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Head of healthcare

Ramsgate
NHS
Healthcare
€60,000 a year
Posted: 22h ago
Offer description

This is an exciting opportunity to join and develop a service whichaims to provide high-quality and person-centred care. This will includemanaging the delivery and development of health services through leadership toachieve high quality, cost effective, equitable and accessible healthcare. You will also create and foster good workingrelationships with stakeholders across the site to ensure the healthcaredepartment is an integral part of the wider-system. You will also be the CQC Registered Managerso will need to ensure that all of our governance frameworks and requirementsare delivered to a high standard.

Step into one of the mostdynamic and rewarding environments healthcare has to offer! Working in secure settings challenges you to think onyour feet, adapt quickly, and grow both personally and professionally. Ifyoure ready for a role that sharpens your existing skills, teaches yousomething new every single day, and keeps you at the heart of an environmentthats always evolvingthis could be the opportunity youve been waiting for!


Main duties of the job

Provide leadership to the healthcare team

Identify, manage, mitigate, and review departmental risks(clinical, operational, financial, reputational, compliance, knowledge andpeople) and contribute to, support and develop the management of riskmanagement frameworks and processes.

Develop positive working relationships across the site, theOperator and with key external stakeholders

Maintain and manage the healthcare risk register in consultationwith the Head of Clinical Operations

Actively participate in relevant forums such as partnership board,clinical governance board, LDQB, partners meetings, healthcare QCRM, healthcarecompliance and policy, medicines management meetings and other forums at SMTrepresentative level

Exercise oversight of the recruitment of clinical staff

Ensure the clinical team can undertake clinical supervision, withkey staff trained to act in the role of clinical supervisors

Ensure that all newly recruited clinical staff receivecomprehensive induction across clinical and security aspects of practice

Monitor delivery of training for professional staff to meet needsidentified in health development plan and gaps identified within skills needsanalyses

Ensure sound performance and attendance management in place


About us

DrPA has been operating in secureenvironments since 2014 providing General Practitioner services and we are nowgrowing to provide a complete healthcare service at Manston & Western JetFoil. This will be delivered directly or through a range of specialist partnerswho are experts in their field. We deliver our services based on ourethos of CARE:

Compassionate care that is trauma informed and supportive

Assurance that care is evidence-based & demonstrates high qualityoutcomes for our patients

Respectful of peoples cultural and religious beliefs

EmpowermentWe centre each resident by co-creating holistic careplans that treat their needs and equip them to self-manage their wellbeing.


Job responsibilities

About Us

DrPA has been operating in secureenvironments since 2014 providing General Practitioner services and we are nowgrowing to provide a complete healthcare service at Manston & Western JetFoil. This will be delivered directly or through a range of specialist partnerswho are experts in their field. We deliver our services based on ourethos of CARE:

Compassionate care that is trauma informed and supportive

Assurance that care is evidence-based & demonstrates high qualityoutcomes for our patients

Respectful of peoples cultural and religious beliefs

EmpowermentWe centre each resident by co-creating holistic careplans that treat their needs and equip them to self-manage their wellbeing.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join and develop a service whichaims to provide high-quality and person-centred care. This will includemanaging the delivery and development of health services through leadership toachieve high quality, cost effective, equitable and accessible healthcare. You will also create and foster good workingrelationships with stakeholders across the site to ensure the healthcaredepartment is an integral part of the wider-system. You will also be the CQC Registered Managerso will need to ensure that all of our governance frameworks and requirementsare delivered to a high standard.

Step into one of the mostdynamic and rewarding environments healthcare has to offer! Working in secure settings challenges you to think onyour feet, adapt quickly, and grow both personally and professionally. Ifyoure ready for a role that sharpens your existing skills, teaches yousomething new every single day, and keeps you at the heart of an environmentthats always evolvingthis could be the opportunity youve been waiting for!

Main Duties

Provide leadership to the healthcare team

Identify, manage, mitigate, and review departmental risks(clinical, operational, financial, reputational, compliance, knowledge andpeople) and contribute to, support and develop the management of riskmanagement frameworks and processes.

