Operational Lead for Community Hospitals

1 month ago


Sevenoaks, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are embarking on an ambitious and exiting journey to improve our KCHFT Community Hospital pathways, and are looking for an Operational Manager to join our leadership team for a 6 month secondment or fixed term contract.

We have a portfolio of 9 Community Hospitals across Kent plus two extra winter ward pilot sites with a team of nurses and therapists delivering care and rehabilitation to frailty patients. Our hospitals deliver specialist pathways in Stroke and Fractured Neck of Femur, and support end of life and dementia patient care.

If you are an experienced clinician looking for your next career opportunity this could be for you. We are looking for someone with strong leadership skills, who will keep both patients and staff at the heart of their work. You will need to be committed to delivering high quality, evidence-based care, and have the skills to coordinate effective and responsive inpatient services.

Please note, the base for this roll is negotiable.

If you think this may be you, and would like an informal chat, please contact us for further information:
**Additional Working Pattern**: Monday - Friday

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. 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. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too Ourcareer pathwayswill help you achieve your aspirations

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.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.


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Good luck We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging 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.


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