Job summary
An exciting new role has arisen
and been substantially funded to offer a band 8 clinical leadership role
working within our Community Paediatrics Team. The Community Paediatrics Team covers all
of Worcestershire. They work jointly with speech and language therapy, physiotherapy,
occupational therapy, the child development centre teams, Orchard nurses and
partners in the Acute Trust and education. This is a dynamic and innovative
team with a highly child centred approach. They work in partnership with families
and young people to offer high quality care.
The service is at a point of change
and transformation and the successful candidate will need to be a resilient
clinician who can work with medics to operationalise a complex service,
offering leadership through change.
The
successful candidate will need to have a professional clinical registration (HCPC
or NMC). This is a full time role working at the centre
base at Covercroft. The role is responsible for all operational aspects of the
service, including line management of the admin and nursing teams. The successful candidate will need to create
a strong working relationship with the clinical director, leading on the
clinical direction of the service, working collaboratively across boundaries,
internally and externally, for the benefit of Community Paediatrics and sharing
areas of expertise and best practice. The role will receive support from the
senior management team in the service delivery unit.
Main duties of the job
To fulfil this specialist role you will provide visible and high-quality, professional leadership for the Community
Paediatrics team with responsibility for line management of the admin team
leads; overviewing recruitment & team development. You will need to value staff
wellbeing, have an open-door policy for staff at all levels and offer
leadership around policy & procedure implementation. Using your
clinical experience within your professional boundaries, review safeguarding
notifications and referrals ensuring prioritisation and triage process run
smoothly. You must be able to negotiate and delegate efficiently, be open
and transparent in all communications, respond to complaints and create action
plans to ensure learning from situations.
Reporting directly to the Clinical Services
Manager, you will collaborate closely with commissioners and transformation
partners to ensure the integrity and quality of the offer to children and young
people is maintained through a robust review and audit process; Trust and ICB
initiatives are interpreted and applied to the service. You will engage with
transformation and change projects keeping the client group central to all
decision making, contribute to senior management meetings as required and lead service
level meetings to support the Divisional Quality Improvement plan. Through the
ability to inspire and lead you will drive and implement improvement in
operational delivery and staff development to improve our families journey.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS
Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health
services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning
disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people
of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from
over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working
options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and
empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we
were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022
Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We
value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays,
increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced
pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working
opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and
adoption support
- Wide range of staff networks such
as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
- Health service discounts and
online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice
schemes
- Health and wellbeing
opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post Graduate Diploma in relevant
- Health and Social Care field
- Professional clinical qualification and current registration within a health or social care profession
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Degree
- Evidence of NHS management experience
- Post graduate management/ leadership qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Educated to masters level or equivalent
- Management qualification
- Health or Social Care professional qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working within a health or social care environment (as demonstrated by significant post registration experience or equivalent).
- Demonstrable operational management experience in the health service, with previous experience of effectively managing groups of staff
- Previous experience of leading and managing a health or social
- care service
- Experience of developing and implementing contentious change management programmes
- Experience of implementing changes to policies and protocols relating to therapy services.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of leading audits and clinical quality reviews
- Experience of managing HR issues
- Experience of managing a budget
Desirable
- Previous experience of supervising/managing multidisciplinary staff groups
- Experience of providing management supervision
- Experience of providing clinical supervision across different disciplines
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a high level of numerical and data analytical skills, including spreadsheets and databases
- Knowledge of NHS or social care policy environment
- Knowledge of Trust policies and procedures both clinical and organisational
- Understanding of the performance and governance arrangements of the Trust
- Knowledge of safeguarding children/vulnerable adults
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of audit
- Knowledge and experience of research and development
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Excellent leadership skills, including highly developed communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Advanced communication and negotiation skills
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines within resources
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams and have them understand the Trusts and your performance expectations
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create conditions for successful partnership working
- Demonstrates achievements in managing and leading change
- Experience of participating in clinical governance initiatives
- Excellent IT user skills, demonstrating proficiency in use
- Ability to develop, monitor and evaluate service provision including changes in clinical practice
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
- Strong team working skills
- Able to work collaboratively with other disciplines
- Ability to work and plan the strategic direction of the service in conjunction with the Clinical Services Manager
- Ability to write and orally present reports containing highly complex information
- High level inter-personal skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to provide a strong role model for staff
- Ability to work under own direction
- Ability to develop skills in others
Additional Criteria
Essential
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
- Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Ability to liaise across a wide range of interests and professions
- Good time management skills
- Diplomatic
- Integrity and confidentially
- Attention to detail
- Able to manage upwards
- Self-starter
- Ability to travel independently across the county to meet the demands of the post
- Well-motivated
- Robust and resilient
- Highly motivated
- Team focused
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post Graduate Diploma in relevant
- Health and Social Care field
- Professional clinical qualification and current registration within a health or social care profession
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Degree
- Evidence of NHS management experience
- Post graduate management/ leadership qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Educated to masters level or equivalent
- Management qualification
- Health or Social Care professional qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working within a health or social care environment (as demonstrated by significant post registration experience or equivalent).
- Demonstrable operational management experience in the health service, with previous experience of effectively managing groups of staff
- Previous experience of leading and managing a health or social
- care service
- Experience of developing and implementing contentious change management programmes
- Experience of implementing changes to policies and protocols relating to therapy services.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of leading audits and clinical quality reviews
- Experience of managing HR issues
- Experience of managing a budget
Desirable
- Previous experience of supervising/managing multidisciplinary staff groups
- Experience of providing management supervision
- Experience of providing clinical supervision across different disciplines
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a high level of numerical and data analytical skills, including spreadsheets and databases
- Knowledge of NHS or social care policy environment
- Knowledge of Trust policies and procedures both clinical and organisational
- Understanding of the performance and governance arrangements of the Trust
- Knowledge of safeguarding children/vulnerable adults
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of audit
- Knowledge and experience of research and development
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Excellent leadership skills, including highly developed communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Advanced communication and negotiation skills
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines within resources
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams and have them understand the Trusts and your performance expectations
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create conditions for successful partnership working
- Demonstrates achievements in managing and leading change
- Experience of participating in clinical governance initiatives
- Excellent IT user skills, demonstrating proficiency in use
- Ability to develop, monitor and evaluate service provision including changes in clinical practice
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
- Strong team working skills
- Able to work collaboratively with other disciplines
- Ability to work and plan the strategic direction of the service in conjunction with the Clinical Services Manager
- Ability to write and orally present reports containing highly complex information
- High level inter-personal skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to provide a strong role model for staff
- Ability to work under own direction
- Ability to develop skills in others
Additional Criteria
Essential
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
- Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Ability to liaise across a wide range of interests and professions
- Good time management skills
- Diplomatic
- Integrity and confidentially
- Attention to detail
- Able to manage upwards
- Self-starter
- Ability to travel independently across the county to meet the demands of the post
- Well-motivated
- Robust and resilient
- Highly motivated
- Team focused
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).
