Registered Manager HCC615072

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Provide responsive and flexible services that promote independence and are centred on each persons needs.
• Ensure care plans/services are regularly monitored and reviewed to ensure they comply with national and local policies and lead the Units staff through change.
• Develop and manage standards and systems to ensure clients and their carers are consulted on their care packages, that they receive the service that is appropriate to their individual needs and that complies with the Care Standards Act and promotes independence.
• Model, monitor and manage standards of care/service delivery within the unit/ service so that work practices are safe and services are delivered to the level required by the Department and relevant regulatory bodies and specific performance indicators and targets are met to a high standard.
• Use own knowledge and skill to advise and support first line managers/supervisors to achieve required service standards.
• Responsible at all times for the safety of people within their care/accessing services.
• Carry out and regularly review risk assessments on staff, service users, activities and equipment and ensure that identified control measures are complied with. I.e. safe and appropriate manual handling techniques, equipment and behaviour management strategies are used.
• Ensure staff are aware of evacuation procedures and these are regularly tested to demonstrate their familiarity with them.
• Ensure that electronic and paper systems to maintain and monitor individual residents/service users care plans and personal records are used effectively and comply with Departmental requirements.
• Have a good understanding of actual and likely medical conditions of residents/ service users and ensure staff are aware of the most appropriate way to communicate with and support them.
• Ensure staff administering medication comply to GP instructions and County Council procedures.
• Accountable for deployment of staff within the Unit in the most cost effective way and for ensuring correct numbers and mix of staff on duty to comply with Regulatory, Health & Safety and service requirements.
• Plan, prioritise and delegate tasks.
• Introduce changes/modify practices to enhance performance/services.
• Supervise work and monitor performance and out-puts to ensure required standards are met and established procedures relevant to the role and setting are followed.
• Support the practice of senior staff and the development of new skills required as services evolve.
• Ensure own and senior staffs awareness of procedures and good practice is kept up to date, to ensure management practice is compliant with employment law and other relevant legislative frameworks.
• Lead, support and motivate staff to undertake their duties and interact with service users in a professional manner, having due regard for their dignity at all times.
• Recruit, train, develop and manage staff to provide a competent and efficient workforce.
• Ensure that all staff receive regular supervision and annual performance reviews.
• Identify training & development needs for staff and secure development opportunities for them.
• Deal with performance, conduct and attendance issues promptly and according to County Council Policies and procedures.
• Recognise signs of stress in self and others and take appropriate action to reduce it, accessing available support systems.
• Ensure staff are well informed of relevant issues/developments and that there is effective communication within the Unit and with other parties as appropriate.
• Use IBC to maintain personnel files including work schedules, recording absence, PDRs, training records and run reports to assist in performance management and staff development, and to authorise payment.
• Responsible for effective management of delegated budgets, including staffing, provisions, maintenance etc, to deliver a service which complies with recognised best practice, national care standards, represents value for money and remains within allocated cash limits.
• Comply with departmental budget monitoring requirements to ensure accurate tracking and forecasting of year-on-year expenditure.
• Ensure that County Councils financial procedures are complied with by self and staff delegated to carry out finance related tasks, including handling money on behalf of residents and service users (in day and residential settings) and that electronic systems are used effectively.
• Decide upon and implement changes needed to maintain service to level required by statutory, national and departmental standards.
• Negotiate with fieldwork teams and other statutory, private and voluntary organisations for additional resources to support people with high/complex support needs.
• Responsible for the care and maintenance of buildings, furniture, equipment and other physical assets to ensure they are clean, safe, and fit for purpose.
• Arrange repairs and refurbishments.
• Respond to call outs when premises alarms are activated or in case of emergency.
• Responsible for ensuring stock/supplies purchased are fit for purpose, represent good value, and are used appropriately and waste is kept to a minimum.
• Responsible for ensuring that all HCC tools, equipment and vehicles are safely operated, secured and maintained according to HCC procedures, and manufacturers instructions.
• Responsible for developing and role modelling an inclusive culture within the service that promotes the highest levels of care practice, team working and the best outcomes for service users.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Currently hold or are studying a relevant Level 5 qualification, RGN/Social Work
• Registration or Degree.
• Registration by Care Quality Commission Proven track record of transformation and
• effective change management.

Experience

Essential

• Experienced practitioner with sound knowledge and management of issues relevant
• Proven ability to analyse problems, identify and implement solutions
• Proven management/supervisory skills and experience of working with our client
• group Experience of motivating/leading/supporting a staff team including through
• change
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to lead and motivate staff and service users, advocate, negotiate and persuade.
• Competent report writing, recording and presentation skills
• Able to chair meetings effectively
• Thorough knowledge of Care Standards Act, National Service Frameworks and other
• Working knowledge and experience of CQC regulations.
• Budget management skills- either experience of full responsibility for managing a
• budget, or experience of budget management with supervision
• Sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and knowledge of issues related to
• building/industrial site management Understanding of Equality and Diversity and
• how to promote inclusion at work

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Hampshire County Council

Address

Emsworth House

Emsworth House Close

Emsworth

Hampshire

PO10 7JR

Employer's website

https://www.hants.gov.uk/jobs (Opens in a new tab)