Operational Lead Adult Community Services

NHS; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Shrewsbury is seeking a dedicated Operational Manager to lead the Adult Community Services Division. This role involves providing operational leadership, managing teams, and designing impactful change programs to enhance health outcomes. Candidates should possess a relevant Master's qualification, substantial operational management experience, and strong leadership skills. The position offers a competitive salary and a flexible working pattern.

Qualifications

• Extensive operational management experience in a complex multidisciplinary environment.
• Proven track record of effective leadership in health or a related environment.
• Ability to meet travel requirements of the post.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership and management to teams within the division.
• Design and lead change to meet service specifications.
• Influence stakeholders to achieve health outcomes for local communities.

Skills

Leadership skills

Change management

Communication (verbal and written)

Interpersonal skills

Performance management

Education

Appropriate Masters qualification or equivalent experience

Degree level qualification in appropriate clinical or non-clinical subject

Job description

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is looking for a dedicated and dynamic Operational Manager to lead the Adult Community Services Division across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW).

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership and management to teams within the Adult Community Services Division.
• Design and lead the change programme required to meet the service specification and national reporting requirements.
• Proactively lead the development and redesign of pathways, working with partners, to achieve the best health outcomes for local people, their families and carers, and support their health and wellbeing needs.
• Reflect the needs of service users/communities, influencing stakeholders both internal and external to the Trust.

About the Trust

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

Key information

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: 8b

Salary: £64,455 to £74,896 a year

Employment type

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

EEO Statement

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Appropriate Masters qualification or equivalent experience of working across relevant community services in a strategic or operational manager role
• Degree level qualification in appropriate clinical or non-clinical subject
• Evidence of post registration management and professional development

Experience

• Extensive operational management experience in a complex in a multidisciplinary/multi agency environment.
• Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience of developing services across systems and pathways.
• Proven track record as an effective leader/ services manager in health or related environment.
• Experience of leading complex and dynamic change successfully, with evidence of this change being sustained.
• Experience of building successful partnership working arrangements/intensive interagency work and being able to influence people internal and external to the Trust

Knowledge and Skills

• System wide knowledge in a number of areas e.g. health, financial management, performance management, joint commissioning acquired through training and proven experience over a number of years.
• In depth understanding of national legislation and standards relating to the portfolio of services.
• Good understanding/insight of NHS legislation, SFIs and SO's, employment and health and safety legislation, national standards and service frameworks for care, safeguarding requirements.
• Ability to manage resources, staff and budgets effectively; delivering efficiency and reinvestment targets.
• Well-developed leadership skills, tools and techniques in a number of areas outlined within the LQF: Change management, political intelligence, influencing, engaging and collaboration, creating a vision, communication (verbal and written), interpersonal skills

Other Essential

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).