access to support, advice, and interventions to support their mental wellbeing at an earlier stage. This will include developing community based 'hubs and joint working with partnership agencies including the Third Sector.
Applications will be welcomed from candidates with experience of managing multidisciplinary teams, complex clinical services, and an understanding of Community Pathways, they will have skills in staff & team management providing clinical advice, leadership, and supervision.
The post holder will also form part of the North Cumbria Access & Community CBU working within the principles of collective leaderships and devolved decision making to ensure that safe, high-quality care is delivered. Working closely with the teams to deliver effective practice, a culture of improvement and excellence in delivering services. The post holder will work within CNTW policy and procedures.
This is an exciting time to join out Access & Community Business Units as we begin to implement community transformation, to improve services offered collaboratively across North Cumbria.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership to support the Clinical Business Unit Pathway/Team/Ward managers and nursing teams in providing the highest possible quality of care, within Adult community services pathways. They will maintain a high profile within the Clinical Business Unit.
Working with the North Cumbria Access & Community CBU they will develop and promote effective nursing practice and patient care policies including specific responsibilities to designated CBU within the Trust. They will work with the Associate Director ensuring that services and processes are co-ordinated to achieve, safe, high-quality care. The post holder will be expected to promote a culture of improvement and excellence in delivering services for our patients and carers.
The leadership provided by the post holder is crucial to efficient, effective, and caring services. Not only will the post holder be professionally accountable for standards of nursing care, they will also influence the non-clinical contributions that are necessary to deliver a high quality care service including cleanliness of the environment and other services that impact on patient care and welfare
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership to support the Clinical Business Unit Pathway/Team/Ward managers and nursing teams in providing the highest possible quality of care, within Adult community services pathways. They will maintain a high profile within the Clinical Business Unit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership to support the Clinical Business Unit Pathway/Team/Ward managers and nursing teams in providing the highest possible quality of care, within Adult community services pathways. They will maintain a high profile within the Clinical Business Unit.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 14th May 2024
Closing date : 28th May 2024
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership to support the Clinical Business Unit Pathway/Team/Ward managers and nursing teams in providing the highest possible quality of care, within Adult community services pathways. They will maintain a high profile within the Clinical Business Unit.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 14th May 2024
Closing date : 28th May 2024
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
educations and qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualifications such as: RMN, BSc, OT, Psychology, Social Worker. Evidence of continuous professional development Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification Educated to masters level Participation in international research initiatives. Evidence of published work. Experience of the use of information systems to support service delivery. Experience of research and audit at national, regional and local level. Registered Non-Medical Prescriber
knowledge and experience
Essential
- Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience Extensive specialist knowledge of and experience in the speciality. Minimum two years' experience in a Senior Nursing post. Up-to-date knowledge of contemporary nursing (current trends in care delivery and therapeutic interventions). Understanding of current professional nursing issues Proven track record of effective collaborative working Participation in Practice Development initiatives Comprehensive knowledge of integrated and clinical governance, NTW/Nursing/NJ/1724 best value, DOH policy, NICE Guidance Ability to prepare and facilitate presentations Good knowledge of full range of mental health and learning disabilities services and principles of health and social care delivery Good knowledge of working practices within other professions and multi agency working Commitment to continuous training and development Skills and
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification Educated to masters level Participation in international research initiatives. Evidence of published work. Experience of the use of information systems to support service delivery. Experience of research and audit at national, regional and local level. Registered Non-Medical Prescriber
skills and competencies
Essential
- Experience of involving service users/carers/other professionals in evaluation/planning of services Knowledge of research methodologies and principles of audit Excellent organisational skills Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Effective leadership and decision making skills - demonstrated by significant achievement during career Effective change management skills Good presentation and skills Good facilitation skills
role specific requirements
Essential
- Ability to work with and manage personnel from different backgrounds Ability to set clear targets, motivate staff and delegate appropriately Ability to devise and deliver training packages relevant to the primary functions and key tasks of the post Able to demonstrate that they place the interests of patients/service users and carers at the centre of all they do NTW/Nursing/NJ/1724 Ability to critically appraise nursing developments and develop new concepts and actively pursue ways of improving service delivery
Person Specification
educations and qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualifications such as: RMN, BSc, OT, Psychology, Social Worker. Evidence of continuous professional development Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification Educated to masters level Participation in international research initiatives. Evidence of published work. Experience of the use of information systems to support service delivery. Experience of research and audit at national, regional and local level. Registered Non-Medical Prescriber
knowledge and experience
Essential
- Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience Extensive specialist knowledge of and experience in the speciality. Minimum two years' experience in a Senior Nursing post. Up-to-date knowledge of contemporary nursing (current trends in care delivery and therapeutic interventions). Understanding of current professional nursing issues Proven track record of effective collaborative working Participation in Practice Development initiatives Comprehensive knowledge of integrated and clinical governance, NTW/Nursing/NJ/1724 best value, DOH policy, NICE Guidance Ability to prepare and facilitate presentations Good knowledge of full range of mental health and learning disabilities services and principles of health and social care delivery Good knowledge of working practices within other professions and multi agency working Commitment to continuous training and development Skills and
Desirable
- Recognised teaching qualification Educated to masters level Participation in international research initiatives. Evidence of published work. Experience of the use of information systems to support service delivery. Experience of research and audit at national, regional and local level. Registered Non-Medical Prescriber
skills and competencies
Essential
- Experience of involving service users/carers/other professionals in evaluation/planning of services Knowledge of research methodologies and principles of audit Excellent organisational skills Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Effective leadership and decision making skills - demonstrated by significant achievement during career Effective change management skills Good presentation and skills Good facilitation skills
role specific requirements
Essential
- Ability to work with and manage personnel from different backgrounds Ability to set clear targets, motivate staff and delegate appropriately Ability to devise and deliver training packages relevant to the primary functions and key tasks of the post Able to demonstrate that they place the interests of patients/service users and carers at the centre of all they do NTW/Nursing/NJ/1724 Ability to critically appraise nursing developments and develop new concepts and actively pursue ways of improving service delivery
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).
