At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic team to deliver urgent community health services and improve patient outcomes.
- Company: Join Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, a leader in community and mental health care.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working, and a supportive environment for growth.
- Other info: Be part of an outstanding team committed to compassionate, person-centred care.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Master's level education and experience in management required.
The predicted salary is between 57528 - 64750 £ per year.
Urgent Community Response (UCR) Services are an integral part of the Urgent and Emergency Care pathway within Northamptonshire, focusing on avoiding hospital admissions and facilitating early discharge from hospital. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with dedicated clinical teams and external health and social care partners to deliver this pathway and contribute to the development of UCR Services.
The services provide urgent, time-limited, multidisciplinary community-based interventions, including home visiting and remote monitoring. Timely and effective UCR services are high on the national agenda, and a clear understanding of these services and their contribution to national and local objectives is essential. We aim to create effective and high-performing teams, seeking someone proactive with proven leadership skills to provide direction and oversight.
Main duties of the job:
- Be responsible for operational performance, including contractual, financial, quality, safety, and people, ensuring all contractual and Trust obligations are met for UCR services.
- Support the Directorate Leadership Team to devise service plans for future service delivery and advise on the operational impact of service developments.
- Take overall management responsibility for service delivery and operational matters for UCR Services.
- Lead the development and reorganisation of teams when required.
- Review and develop service models, including clinical structures, workforce planning, recruitment, training, and operationalising the service.
- Assist with continual modernisation, redesign, and implementation of creative solutions that support National and Local initiatives.
- Develop robust interagency relationships with key agencies supporting integrated care pathways.
- Ensure Service Users and Carers are included in all work done by the Recovering Independence Services.
- Work flexibly and be part of the 'on-call' and 'out-of-hours' arrangements for the Trust.
- Provide operational leadership, holding responsibility for operational delivery of service outcomes.
- Lead and manage the talent pool across services.
About us:
NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health, and specialty services in hospital settings and the community. We provide over 200 services across the county and some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development, and growth across our workforce. At NHFT, we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense, which is why we are proud to be an accredited living wage employer. We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where people feel valued and able to thrive.
Person Specification:
Knowledge and experience:
- Educated to Master Level or equivalent experience.
- Experience of management and development of staff.
- Demonstrate successful involvement in change or quality projects.
- Demonstrate contribution to the achievement of service objectives.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of budgetary and financial management.
Desirable:
- Evidence of developing or maintaining links with various external organisations.
- Degree or post-registration qualification in Leadership/Management.
Skills and Abilities:
- IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of delivery on all operational performance indicators within a Service, including contractual, financial, resources, and people.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate in various settings to achieve cooperation and influence others.
- Ability to analyse data and provide written reports.
- Demonstrate leadership and influencing skills beyond immediate sphere of work.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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