Develop positive working relationships across the site, theOperator and with key external stakeholders

Maintain and manage the healthcare risk register in consultationwith the Head of Clinical Operations

Actively participate in relevant forums such as partnership board,clinical governance board, LDQB, partners meetings, healthcare QCRM, healthcarecompliance and policy, medicines management meetings and other forums at SMTrepresentative level

Exercise oversight of the recruitment of clinical staff

Ensure the clinical team can undertake clinical supervision, withkey staff trained to act in the role of clinical supervisors

Ensure that all newly recruited clinical staff receivecomprehensive induction across clinical and security aspects of practice

Monitor delivery of training for professional staff to meet needsidentified in health development plan and gaps identified within skills needsanalyses

Ensure sound performance and attendance management in place

Ensure that systems are in place, and complied with, relating toall clinical incidents, promoting a lessons learned culture. To include, butnot exclusive of medicines and other clinical risks/errors, SI reportingprocedures, Radar reporting procedures, and patient complaints

Ensure sound standards of infection prevention and control andenvironmental hygiene are in place

Ensure that processes are in place to promote the patient safetyand quality

Monitor functional compliance with information governancerequirements

Manage and deliver positive progress within NHSE performancemetrics and against the CQC action plans and clinical audit action plans

Recognise good performance and foster a culture of staffengagement

Work with clinical colleagues to embed a cycle of clinical auditacross a range of domains

Accountabilities

Improving levels of staff engagement, staff recruitment andretention

Robust performance and attendance management

Active patient engagement processes in place, with service userfeedback valued and considered within service development

PDRs completed to timescales and of good quality

Positive working relationships within the site and acrossorganisational boundaries with key stakeholders

An embedded culture of continuing service improvement

Sound systems and processes in place to capture data and trendsrelating to complaints, Radar reports, audit, with evidence of actions todevelop improvements

CPD for professional staff meets needs and addresses gapsidentified within skills needs analyses

Newly recruited staff receive an appropriate induction to promotesafe and effective practice across clinical and security domains

A sound balance of security and care evident within the function

Risks are managed proactively

Experience

Experience at Senior Nurse Manager/Senior Manager level,preferably within a prison / secure environment health setting

Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration

A strong and consistent moral compass and the ability to providevalue-based leadership.

Understanding of clinical governance processes

Ability to exercise sound judgement in a politicised environment.

Ability to network effectively with a range of agencies andorganisations.

Strong commitment to continuing professional development

Knowledge of commercial financial management processes andprocedures.

Knowledge of clinical IT systems (SystmOne)

Knowledge of budget management

Educated to Degree/Masters level

General Information

The post holder may be required to perform other relevant andappropriate duties as reasonably needed. This list of duties andresponsibilities is not exhaustive. This job description is subject to regularreview and appropriate modification.

Disclosure and Barring ServiceCheck & CTC Clearance

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act(Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission forDisclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known asCRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

This post will require the holder to undertake and successfullycomplete the Counter Terrorism Clearance (CTC) process.

Pension salary scheme available

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): confidential 24/7 support.

Access to perks at work

Please note, in order to apply,all applicants need to have been living in the United Kingdom (with residencyin the UK, such as UK/Irish/EU Passport, or an Indefinite Leave to Remain Visa)for the last 5 years with no more than a 28 day break being outside of the UKand no gaps in employment during this time.

EMAIL CV TO: RECRUITMENT@DRPASECURE.CO.UK

Shortlisted candidates will be asked for RTW, DBS/CTCconsent and references.


Person Specification


Experience

* Experience at Senior Nurse Manager/Senior Manager level, preferably within a prison / secure environment health setting
* A strong and consistent moral compass and the ability to provide value-based leadership.
* Understanding of clinical governance processes
* Ability to exercise sound judgement in a politicised environment.
* Ability to network effectively with a range of agencies and organisations.
* Strong commitment to continuing professional development
* Knowledge of commercial financial management processes and procedures.
* Knowledge of clinical IT systems (SystmOne)
* Knowledge of budget management


Qualifications

* Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
* Educated to Degree/Masters level


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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