Job summary
- Main area
- Operations
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 846-6415705-CF
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- TBC
- Town
- Ashford
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 31/07/2024
Employer heading
Operational Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
The Home First team is a collaborative health and social care
The service operates 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm.
This role requires the post holder to travel to sites across a wide geographical area. In your application please outline how you intend to meet these travel requirements
Main duties of the job
The Home First team is a collaborative health and social care
You will be responsible for growing and managing
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is X, although this may be subject to change.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nursing or Nursing related subject or for AHP first contact practitioner qualification at Degree level.
- Current state registration
- Post registration qualification at degree/ masters level.
- Management experience Leadership qualification or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Experience / qualification Long-Term Conditions, Transformation and Quality Improvement experience.
- MSc Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- 5 years minimum post registration experience
- Experience of managing and reporting Adult Protection alerts
- Evidence of enhanced clinical skills.
- Experience in medicines management.
- Demonstrable experience of working across traditional boundaries.
- Experience in LTS/Complex care management.
- Experience of managing and setting clinical treatment plans for patients with complex multi-pathology.
- 3 years minimum at senior clinical level within relevant setting.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Preparation of Mentors or equivalent teaching qualification.
- Excellent communication skills – verbal and written.
- Excellent inter-personal skills.
- Experience in establishing and leading nurse therapy/social care led services.
- Ability to blur boundaries and move between acute and community settings.
- Full understanding of cultural differences.
- Very good teaching skills;
- Proven ability to function well as part of a team.
- Ability to interpret very complex written and statistical information.
- Ability to develop policy and practice frameworks as requested.
- A clear understanding of clinical governance issues and controls assurance standards.
- Wide knowledge and understanding of current health policy.
- Clear understanding of the modernisation agenda across health and social care to influence service development and achievement of targets.
- Ability to interpret impacts of national policy and act accordingly.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Skilled in time management, prioritising workload and self management.
- Strong evidence of effective leadership and management skills
- Clear Police check.
- Very good IT Skills.
- Ability to travel to all sites within the Trust area.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Progressive individual who wishes to meet new challenges and to pioneer creative ways of working.
- Wish to be a role model and innovator.
- Desire to develop strategic management skills in a role that requires a sound clinical background.
- Desire to progress in chosen career pathway – with an enhanced clinical role and increased responsibilities & accountability.
- Willingness to undertake training and development appropriate to the needs of the post.
Ability to manage
Essential criteria
- Ability to make decisions and deal with conflict.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Ferneyhough
- Job title
- Professional Lead Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
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