Job Description
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.----------------------------------------Job overviewReady to be a Locality Manager and take the next step into operational management leading a locality team of Health Visitors and skill mix staff in Barnet?Whittington Health is recruiting a new member to join the leadership team, strengthening our commitment to delivering the Healthy Child Programme through locality-based teams working together with families and community partners. Take the plunge and we will offer you lots of support, professional development and a real opportunity to be brave and curious in the work you do.
If you would like to know more, please get in touch, pay us a visit and fill in an application form.Main duties of the jobThe post holder’s key role will be to act as a compassionate leader supporting the delivery service of a quality, equitable, responsive, flexible, and evidence-based health visiting service.The post holder will work as part of a 0-19 senior management team and be responsible for leading on the strategic and operational management of the aligned services within a geographical locality.The postholder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programmed, agreed quality assurance framework and lead, motivate, support, and develop staff within the locality. This will include line management support, clinical and professional supervision, training and expert advice on caseload management within the context of working as part of the wider Early Help and Early Years Services in Barnet.The post holder will take the lead on an identified area of development and have oversight on service improvement, supporting teams to engage in management, quality improvement processes, surveys, and clinical audit which in turn enables a culture of learning, authenticity, and continual improvement.The postholder will have responsibility for data management, commissioning reports and budgets as part of the 0-19 senior management team.Working for our organisationWhittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.
We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesThe post holder’s key role will be to act as a compassionate leader supporting the delivery service of a quality, equitable, responsive, flexible, and evidence-based health visiting service. The post holder will work as part of a 0-19 senior management team and be responsible for leading on the strategic and operational management of the aligned services within a geographical locality. The postholder will support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programmed, agreed quality assurance framework and lead, motivate, support, and develop staff within the locality.
This will include line management support, clinical and professional supervision, training and expert advice on caseload management within the context of working as part of the wider Early Help and Early Years Services in Barnet. The post holder will take the lead on an identified area of development and have oversight on service improvement, supporting teams to engage in management, quality improvement processes, surveys, and clinical audit which in turn enables a culture of learning, authenticity, and continual improvement.The postholder will have responsibility for data management, commissioning reports and budgets as part of the 0-19 senior management team.Person specificationEducation / Professional QualificationsEssential criteria- Education / Professional Qualifications- RHV- Evidence of recent continuing professional development- Understanding of wide ranging DH and NHS policy, initiatives, national service frameworks etc in delivering patient centred care.- Masters or equivalent experienceDesirable criteria- Leadership ModuleSkills & AbilitiesEssential criteria- Highly developed written communication skills- Highly developed verbal communication skills- Evidence of analytical and problem solving skills- Evidence of providing motivational, professional leadership with highly developed interpersonal skills- Evidence of persuasion and negotiation skills.Desirable criteria- Skilled trainer, mentor, supervisor or coachKnowledge & ExperienceEssential criteria- Understanding of Health Visiting specific DH and NHS policy, initiatives, national service framework- Child and adult safeguarding- Understanding or wide ranging DH and NHS policy, initiatives, national service frameworks etc. in delivering patient centred care.- Experience of managing staff- Leadership of clinical governance and patient safety- Achievement of high quality patient care through evidence based practice- Management of change- Understanding of an integrated service Service re-design- Evidence of ability to combine strategic direction with operational delivery- Evidence of service specific data production, analysis and ability to attribute and communicate its meaning.- Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of quality assurance/performance management method.- Experience of managing change and developing teams- Experience of working flexibly across services to support optimum client outcomes.Desirable criteria- Management of finances within a budget, including delivery of cost improvements.- Role design- Service re-designPERSONAL QUALITIESEssential criteria- Demonstrate of organisational characteristics at individual and multi- disciplinary team level in order to deliver the Service and Trust’s objectives and business strategy.
The following attributes are essential: o Action orientated o Ensures accountability and control o Achieves through co-operation o Communicates shared values and organisational objectives o Inquiry and learning orientated o Engenders active participation o Fosters pride and belief in self, team and organisation- Commitment to high level of performance at individual and team levels in delivery of Trust performance framework.- Commitment to patient and public user involvement.- Evidence of dynamic and proactive commitment to improving patient experience- Able to communicate effectively with, listen to and motivate stakeholders and staff at all levels.- Strengths basedSAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTSTo comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:- Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.- Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.- Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.- Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.- Participate in required training and supervision.- Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conductWhittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Your application form –1. Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.2.
Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.Our processes –1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview.
If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.Other important information –- Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.- Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.- In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching.
TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.ukPlease note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents providedThe Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details.
Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system. We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisationFor further support on submitting an application please refer to the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit: https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1