Job summary
This is a unique and exciting role delivering our responsibilities as an Armed Forces aware Trust, the key areas of work will include leading on the integration and training of all services on the Armed Forces covenant. The role is intended to ensure that Veterans receive relevant support services during their hospital stay and through discharge and improving employment opportunities for Veterans, Reservists and their families.
- Increasing access to services for local armed services communities. Including Veterans, Reservists, Cadet Force Adult trainers and their respective families under the legal framework that is The Armed Forces Covenant (AFC).
- Requiring annual evaluation of data collection to ensure the Trust is able to provide 72 hours assessment and treatment for those with special consideration under the AFC terms.
- Wider development of nurturing recruitment of armed services communities into Oxleas workforce.
Main duties of the job
This role is to further establish effectiveness of the Armed Forces Veteran's Working Group and commitment to upholding principles and values of the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) and to ensure that Veterans receive relevant support services during their hospital stay and through discharge and improving employment opportunities for Veterans, Reservists and their families by: -
- Facilitating training for clinicians to ensure Veterans can appropriately access services.
- Ensuring collaborative partnerships with our ICS and AFC
- Performance reporting of activity within pathway
- Increasing access to services for local armed services communities. Including Veterans, Reservists, Cadet Force Adult trainers and their respective families under the legal framework (AFC)
- Requiring annual evaluation of data collection to ensure the Trust is able to provide 72 hours assessment and treatment for those with special consideration under the AFC terms.
- Wider development of nurturing recruitment of armed services communities into Oxleas workforce.
- Develop processes, pathways and education resources to enable Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to maintain Veteran Aware Accreditation.
- Skilled with specialised knowledge in caring for patients, their carers, and the Armed Forces Covenant
- Develop and oversee the role of 'Veterans Champions' across the trust with enhanced knowledge of military culture and support Oxleas to continue to be 'Veteran Aware' as a Trust.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Trust purpose is to improve lives through provision of the best quality health and social care for service users and their carers. One of our strategic priorities is to enhance quality and ensure excellence for every patient every time.
Oxleas have made a commitment via the Armed Forces Covenant. This role is to further establish effectiveness of the Armed Forces Veterans Working Group and commitment to upholding principles and values of the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) namely : -
- Facilitating training for clinicians to ensure Veterans can appropriately access services.
- Ensuring collaborative partnerships with our ICS and AFC
- Performance reporting of activity within pathway
- Co-ordination of Veterans pathway within Oxleas.
Aims
This is a unique and exciting role delivering our responsibilities as an Armed Forces aware Trust, the key areas of work will include leading on the integration and training of all services on the Armed Forces covenant. The role is intended to ensure that Veterans receive relevant support services during their hospital stay and through discharge and improving employment opportunities for Veterans, Reservists and their families.
- Increasing access to services for local armed services communities. Including Veterans, Reservists, Cadet Force Adult trainers and their respective families under the legal framework that is The Armed Forces Covenant (AFC).
- Requiring annual evaluation of data collection to ensure the Trust is able to provide 72 hours assessment and treatment for those with special consideration under the AFC terms.
- Wider development of nurturing recruitment of armed services communities into Oxleas workforce.
Key Task and Responsibilities
- To advocate for Veterans. Promoting fair and equitable treatment for ex-service community and their families to meet the intention of the Armed Forces Covenant.
- Ensure the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, as stated in the Armed Forces Act 2021, are met as it relates to accessing healthcare. Have an understanding of these principles to overcome situations where patients may face unique disadvantage. To see those who have given the most, such as the injured and the bereaved, within specific time frames to ensure Zero Delays.
- Develop processes, pathways and education resources to enable Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to maintain Veteran Aware Accreditation.
- Network and engage with the needs of the military community (serving personnel, both regular and reserve, their families, Veterans, and cadets) internally within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and externally.
- Through effective leadership, support clinical teams to deliver a service where compassion is embedded, and a positive patient experience is achieved.
