Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, Registered Dietitian with proven leadership capabilities to work alongside our existing Service Clinical Mangers to complete our compassionate, senior leadership team.
We are a forward-thinking team with a reputation for providing excellent clinical care closer to home; we strive to look after our staff and are proud to have excellent staff survey results.
This opportunity will provide leadership to the Primary Care Services which includes SWM, Maternal Health, & Gastro. The post-holder will also support in the leadership of the Nutrition Support team.
This post will take a lead on the organisation of data and the monitoring patient tracker list for the service to ensure that capacity meets demand. We aim to address inequalities and provide an accessible service for the people of Birmingham.Support to the wider leadership team is a key part of this role.
We currently take Dietetic students from a range of HEI in the Midlands and beyond and have just recruited our first dietetic apprentices.
The department has a structured approach to Clinical Governance and your personal development , clinical supervision and training opportunities. Career development, flexible working and staff support are given high priority in the Trust.
For an informal discussion or to find out more about the service and the role, please contact: Sarah Monk Head of Service: sarah.monk11@nhs.net / 07980 539882
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the clinical operational management and clinical improvement of services listed in Appendix 1 adjoined to this job description.
The post holder will oversee the clinical effectiveness of the service(s) overseeing the Service(s) response to Complaints. This information will be used by the post holder, in parallel with Incident, Safety, Safeguarding, ECI, clinical harms and the outcomes from clinical forum, to ensure the service delivers high quality and effective care.
The post holder will work in liaison with the Service Manager in rota management (including safe staffing), the delivery of activity against agreed activity plans, managing overall caseload and waiting time performance for service(s)
The postholder will support on Cost Improvement Schemes for their respective areas, as well as ensuring service delivery is maintained within the set budget for respective Service(s) providing clinical expertise and leadership when delivering these.
Provide clinical operational leadership and responsibility for the Service(s) listed in Appendix 1, this will include clinical advise and expertise where required.
Support the facilitation of robust CIP identification, reporting and monitoring approach for Services listed in Appendix 1, providing clinical expertise to ensure that clinical outcomes continue to be delivered.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work with the Divisional management team to develop as required new clinical initiatives and service developments to improve service outcomes for patients whilst ensuring that plans are in place to monitor on Quality impact assessments.
In collaboration with the Professional Lead promote development of audit activity to enable bench marking of services and clinical governance processes
To maintain and improve clinical performance standards, in conjunction with wider clinical team by monitoring compliance through relevant clinical audits such as monthly Essential Care Indicator and Safety Thermometer audit etc
In conjunction with the Professional lead to ensure that clinical audits are undertaken as per divisional clinical audit plan and to support services in overseeing improvements required where identified
To lead on the recruitment and retention of staff within service(s) listed in Appendix 1.
To support the Service Manager in delivering financial budgets and clinical components of Cost Improvement Plans.
To provide clinical leadership to the efficiency and productivity of Service clinical resources and to demonstrate this on an ongoing basis through the use of KPIs defined by the Divisional Senior Leadership Team
Work with the Service Manager to ensure that effective governance arrangements are in place for identifying and mitigating risk and that a culture exists of continuous service review, transformation and evaluation and where staff can raise concerns safely and expediently with service delivery.
In liaison with the Service Manager, ensure staff at all levels are fully engaged in understanding the service specifications and performance targets for their service by creating a robust communication plan, staff engagement strategy, individual or team work plans and objectives, and training as required.
Responsible for the development and management of a Service Risk Register. Work with the Professional Lead in developing a clinical Strategy for the service(s) listed in Appendix 1.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Work with the Divisional management team to develop as required new clinical initiatives and service developments to improve service outcomes for patients whilst ensuring that plans are in place to monitor on Quality impact assessments.
In collaboration with the Professional Lead promote development of audit activity to enable bench marking of services and clinical governance processes
To maintain and improve clinical performance standards, in conjunction with wider clinical team by monitoring compliance through relevant clinical audits such as monthly Essential Care Indicator and Safety Thermometer audit etc
In conjunction with the Professional lead to ensure that clinical audits are undertaken as per divisional clinical audit plan and to support services in overseeing improvements required where identified
To lead on the recruitment and retention of staff within service(s) listed in Appendix 1.
To support the Service Manager in delivering financial budgets and clinical components of Cost Improvement Plans.
To provide clinical leadership to the efficiency and productivity of Service clinical resources and to demonstrate this on an ongoing basis through the use of KPIs defined by the Divisional Senior Leadership Team
Work with the Service Manager to ensure that effective governance arrangements are in place for identifying and mitigating risk and that a culture exists of continuous service review, transformation and evaluation and where staff can raise concerns safely and expediently with service delivery.
In liaison with the Service Manager, ensure staff at all levels are fully engaged in understanding the service specifications and performance targets for their service by creating a robust communication plan, staff engagement strategy, individual or team work plans and objectives, and training as required.
Responsible for the development and management of a Service Risk Register. Work with the Professional Lead in developing a clinical Strategy for the service(s) listed in Appendix 1.
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Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Degree level education or equivalent experience
- Membership/Registration of relevant professional body
- Evidence of / continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience in relevant professional area
- Significant relevant experience working at senior management level
- Significant relevant experience of and exposure to performance setting and monitoring
- Significant experience of managing budgets within financial constraints/targets
- Significant experience of line managing staff/teams
- Experience in preparing reports to be presented to senior level stakeholders and committees
- Significant experience of utilising PC tools/programmes to manipulate, analyse and present information to be distributed to senior level colleagues
- Experience in identifying education and training needs of staff, supporting them in their professional development
- Experience of managing budgets
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of local health economy
- Knowledge of current NHS Framework
- Comprehensive understanding of quality agenda for NHS
- Excellent organisational skills,
- Ability to work on own initiative without frequent supervision
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with clinical and managerial Teams
- Process mapping skills
- Knowledge of workforce planning, recruitment and retention
Personal qualities
Essential
- Self motivated
- Ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines
- Willingness to learn and share knowledge
- Proven leadership skills; strong, inclusive leadership style
Other job requirements
Essential
- Ability to be independently mobile to travel across the Trust area
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Degree level education or equivalent experience
- Membership/Registration of relevant professional body
- Evidence of / continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience in relevant professional area
- Significant relevant experience working at senior management level
- Significant relevant experience of and exposure to performance setting and monitoring
- Significant experience of managing budgets within financial constraints/targets
- Significant experience of line managing staff/teams
- Experience in preparing reports to be presented to senior level stakeholders and committees
- Significant experience of utilising PC tools/programmes to manipulate, analyse and present information to be distributed to senior level colleagues
- Experience in identifying education and training needs of staff, supporting them in their professional development
- Experience of managing budgets
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of local health economy
- Knowledge of current NHS Framework
- Comprehensive understanding of quality agenda for NHS
- Excellent organisational skills,
- Ability to work on own initiative without frequent supervision
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with clinical and managerial Teams
- Process mapping skills
- Knowledge of workforce planning, recruitment and retention
Personal qualities
Essential
- Self motivated
- Ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines
- Willingness to learn and share knowledge
- Proven leadership skills; strong, inclusive leadership style
Other job requirements
Essential
- Ability to be independently mobile to travel across the Trust area
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address
Birmingham Community Nutrition , Technical Block, First Floor and Annex,
Gee Business Centre, Holborn Hill,
Birmingham
B7 5JR
Employer's website
https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
