Head Of Care Group

East Sussex Healthcare Nhs Trust; Southease; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Head of Care Group to provide strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of services within the Emergency and Acute Care Group. The post holder will work across Eastbourne DGH and Conquest, collaborating with the Clinical Director to deliver high-quality clinical services.

The role requires robust leadership skills, experience in service improvement, and the ability to drive performance against national and local standards, while

Qualifications

• Masters level qualification or equivalent knowledge and training.
• Evidence of continuous professional and personal development relevant to role.
• Leadership/management qualification or training.
• Project Management and Quality Improvement qualification or training.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic and operational direction for the Head of Care Group.
• Drive performance against national and local standards and targets.
• Champion the Trust's values and lead by example across teams and services.
• Participate in on-call rota as part of the duty schedule.

Skills

Strategic planning

Operational management

People management

Performance monitoring

Quality improvement

Service delivery

Education

Masters level qualification

Leadership/management qualification

Project Management qualification

Quality Improvement qualification

Job description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit to our professional leadership positions within the Clinical Divisions at ESHT.

The Head of Care Group is a senior member responsible for the strategic, professional and operational leadership across a portfolio of services.

A position is available within the Emergency and Acute Care Group. This includes: Emergency Department, Acute Assessment/Medical Unit, SDEC. The role will work across Eastbourne DGH and Conquest.

Main duties of the job

Working in partnership with the Clinical Director, Head of Nursing and the divisional triumvirate to deliver operational performance in line with the national and local performance standards and targets. The postholder will play a pivotal part in shaping efficient and productive clinical services, driving performance and embedding a culture of continuous improvement. The postholder will act as a visible and accessible leader, championing the Trust's values and supporting the delivery of divisional and organisational priorities and objectives. The Head of Care Group will promote the vision and values of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, leading by example and ensuring that they demonstrate those values in their leadership behaviours and how we support our teams and deliver our services. Participation in the Silver out of hours on call rota.

About us

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries, staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Qualifications / Training

• Masters level qualification/training relevant to role or equivalent knowledge acquired through extensive experience and training
• Evidence of continuous professional and personal development relevant to role to demonstrate expert management and leadership skills
• Leadership/management qualification or training
• Project Management and Quality Improvement qualification or training

Experience

• Experience Experience working in a leadership position including contributing to operational management of services.
• Able to demonstrate experience of: Strategic planning, Service delivery and Quality/Service improvement and leading change
• Able to demonstrate experience of Operational management and performance
• People Management - performance, appraisal, sickness, development, retention Managing budgets
• Monitoring, analysing and assessing performance across complex services

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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