Job summary
This is post is ringfenced to Derbyshire Healthcare and Derbyshire Community Health Service employees only.
12 Months Secondment
In early 2022 Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) and Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (DHcFT) agreed to take forward a partnership arrangement to help stabilise and improve Neurodevelopmental (ND) Services and patient outcomes, as well as working to reduce unwarranted variation in the offer across the full population of Derbyshire.
Teams across the Trusts have worked closely together since then to put in place effective pathways to aim to harmonise services and improve the parity of the offer across the whole county.
Main duties of the job
This post is responsible for leading services across both organisations within the Neurodevelopmental services with the following key priorities:
To provide a joined-up approach for citizens, a common vision, objectives and purpose and improved quality, pathways or access to care for patients and carers
To make the best use of capacity and improve performance against national performance benchmarks and metrics against which both Trusts are assessed
To make the best use of financial resources: improving the financial position of both Trusts;
To have a greater breadth and depth of clinical, scientific and managerial expertise by drawing upon the knowledge, skills and experience of staff from both Trusts;
To standardise clinical practice in accordance with best published evidence; and
To address workforce challenges and provide greater resilience in service provision.
About us
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
It is Trust policy that for posts that are for a time limited period, applicants who are currently employed by an NHS organisation will only be appointed on a secondment basis and should have approval from their line manager this is possible before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
It is Trust policy that for posts that are for a time limited period, applicants who are currently employed by an NHS organisation will only be appointed on a secondment basis and should have approval from their line manager this is possible before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Equivalent knowledge gained through experience or a professional qualification.
- Master's Degree in a health related area or further specialist training equivalent to this level or equivalent level of senior management experience.
- Relevant practitioner qualification.
- Professional management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience of working in a senior manager role.
Experience
Essential
- Successful track record of managing change in a complex environment.
- Experience of leading senior clinical and nonclinical teams in achieving key performance indicators.
- Experience of developing services and exploring business opportunities.
- To challenge existing practice and initiate improvement in services to meet the needs of patients and achieve corporate objectives.
- Proven track record of managing and developing services.
- Maintains a focus on local healthcare developments and assesses the impact within own sphere of influence.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Equivalent knowledge gained through experience or a professional qualification.
- Master's Degree in a health related area or further specialist training equivalent to this level or equivalent level of senior management experience.
- Relevant practitioner qualification.
- Professional management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience of working in a senior manager role.
Experience
Essential
- Successful track record of managing change in a complex environment.
- Experience of leading senior clinical and nonclinical teams in achieving key performance indicators.
- Experience of developing services and exploring business opportunities.
- To challenge existing practice and initiate improvement in services to meet the needs of patients and achieve corporate objectives.
- Proven track record of managing and developing services.
- Maintains a focus on local healthcare developments and assesses the impact within own sphere of influence.
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
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).
