Job summary
Are you a dynamic, motivated leader passionate about delivering quality services? Are you looking for a new role full of opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues, health, care, voluntary sector partners, users, and stakeholders to transform community nursing services to better meet the needs of the population of Brent?
Brent Integrated Services are looking to recruit a Locality Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to join our Brent Community Nursing Team. You will be a confident leader, bringing your expert clinical skills and experience to support the team towards delivering an excellent community nursing service 24 hours, seven days a week. As Brent moves towards closer integration, you will be an integral part of the collaborative bringing fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the table to ensure greater access to and equity of service provision.
We are therefore looking to appoint a leader who reflects the core values of the Trust. If you would like to know more, please do get in touch for an informal discussion.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be responsible for the operational and clinical management of the patient care services within Brent Community Nursing Team. They will be expected to provide strong clinical and operational leadership to staff and patient care in accordance with Community Adult Health Services clinical model. The post holder will focus on the continuing development of a seamless integrated service between the primary, acute and community Trusts as well as other partner organisations.
The post holder must have the ability to function autonomously and in collaboration with other Trust services and external service providers.
Applicants should have leadership and management experience, and excellent communication skills.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
1. A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
2. Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
3. Flexible working options
4. Annual travel card loan
5. Training, support and development in your career
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The Locality Manager has the day-to-day responsibility for the effective and efficient clinical and operational management of the Community Nursing teams for the specified locality.
This will include accountability for workload allocation, capacity management, professional leadership, development of data and quality information, and direct line management of the Team Lead Community Nurses within the locality.
The post holder will support the Clinical Service Manager in delivering the requirements set out within the service specification, to ensure the delivery of evidence based, community healthcare service.
Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
6. Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration / Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
7. Specialist practice qualification or equivalent academic post graduate study and experience.
8. Evidence of management experience
9. Graduate Diploma/ Degree
10. Evidence of relevant in-depth postgraduate study or qualification to a level equivalent to Masters where this is available and/or relevant CPD showing evidence of successful recent study.
Desirable
11. Non-medical Prescriber V100/150/200
12. Extended or independent non-medical prescriber (V300)
Experience
Essential
13. Post-graduate/ post registration experience, in relevant clinical specialty substantial experience as team leader within acute/community setting
14. Experience in health service management including experience of clinical staff and budget management.
15. Knowledge of assurance of quality and CQC key lines of enquiry.
16. Knowledge of the NHS, especially integrated care and NHS long term plan
17. Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply all relevant trust and professional policies, procedures and guidelines
18. Knowledge of processes involved in health and social policy development and of current policies and their impact on community services
19. Experience of developing others through CPD/PDP/Clinical Supervision
20. Service improvements and change management.
21. Complaints management
22. Experience of dealing with HR issues
23. Use of datix and incident investigation and associated report writing
24. Experience of effective multi professional and multi-agency working
25. High level analytical skills and use of data
Desirable
26. Patient Surveys
27. Development of quality frameworks
28. Experience of monitoring quality services and audit
29. Knowledge of key performance indicators and associated monitoring
30. Achievement of CIPs, CQUINs
31. Business case development for cost pressures
32. Serious incident investigation experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
33. Excellent communication strategies and skills able to apply and adapt to diverse, complex and challenging situations.
34. Knowledge of and ability to successfully lead and manage change in working practices
35. Drive enthusiasm for clinical excellence using evidence-based practice and clinical networks
36. Well-developed influencing and negotiating skills
37. Able to support, manage and develop a diverse workforce, recognising and valuing their different backgrounds, their individual and specific needs
38. Proactive/innovative approach to service delivery and development
39. Team building
40. Able to deliver on and to embed equality and diversity values into service delivery, work activities, policies and procedures within the department
41. Teaching and assessing junior staff and post graduate students.
42. Health promotion and Health Education
43. IT skills, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
44. Ability to use clinical systems, emis
Other
Essential
45. Maturity/self-awareness
46. Enthusiasm and positive attitude
47. Ability to motivate staff.
48. Flexible approach
49. Awareness of self as a role mode
50. Able to take a self-reflective approach to own practices and engage in clinical supervision.
51. Able to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
52. Good level of physical health and stamina
53. Able to travel across all sites within the division
54. Clearance from DBS at enhanced level