Job summary
Are you a dynamic, motivated leader passionate about delivering quality services? Are you looking for a new role full of opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues, health, care, voluntary sector partners, users, and stakeholders to transform community nursing services to better meet the needs of the population of Brent?
Brent Integrated Services are looking to recruit a Locality Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to join our Brent Community Nursing Team. You will be a confident leader, bringing your expert clinical skills and experience to support the team towards delivering an excellent community nursing service 24 hours, seven days a week. As Brent moves towards closer integration, you will be an integral part of the collaborative bringing fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the table to ensure greater access to and equity of service provision.
We are therefore looking to appoint a leader who reflects the core values of the Trust. If you would like to know more, please do get in touch for an informal discussion.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be responsible for the operational and clinical management of the patient care services within Brent Community Nursing Team. They will be expected to provide strong clinical and operational leadership to staff and patient care in accordance with Community Adult Health Services clinical model. The post holder will focus on the continuing development of a seamless integrated service between the primary, acute and community Trusts as well as other partner organisations.
The post holder must have the ability to function autonomously and in collaboration with other Trust services and external service providers.
Applicants should have leadership and management experience, and excellent communication skills.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Locality Manager has the day-to-day responsibility for the effective and efficient clinical and operational management of the Community Nursing teams for the specified locality.
This will include accountability for workload allocation, capacity management, professional leadership, development of data and quality information, and direct line management of the Team Lead Community Nurses within the locality.
The post holder will support the Clinical Service Manager in delivering the requirements set out within the service specification, to ensure the delivery of evidence based, community healthcare service.
Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Locality Manager has the day-to-day responsibility for the effective and efficient clinical and operational management of the Community Nursing teams for the specified locality.
This will include accountability for workload allocation, capacity management, professional leadership, development of data and quality information, and direct line management of the Team Lead Community Nurses within the locality.
The post holder will support the Clinical Service Manager in delivering the requirements set out within the service specification, to ensure the delivery of evidence based, community healthcare service.
Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration / Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
- Specialist practice qualification or equivalent academic post graduate study and experience.
- Evidence of management experience
- Graduate Diploma/ Degree
- Evidence of relevant in-depth postgraduate study or qualification to a level equivalent to Masters where this is available and/or relevant CPD showing evidence of successful recent study.
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescriber V100/150/200
- Extended or independent non-medical prescriber (V300)
Experience
Essential
- Post-graduate/ post registration experience, in relevant clinical specialty substantial experience as team leader within acute/community setting
- Experience in health service management including experience of clinical staff and budget management.
- Knowledge of assurance of quality and CQC key lines of enquiry.
- Knowledge of the NHS, especially integrated care and NHS long term plan
- Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply all relevant trust and professional policies, procedures and guidelines
- Knowledge of processes involved in health and social policy development and of current policies and their impact on community services
- Experience of developing others through CPD/PDP/Clinical Supervision
- Service improvements and change management.
- Complaints management
- Experience of dealing with HR issues
- Use of datix and incident investigation and associated report writing
- Experience of effective multi professional and multi-agency working
- High level analytical skills and use of data
Desirable
- Patient Surveys
- Development of quality frameworks
- Experience of monitoring quality services and audit
- Knowledge of key performance indicators and associated monitoring
- Achievement of CIPs, CQUINs
- Business case development for cost pressures
- Serious incident investigation experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication strategies and skills able to apply and adapt to diverse, complex and challenging situations.
- Knowledge of and ability to successfully lead and manage change in working practices
- Drive enthusiasm for clinical excellence using evidence-based practice and clinical networks
- Well-developed influencing and negotiating skills
- Able to support, manage and develop a diverse workforce, recognising and valuing their different backgrounds, their individual and specific needs
- Proactive/innovative approach to service delivery and development
- Team building
- Able to deliver on and to embed equality and diversity values into service delivery, work activities, policies and procedures within the department
- Teaching and assessing junior staff and post graduate students.
- Health promotion and Health Education
- IT skills e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
- Ability to use clinical systems e.g., emis
Other
Essential
- Maturity/self-awareness
- Enthusiasm and positive attitude
- Ability to motivate staff.
- Flexible approach
- Awareness of self as a role mode
- Able to take a self-reflective approach to own practices and engage in clinical supervision.
- Able to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
- Good level of physical health and stamina
- Able to travel across all sites within the division
- Clearance from DBS at enhanced level
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration / Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
- Specialist practice qualification or equivalent academic post graduate study and experience.
- Evidence of management experience
- Graduate Diploma/ Degree
- Evidence of relevant in-depth postgraduate study or qualification to a level equivalent to Masters where this is available and/or relevant CPD showing evidence of successful recent study.
Desirable
- Non-medical Prescriber V100/150/200
- Extended or independent non-medical prescriber (V300)
Experience
Essential
- Post-graduate/ post registration experience, in relevant clinical specialty substantial experience as team leader within acute/community setting
- Experience in health service management including experience of clinical staff and budget management.
- Knowledge of assurance of quality and CQC key lines of enquiry.
- Knowledge of the NHS, especially integrated care and NHS long term plan
- Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply all relevant trust and professional policies, procedures and guidelines
- Knowledge of processes involved in health and social policy development and of current policies and their impact on community services
- Experience of developing others through CPD/PDP/Clinical Supervision
- Service improvements and change management.
- Complaints management
- Experience of dealing with HR issues
- Use of datix and incident investigation and associated report writing
- Experience of effective multi professional and multi-agency working
- High level analytical skills and use of data
Desirable
- Patient Surveys
- Development of quality frameworks
- Experience of monitoring quality services and audit
- Knowledge of key performance indicators and associated monitoring
- Achievement of CIPs, CQUINs
- Business case development for cost pressures
- Serious incident investigation experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication strategies and skills able to apply and adapt to diverse, complex and challenging situations.
- Knowledge of and ability to successfully lead and manage change in working practices
- Drive enthusiasm for clinical excellence using evidence-based practice and clinical networks
- Well-developed influencing and negotiating skills
- Able to support, manage and develop a diverse workforce, recognising and valuing their different backgrounds, their individual and specific needs
- Proactive/innovative approach to service delivery and development
- Team building
- Able to deliver on and to embed equality and diversity values into service delivery, work activities, policies and procedures within the department
- Teaching and assessing junior staff and post graduate students.
- Health promotion and Health Education
- IT skills e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
- Ability to use clinical systems e.g., emis
Other
Essential
- Maturity/self-awareness
- Enthusiasm and positive attitude
- Ability to motivate staff.
- Flexible approach
- Awareness of self as a role mode
- Able to take a self-reflective approach to own practices and engage in clinical supervision.
- Able to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
- Good level of physical health and stamina
- Able to travel across all sites within the division
- Clearance from DBS at enhanced level
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).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
