Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disabilites - Management
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on call)
- Job ref
- 267-SS6350679
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Slade House
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Service Manager - Oxford
Band 8b
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
Are you a compassionate, empathetic, and strategic leader, looking to make your first leap into senior management?
We, in the Learning Disabilities Service, are looking for a new Service Manager to lead our teams in giving a voice to the voiceless.
In this role, the smallest of changes can make the biggest difference to some of the most marginalised people in our society, so it’s important that you feel passionate about ensuring good outcomes.
With previous experience within the Healthcare Service, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that high quality care is delivered, so we’ll not only need you to inspire, but also to be emotionally aware in order to get the best out of the people around you and develop as a service.
This may be through upskilling, problem solving with other Clinical Leads and Managers, providing regular supervision, supporting other members of staff with a focus on development and improvement or through investigating complaints and grievances.
We’re a small directorate, with a highly skilled team who carry out specialist and complex work; we’re supportive, inclusive and there’s always someone around for support. No two days are ever the same, so, if you’re looking for an opportunity to step up into senior leadership and develop your skills, with plenty of variety, then we are the team for you!
Main duties of the job
In this role, you’ll be responsible for leading the safe and efficient running of the Learning Disability Services, with a focus on staffing (e.g. infrastructure, training and development need), finance and performance.
Working closely with the Service Director and Clinical Leads, as well as external partners, you’ll be strategic in your thinking and be able to inspire others to join your vision to help meet service user need – and deliver sustainably.
The main responsibilities can be broken down in strategy, policy and delivery across the following areas:
- Quality
- Workforce
- Finance
- Performance
- Strategic change
- Stakeholder engagement/partnership
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As Service Manager, some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading a culture within the service that ensures that all employees comply with relevant Trust Policies and guidelines and supports the delivery of the governance plan for the service and overall directorate.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that effective governance arrangements and performance management systems are in place and ensure that risks are identified and included as appropriate on the directorate risk register and are progressed appropriately to reduce the risk profile.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to address complaints and incidents appropriately – lead the learning from such events.
We know that a work-life balance is important, so we are open to you working compressed hours and can offer this on a hybrid working basis.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- LD management experiences at senior level for at least 12 months
- experience and examples of how they have managed performance and finance with in previous roles
- Ability to communicate in verbal and written form across all levels with in the organisation
essential
Essential criteria
- ability to work with others to find creative solutions to financial challenges
essential
Essential criteria
- evidence of support with complaints and or grievances with good outcomes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Kirsten Prance
- Job title
- Director Learning Disabilites
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07760614362
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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