Band 8b Group Clinical Manager - UCR/Virtual Wards

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Wake Green; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Wake Green is seeking a Group Clinical Manager to enhance the clinical operational management of their Urgent Community Response and Virtual Wards Services. You'll lead the development of services aimed at improving urgent care pathways and ensure effective governance in line with national standards. The ideal candidate will have a relevant healthcare qualification and experience in clinical leadership, operational management, and the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven experience in clinical operational management.
• Strong understanding of clinical governance and effectiveness.
• Ability to lead and manage clinical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical operational management and improvement initiatives.
• Oversee clinical effectiveness and governance.
• Ensure service delivery within budget across various services.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Operational management

Patient care management

Education

Relevant healthcare qualification

Job description

A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.


***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***



An exciting opportunity has arisen within the integrated Care Service for an 8b Group Clinical Manager, the post holder will be responsible for leading the clinical operational management and clinical improvement of Urgent community response and Virtual Wards Services within the Division and working with the Community Care Collaborative with supporting the development of the Locality Strategy as well as the NHS England Urgent & Emergency Care plan with a focus on service delivery in achieving improvements within the UEC pathways that will have the biggest impact on urgent and emergency care services. Being accountable to the communities we serve with a focus on enhancing the number of patients receiving care through the services

The post holder will oversee the clinical effectiveness and clinical governance of Virtual wards and Urgent community Response service in line with local and national quality standards. Patient Experience and Staff Survey feedback will be managed and form part of continued improvement across the Group. This information will be used by the post holder, in parallel with Incident, Safety, Safeguarding, ECI, clinical harms and the outcomes from clinical forum, to oversee and deliver high quality and effective care across the Group.

The post holder will work in liaison with the Group Manager in rota management (including safe staffing), the delivery of activity against agreed activity plans, managing overall caseload and waiting time performance for all services within the Group. The post holder will support on Cost Improvement Schemes for their respective areas, as well as ensuring service delivery is maintained within the set budget for respective Service(s) providing clinical expertise and leadership when delivering these. Where required the post holder will support to the development of business cases and continued transformation/improvement of service(s).

In addition, the post holder will act as a point of escalation for staff within the service to ensure smooth delivery patient care and service(s) as well as addressing any clinical delivery issues impacting on service deliverability.

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Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.


If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.



The post holder will oversee the clinical effectiveness and clinical governance of Virtual wards and Urgent community Response service in line with local and national quality standards. Patient Experience and Staff Survey feedback will be managed and form part of continued improvement across the Group. This information will be used by the post holder, in parallel with Incident, Safety, Safeguarding, ECI, clinical harms and the outcomes from clinical forum, to oversee and deliver high quality and effective care across the Group.



The post holder will work in liaison with the Group Manager in rota management (including safe staffing), the delivery of activity against agreed activity plans, managing overall caseload and waiting time performance for all services within the Group. The post holder will support on Cost Improvement Schemes for their respective areas, as well as ensuring service delivery is maintained within the set budget for respective Service(s) providing clinical expertise and leadership when delivering these. Where required the post holder will support to the development of business cases and continued transformation/improvement of service(s). The post holder will be a visible leader and will lead on the recruitment and retention of the clinical workforce across the respective services.

In addition, the post holder will act as a point of escalation for staff within the service to ensure smooth delivery patient care and service(s) as well as addressing any clinical delivery issues impacting on service deliverability.


This advert closes on Friday 1 Aug 2025