Head of Integrated Neighbourhood Working

Head of Integrated Neighbourhood Working

At K2 Healthcare, how we do it is as important as what we do, and relationships with our partners are at the core of everything we do.

Do something that matters. Help shape services for a community of over 135,000 people.

This is an exciting time for working in Primary Care Services, and we are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, flexible, and highly organised Head of Integration to support the ongoing development and management of Neighbourhood Working in South West Lincolnshire. As a key member of the K2 Healthcare Senior Operations Team, the Head of Integration will support established teams within the K2 Sleaford and Grantham and Rural PCNs, sixteen member practices, and system partners to deliver better integrated care for frail and complex people. The role is an important blend of managing and developing the team and working with system partners to design and embed new and better ways of working.

Main Duties of the Job

Neighbourhood Working is a new way of strengthening and redesigning community services for a local population. It empowers people and communities to take an active role in their health and wellbeing, with greater choice and control over the care they need. It also supports the improvement, integration, and personalisation of services in Lincolnshire. This approach includes supporting patients through a blended workforce that encompasses both health and social care; to include acute, voluntary, and community sectors where barriers to working are negated. Health and wellbeing needs of the individual are at the centre of decision-making, care is proactive and not reactive, and services are provided in a timely manner.

Core Neighbourhood Working Principles

• Having a different conversation
• Delivering Home First principles
• Enabling self-care and peer support
• Recognising what’s important to me
• Collective accountability
• Positive risk taking
• Assessing immediate needs and addressing barriers to improve quality of life

About Us

K2 Healthcare is a forward-thinking Federation of 16 GP practices, working to support a population of 135,000 better together.

We provide transformational change to deliver a better patient experience. Working with our member practices, we provide a supportive working environment which can offer you:

• NHS Discount & Support Schemes
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Responsibilities

• To work with clinical service leads and stakeholders to influence and develop the strategic direction of services within the portfolio, working with all stakeholders and K2 CEO in the design and improvement of pathways to ensure the provision of high quality, equitable, and seamless services with the south west primary care networks (PCN).
• To secure the highest standards of clinical care within the PCN by providing strong professional and managerial leadership to PCN/Neighbourhood Team (NT) colleagues.
• To provide direction and leadership in the development, implementation, and sustainability of PCN pathways aligned to PCN/NT.
• To provide line management to PCN/NT colleagues.
• To influence, lead and motivate staff at all levels and support service development and delivery, working towards national and local targets, sharing the learning and contributing to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of services and outcomes for patients.
• To provide expert advice and guidance to multidisciplinary teams within the locality, ensuring that all stakeholders across organisational boundaries are engaged in the development, implementation, audit, and sustainability of Integrated Care Provision.
• To monitor and translate local and national initiatives, guidance, and service standards to support and advise on implementation, and to ensure they are incorporated into developments of the south west PCN model.
• To represent the PCN in local, regional, and national forums.

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Professional Qualification holding current registration (e.g., nursing, AHP)
• Masters degree or evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience
• Leadership or management qualification or equivalent experience in delivery of clinical services
• Evidence of recent and ongoing personal development including leadership development
• Advanced qualification or senior experience in relevant area or specialty
• Strong analytical skills to support business planning, performance management, and assurance.
• Teaching/mentoring qualification or relevant experience
• Safeguarding-level 3
• Solid knowledge and understanding of national and local policy context.
• Excellent standards of written and verbal communication skills including formal reporting and presentation
• Car driver and ability to travel.

Core Competencies Required

• To develop and manage the PCN/NT processes providing specialist advice and leadership and facilitating innovation.
• Provide highly specialist advice and use clinical expertise and highly developed specialist knowledge to make autonomous decisions regarding the management and care of patients with complex needs.
• Work using appreciative enquiry, positive learning from incidents and sharing learning across the PCN locality.
• Provide expert input and/or lead in investigating and controlling adverse events in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Lead service delivery within the context of the current professional and legal frameworks while remaining accountable for own professional practice.

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.

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