Clinical Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

To hold day to day responsibility for managing the provision of community nursing services within a defined geographical area in response to identified need and strategic priority. The post holder will provide leadership within the Hub to keep the base safe and will work within the team of Clinical Managers to provide Divisional leadership for Community Nursing. The post holder will deputies for the OPAT Lead Nurse in her absence

To effectively deploy and manage human and financial resources to ensure safe and responsive service delivery within Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust.

To provide strong visible clinical leadership and to be the first point of contact to front line staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders across organisational boundaries to enable a prompt managementresponse to operational issues.

To contribute to the modernisation and redesign of clinical services leading on the implementation of district nursing redesign within a defined geographical area.

To manage the processes for assessing and performance managing the activity for the community nurses within a defined geographical locality.To support the Matron Community Nursing in delivering the priorities and objectives relevant to adult services.

To contribute to the planning, monitoring and development of services whilst seeking to promote a culture of continuous improvement thus contributing to the achievement of CHFT values and objectives.

To represent the Directorate at meetings and for specified activities, as required by the Division Senior Management Team.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential

• 1st level registered nurse or Allied health Professional
• Qualification in teaching and assessing / mentoring

Desirable

• Management qualification
• MSC level of study

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a depth of knowledge and learning from relevant and recent community nursing experience or Therapy experience
• Experience of leading and managing clinical teams or services
• Evidence of continuing professional development that had further enhanced leadership skill
• Current issues in community/primary health care
• Models of leadership
• Drivers behind service modernisation and change agenda
• IT awareness
• Research and audit methodology
• Awareness of clinical governance and its impact on contemporary nursing
• Issues in multi agency / multidisciplinary working

Desirable

• Experience of contributing to service redesign initiatives
• Experience of managing services in a changing environment

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential

• Effective communicator including negotiating, mentoring and advocacy skills
• Planning and organisation of self
• Problem solving
• Commitment to developing self and others
• Able to introduce change and innovation
• Presentation skills
• Budget management skills
• Assertive
• Confident
• Creative thinker - solution focussed
• Ability to work flexibly

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.

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

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Calderdale community services

Halifax

HD6 1NY

Employer's website

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