- Provide strong professional, clinical, and managerial leadership for Armed Services (Regular and Reserve) staff, patients and families at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust .
- Skilled with specialised knowledge in caring for patients, their carers, and the Armed Forces Covenant
- Develop and oversee the role of Veterans Champions across the trust with enhanced knowledge of military culture and support Oxleas to continue to be Veteran Aware as a Trust.
- There is a strong emphasis on all team members working flexibly in order to achieve programme related goals.
- To embed processes in the organisation to ensure that the Armed Forces community do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of health services.
- Ensure members of the Armed Forces Community, including Reservists, Military Spouses and Dependents, maintain their places on NHS Waiting Lists when transferring Trusts, due to the relocation of the person who is serving.
- Through effective leadership, ensure that clinical teams deliver services where compassion is embedded, and a positive patient experience is achieved.
- Ensure clinicians in departments most likely to see service-related conditions are aware of The legal principles of The Armed Forces Covenant.
- Investigate and, where possible, resolve individual Veteran problems regarding service-related conditions.
- Ensure delivery of steps needed to maintain accreditation of The Veteran Aware Trust as well as The Gold Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).
- Chair The Veteran Working Group. Ensure policies and procedures align with Covenant pledges and the Armed Forces Bill.
- Develop and deliver Trust wide Veteran Awareness training programme for staff.
- Establish links and develop working relationships with local and national armed forces charities and services
- Develop service user inclusion network.
- Leads on service development for a specialist area, developing and implementing policy for that area
- To keep informed of developments in this sector. Attend the annual research conferences & seminars, where appropriate.
- To ensure close liaison and involvement on all military ceremonial matters E.g. Armed Forces Day, attendance at local Armed Forces events & Freedom Marches, Remembrance ceremony with HR Armed Forces lead held at The Memorial.
- To encourage all areas of the Trust to consider the needs of the Armed Forces Veteran community
- Engagement by all staff in the identification of Veterans / Reservists and their Families
- To ensure required data submission, to produce an annual report to the OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Executive Board detailing the activities and achievements over the past 12 months in respect of the obligations to the Covenant.Finance
Develop processes, pathways and education resources to enable Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to maintain Veteran Aware Accreditation:
- Develop and deliver Trust wide Veteran Awareness training programme for staff.
- Ability to find solutions in complex situations that are acceptable to a number of stakeholders
- Utilise available resources within the Quality team effectively
- The post holder will provide support to directorates by contributing to key areas including the strategic development of quality and governance.
- Would be required to purchase software when required for specific projects
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Trust purpose is to improve lives through provision of the best quality health and social care for service users and their carers. One of our strategic priorities is to enhance quality and ensure excellence for every patient every time.
Oxleas have made a commitment via the Armed Forces Covenant. This role is to further establish effectiveness of the Armed Forces Veterans Working Group and commitment to upholding principles and values of the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) namely : -
- Facilitating training for clinicians to ensure Veterans can appropriately access services.
- Ensuring collaborative partnerships with our ICS and AFC
- Performance reporting of activity within pathway
- Co-ordination of Veterans pathway within Oxleas.
Aims
This is a unique and exciting role delivering our responsibilities as an Armed Forces aware Trust, the key areas of work will include leading on the integration and training of all services on the Armed Forces covenant. The role is intended to ensure that Veterans receive relevant support services during their hospital stay and through discharge and improving employment opportunities for Veterans, Reservists and their families.
- Increasing access to services for local armed services communities. Including Veterans, Reservists, Cadet Force Adult trainers and their respective families under the legal framework that is The Armed Forces Covenant (AFC).
- Requiring annual evaluation of data collection to ensure the Trust is able to provide 72 hours assessment and treatment for those with special consideration under the AFC terms.
- Wider development of nurturing recruitment of armed services communities into Oxleas workforce.
Key Task and Responsibilities
- To advocate for Veterans. Promoting fair and equitable treatment for ex-service community and their families to meet the intention of the Armed Forces Covenant.
