Head of Clinical Services

3 months ago


Chester, United Kingdom Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Full time

Are you an experienced leader with a proven record for leading continuous improvement in service delivery across integrated services? Do you want an opportunity to lead on the delivery of integrated Children’s Public Health 0-19 / Children’s Centre services and continue to develop services that ensure children and young people have the best start in life?

We are looking for an excellent communicator who will lead on service delivery in partnership with our clinical directors. This will include responsibility for maintaining quality standards, meeting performance targets, developing a sustainable workforce and budget management. Starting Well integrates a number of service areas and relies on effective engagement with wider partners to ensure the best provision of service to children and families within their locality.

They will be able to demonstrate commitment to our Trust’s visions, values, continuous improvement and ensuring the effective management and delivery of the services within the Starting Well portfolio.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) supports thousands of vulnerable people across Cheshire and Merseyside. We provide physical, mental health and learning disability services to a total population of around one million people.

As Head of Clinical Services, you will be a key member of our operational management team and will be responsible for Starting Well that includes the following services:
Starting Well 0-19 (Health Visiting, Family Nursing, PHN 5-19, Children’s Centre Core Offer)

School Aged Immunisation Service

Children in Care Specialist Nursing Service

**You will also be responsible for**:
implementing Trust-wide initiatives within the Children Young People and Families Care Group.

Contract and performance management working closely with Local Authority Commissioners

Lead innovation and develop the Starting Well services to maximise efficiency and best practice in line with national and local specification requirements

Continue to expand partnership working and greater integration across the workforce and other service areas.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or you are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification)andvalues.

To ensure that we continue to provide ‘Outstanding for Care’ (as recently been awarded by CQC), CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If your disability meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please also inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

All new clinical support staff will be required to have completed or working towards the Care Certificate (CWP In-house 2 day training to be completed within 6 months of start date).

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

CWP encourages and supports all staff to become vaccinated against COVID-19.



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