Clinical Operational Manager- West Kent Rehab

2 months ago


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

Job overview

We are looking for a Clinical Operational Manager to join our West Kent Rehab Team. This is a role working half from home and half from a KCHFT site. 

As a result of a review of the organisational structure of rehab and therapies has been reviewed, this exciting post has been created You will be accountable and reasonable for are WK community rehab (including MDT therapists), WK falls and WK community neuro teams. The vision is that a clinical operational manager for the West Kent footprint supports visible leadership , an improved ability to engage with staff more flexibly and to be more responsive to service demand as an increase in demand is a major challenge we face. It also allows you to be fully involved across the HCP such as frailty and intermediate care transformation projects. In turn this all feeds into achieve our organisational ambitions.

The post is based from home but visible leadership across the 3 sites is expected.

You will be part of the wider rehab & therapy leadership team which includes the clinical operational managers for community hospital therapy teams, adult speech & language therapy, community adult dietetics and HEN, oncology and paediatric dietetics as well as the East Kent rehab & neuro rehab counterparts. You will work collaboratively with EK counterparts to reduce the variation in service delivery, wherever contractually possible, and ensure sharing of good practice across rehab and therapies.

Main duties of the job

You will hold overall responsibility and accountability for operational management of West Kent community rehab team, community neuro rehab team and falls service.

You'll work with clinical operational managers of EK community rehab, EK community neuro team and community hospital therapists to ensure seamless care and equitable service provision as far as local commissions deviation allows. 

You'll establish and maintain strong links with primary and secondary care, social 
services, service users and other providers that support continuous service 
development and be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of care within services including meeting contracted and clinically optimal waiting time.

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

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.

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.

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Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

Degree in Nursing or AHP profession

Desirable criteria

Management qualification

qualification

Essential criteria

Management experience

Desirable criteria

Project management experience

experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of enhanced clinical skills.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in clinical or management capacity in • Neurology • Frailty • Falls • Urgent response

experience

Essential criteria

Demonstrable experience of working across traditional boundaries.

Desirable criteria

Experience of managing staff through sickness, disciplinary or capability processes

Experience

Essential criteria

Management of a range of professional groups in different settings

Desirable criteria

Contribution to regional or national policy change

experience

Essential criteria

Proven ability to function well as part of a team.

skills

Essential criteria

Ability to blur boundaries and move between acute and community settings, and specialities in community settings.

skills

Essential criteria

Ability to make decisions and deal with conflict.

skills

Essential criteria

Ability to interpret very complex written and statistical information.

skills

Essential criteria

Ability to develop policy and practice frameworks as requested.

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