- Ensure the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, as stated in the Armed Forces Act 2021, are met as it relates to accessing healthcare. Have an understanding of these principles to overcome situations where patients may face unique disadvantage. To see those who have given the most, such as the injured and the bereaved, within specific time frames to ensure Zero Delays.
- Develop processes, pathways and education resources to enable Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to maintain Veteran Aware Accreditation.
- Network and engage with the needs of the military community (serving personnel, both regular and reserve, their families, Veterans, and cadets) internally within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and externally.
- Through effective leadership, support clinical teams to deliver a service where compassion is embedded, and a positive patient experience is achieved.
- Provide strong professional, clinical, and managerial leadership for Armed Services (Regular and Reserve) staff, patients and families at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust .
- Skilled with specialised knowledge in caring for patients, their carers, and the Armed Forces Covenant
- Develop and oversee the role of Veterans Champions across the trust with enhanced knowledge of military culture and support Oxleas to continue to be Veteran Aware as a Trust.
- There is a strong emphasis on all team members working flexibly in order to achieve programme related goals.
- To embed processes in the organisation to ensure that the Armed Forces community do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of health services.
- Ensure members of the Armed Forces Community, including Reservists, Military Spouses and Dependents, maintain their places on NHS Waiting Lists when transferring Trusts, due to the relocation of the person who is serving.
- Through effective leadership, ensure that clinical teams deliver services where compassion is embedded, and a positive patient experience is achieved.
- Ensure clinicians in departments most likely to see service-related conditions are aware of The legal principles of The Armed Forces Covenant.
- Investigate and, where possible, resolve individual Veteran problems regarding service-related conditions.
- Ensure delivery of steps needed to maintain accreditation of The Veteran Aware Trust as well as The Gold Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).
- Chair The Veteran Working Group. Ensure policies and procedures align with Covenant pledges and the Armed Forces Bill.
- Develop and deliver Trust wide Veteran Awareness training programme for staff.
- Establish links and develop working relationships with local and national armed forces charities and services
- Develop service user inclusion network.
- Leads on service development for a specialist area, developing and implementing policy for that area
- To keep informed of developments in this sector. Attend the annual research conferences & seminars, where appropriate.
- To ensure close liaison and involvement on all military ceremonial matters E.g. Armed Forces Day, attendance at local Armed Forces events & Freedom Marches, Remembrance ceremony with HR Armed Forces lead held at The Memorial.
- To encourage all areas of the Trust to consider the needs of the Armed Forces Veteran community
- Engagement by all staff in the identification of Veterans / Reservists and their Families
- To ensure required data submission, to produce an annual report to the OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Executive Board detailing the activities and achievements over the past 12 months in respect of the obligations to the Covenant.Finance
Develop processes, pathways and education resources to enable Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to maintain Veteran Aware Accreditation:
- Develop and deliver Trust wide Veteran Awareness training programme for staff.
- Ability to find solutions in complex situations that are acceptable to a number of stakeholders
- Utilise available resources within the Quality team effectively
- The post holder will provide support to directorates by contributing to key areas including the strategic development of quality and governance.
- Would be required to purchase software when required for specific projects
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional or vocational qualification (eg NVQ, RMN, CQSW etc) in health and social care subjects or equivalent level of knowledge
- Practical experience of working in a health or social care setting
Experience
Essential
- Working across organisational boundaries
- Good understanding of the importance of our work with veterans and the needs of our military community
- Knowledge and skills of gathering, analysing and presenting complex data to influence decision making to improve services
Skills
Essential
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to prioritise conflicting demands
- Computer literate including the use of PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Word
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional or vocational qualification (eg NVQ, RMN, CQSW etc) in health and social care subjects or equivalent level of knowledge
- Practical experience of working in a health or social care setting
Experience
Essential
- Working across organisational boundaries
- Good understanding of the importance of our work with veterans and the needs of our military community
- Knowledge and skills of gathering, analysing and presenting complex data to influence decision making to improve services
Skills
Essential
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to prioritise conflicting demands
- Computer literate including the use of PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Word
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).
