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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
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Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Manager to lead community Nursing across Calderdale
37.5 hours per week with rotational weekend cover
Main duties of the job
The post requires a strong innovative leader to lead the Hub for Calderdale & Huddersfield Trust Community Healthcare Division in collaboration with the Primary Care Network and Stakeholders.
Calderdale Community Healthcare Division covers five locality Hubs each with a clinical Manager lead.
Working for our organisation
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong organisational and personal development focus. With over 6000 employees and a turnover of £354 million, the Trust provides a comprehensive range of community and secondary care services to the people of Calderdale and Huddersfield and has an exceptional reputation for service delivery.
The Foundation Trust aims to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To hold day to day responsibility for managing the provision of community nursing services within a defined geographical area in response to identified need and strategic priority. The post holder will provide leadership within the Hub to keep the base safe and will work within the team of Clinical Managers to provide Divisional leadership for Community Nursing. The post holder will deputies for the OPAT Lead Nurse in her absence
To effectively deploy and manage human and financial resources to ensure safe and responsive service delivery within Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust.
To provide strong visible clinical leadership and to be the first point of contact to front line staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders across organisational boundaries to enable a prompt management
response to operational issues.
To contribute to the modernisation and redesign of clinical services leading on the implementation of district nursing redesign within a defined geographical area.
To manage the processes for assessing and performance managing the activity for the community nurses within a defined geographical locality.
To support the Matron Community Nursing in delivering the priorities and objectives relevant to adult services.
To contribute to the planning, monitoring and development of services whilst seeking to promote a culture of continuous improvement thus contributing to the achievement of CHFT values and objectives.
To represent the Directorate at meetings and for specified activities, as required by the Division Senior Management Team.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential criteria
* 1st level registered nurse or Allied health Professional
* Qualification in teaching and assessing / mentoring
Desirable criteria
* Management qualification
* MSC level of study
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
* Able to demonstrate a depth of knowledge and learning from relevant and recent community nursing experience or Therapy experience
* Experience of leading and managing clinical teams or services
* Evidence of continuing professional development that had further enhanced leadership skill
* Current issues in community/primary health care
* Models of leadership
* Drivers behind service modernisation and change agenda
* IT awareness
* Research and audit methodology
* Awareness of clinical governance and its impact on contemporary nursing
* Issues in multi agency / multidisciplinary working
Desirable criteria
* Experience of contributing to service redesign initiatives
* Experience of managing services in a changing environment
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential criteria
* Effective communicator including negotiating, mentoring and advocacy skills
* Planning and organisation of self
* Problem solving
* Commitment to developing self and others
* Able to introduce change and innovation
* Presentation skills
* Budget management skills
* Assertive
* Confident
* Creative thinker - solution focussed
* Ability to work flexibly
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
* PS and JD (PDF, 558.3KB)
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