Care Group Manager – Division of Medicine

NHS Jobs; Walsall; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Care Group Manager for the Division of Medicine to lead operational planning and scheduling, ensuring safe and effective delivery of clinical services and adherence to quality standards within the Care Group.

You will work with the General Manager and Clinical Director on capacity planning, business and strategic plans, and the development of service pathways, policies and elective access across divisions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure processes are in place to meet quality standards and indicators.
• Be responsible for safe and effective delivery of clinical services within the Care Group.
• Develop and implement business & strategic plans with the General Manager.
• Capacity planning and negotiation for successful delivery of Care Group performance standards.
• Develop and implement service/Divisional policies and improve patient flows.
• Lead Improvement Programmes within the Care Group and across the Division.
• Coordinate elective access within the Division and manage capacity & demand analyses.

Job description

Care Group Manager – Division of Medicine

Operational planning and scheduling - the post holder will :- Ensure processes are in place to meet quality standards and indicators Be responsible for safe and effective delivery of clinical services within the Care Group Ensure systems are in place to provide relevant information to improve clinical pathways. Be responsible for development of specialty service plans that are consistent with the strategic aims and objectives of the Trust. Undertake with the General Manager to develop and implement business & strategic plans Be responsible with Clinical Director for capacity planning and negotiation/ successful delivery of the Care Groups performance standards. Ensure business cases are produced for service developments taking account of: activity; income projections; appropriate service models Support the Clinical Director in making decisions on medical cover for the Care Group Be responsible for developing and leading Improvement Programmes within the Care Group and also across the Division as required Be responsible for the development and implementation of service/Divisional policies. Be accountable for ensuring patient flows are appropriate and in collaboration with site management that capacity is maximised safely and effectively. Establish and monitor the agreed range of professional standards and performance targets for supporting departments and clinical specialities Elective Access Be the lead for Elective Access within the Division Coordinate the Care Group and Support Managers in the delivery of their elective access services & requirement. Ensure that each specialty undertakes regular capacity & demand analysis using accredited tools Coordinate within the Division, the management of RTT, cancer waits, diagnostic waits, waiting list management and validation Support the development and implementation within the Division of developments such as the electronic referral system and partial booking Work to improve the utilisation of elective access sessions. Management of staff and performance management Provide direct line management to the Care Groups personnel (other than nursing and medical staff and all the duties that pertain to such as outlined in the job description. Performance management Be accountable with the CD and Care Group Matron, for the Care Groups performance against plan and all the duties that pertain to such as outlined in the job description. further information around leadership and financial management can be found on the Job Description.