Head of Healthcare HMP Woodhill

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will be required to deputise for the Regional Operational Manager where appropriate and contribute to the management of operational requirements.
• The post holder will be responsible for the healthcare budgets and ensure services are delivered according to the commissioned requirements this will include managing the contracts in place with relevant sub-contracted services.
• To identify and participate in the tendering for new business opportunities.
• To deliver robust financial management in line with Service, Divisional and Trust targets, including the realistic Cost Improvements Programmes (CIP)
• To prepare accurate financial information, in liaison with the Finance Department for inclusion within business cases and bids, as and when they arise.
• As a member of the Senior Management team, contribute to the establishment of new services that meet national and local requirements.
• To ensure staffing levels and skill mix fully and effectively meet the needs of the service, within financial constraints.
• To chair panels (disciplinary, grievances etc) within the service area and elsewhere in CNWL as requested.
• To investigate complaints and liaise with service users/carers

Person Specification

Education and Qalification Criteria

Essential

• Registered Nurse or any other professional qualification with post registration experience
• Educated to degree level or above or equivalent.

Desirable

• Management Qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Encourages rigour and provides critical challenge in determining outcomes; Presents data and conclusions in a logical and defensible way and undertakes robust risk and impact management; seeks others' views to test own thinking
• Sensitive to complex political and organisational issues; weighs up available information and applies sound and timely judgement; considers consequences, impacts and implications; decisive in times of change, challenge and ambiguity
• Builds rapport through consistent, confident and open communication style; routinely checks for understanding to test receipt of messages; energises, convinces and persuades; encourages honesty of message
• Awareness of, and works collaboratively with key decision makers in area of operation; promotes partnership and collaborative working within teams; demonstrates the ability to seek out and harness the views and contributions of others
• Champions measurable achievement of outcomes; makes best use of diverse talent, capabilities and technologies to achieve optimum results; recognises and recovers under delivery; negotiates the prioritisation of work targets and resources
• Understands external context at national and local level; translates context and purpose to enable teams to see their contribution; encourages teams to consider innovative approaches and review applicability to working environment
• Excellent presentation skills

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of a senior management position within healthcare services
• Proven experience and achievement in managing a multi-disciplinary team including senior managers and clinicians
• Experience of organising and chairing steering groups
• Experience of policy development and strategic planning and clinical governance development, resulting in change management projects/programmes
• Experience of successful inter-agency partnership working
• Ability to negotiate complex contracts with the approval of the Director
• Experience of working within statutory and other regulatory frameworks within which health and social care services operate and translating these at an operational level
• Experience of developing programmes designed to improve user carer involvement
• Experience of managing a diverse workforce

Desirable

• Ability to negotiate complex contracts with the approval of the Director
• Some experience and understanding of a criminal justice setting

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential

• Knows own strengths and weaknesses and empowers others to ensure goals are achieved; adopts a 'can do' approach
• Demonstrates resilience; recognises the anxieties of others and helps them to manage appropriately
• Has a strong commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness and high standards

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Woodhill

Milton Keynes

MK4 4DA

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)