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Band 8b Group Clinical Manager - UCR/Virtual Wards
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Main area Adult Community services Grade NHS AfC: Band 8b Contract Fixed term: 12 months (ACS on call rota) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call) Job ref 820-7275727-COM
Site Moseley Hall Hospital Town Moseley Salary £64,455 - £74,896 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/08/2025 23:59
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the integrated Care Service for an 8b Group Clinical Manager, the post holder will be responsible for leading the clinical operational management and clinical improvement of Urgent community response and Virtual Wards Services within the Division and working with the Community Care Collaborative with supporting the development of the Locality Strategy as well as the NHS England Urgent & Emergency Care plan with a focus on service delivery in achieving improvements within the UEC pathways that will have the biggest impact on urgent and emergency care services. Being accountable to the communities we serve with a focus on enhancing the number of patients receiving care through the services
Main duties of the job
The post holder will oversee the clinical effectiveness and clinical governance of Virtual wards and Urgent community Response service in line with local and national quality standards. Patient Experience and Staff Survey feedback will be managed and form part of continued improvement across the Group. 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 oversee and deliver high quality and effective care across the Group.
The post holder will work in liaison with the Group Manager in rota management (including safe staffing), the delivery of activity against agreed activity plans, managing overall caseload and waiting time performance for all services within the Group. The post holder 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. Where required the post holder will support to the development of business cases and continued transformation/improvement of service(s).
In addition, the post holder will act as a point of escalation for staff within the service to ensure smooth delivery patient care and service(s) as well as addressing any clinical delivery issues impacting on service deliverability.
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Be Part of Our Team...
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 and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will oversee the clinical effectiveness and clinical governance of Virtual wards and Urgent community Response service in line with local and national quality standards. Patient Experience and Staff Survey feedback will be managed and form part of continued improvement across the Group. 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 oversee and deliver high quality and effective care across the Group.
The post holder will work in liaison with the Group Manager in rota management (including safe staffing), the delivery of activity against agreed activity plans, managing overall caseload and waiting time performance for all services within the Group. The post holder 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. Where required the post holder will support to the development of business cases and continued transformation/improvement of service(s). The post holder will be a visible leader and will lead on the recruitment and retention of the clinical workforce across the respective services.
In addition, the post holder will act as a point of escalation for staff within the service to ensure smooth delivery patient care and service(s) as well as addressing any clinical delivery issues impacting on service deliverability.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Significant relevant experience working at senior management level
* Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
* Extensive relevant experience working at senior management level
* Extensive experience of managing budgets within financial constraints/targets
* Extensive relevant experience of and exposure to performance setting and monitoring
* 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
Skills and Knowledge
* Knowledge of local health economy
* Knowledge of current NHS Framework
* Demonstrable knowledge of governance of financial targets/service delivery
* Demonstrable knowledge of governance of financial targets/service delivery
* Ability to work on own initiative without frequent supervision
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with clinical and managerial Teams
* Understanding a full range of improvement methodology techniques, including process mapping, capacity and demand modelling and sustainability processing
* Knowledge of workforce planning, recruitment and retention
* Ability to work under significant pressure and to demanding timescales
In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.
Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 5) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link, will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.
All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 6 - 9) that meet the prescribed salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.
The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees
* Flexible working where possible
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
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B7 4BN
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