Total 4 Manager level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Dartford, DA2 8DA

To monitor clinical placement areas and support achievement of learning outcomes for nursing learners and ensure that any issues are addressed in a timely manner. To support and maintain a database of current nursing learners and clinical placement areas to ensure placement mapping is correct and current. To support and maintain database of practice supervisors/assessors. To work in collaboration with the AEIs to undertake clinical audit of placement areas. To develop and sustain effective working relationships with all partners in ensuring effective learning outcomes. Manage placement enquiries and issues from clinical staff, students and AEIs and refer these on as appropriate. Ensure directorate engagement in the education agenda through being a visible presence in service directorates. Support delivery of the preceptorship programme for all newly registered nurses and nursing associates Keep up to date with professional developments, national initiatives, and government changes, that will impact on the provision of clinical learning experiences. To represent the organisation at a range of national events as required. Attend local, sector wide, pan London and National meetings and use learning to inform practice.

Main Responsibilities Working closely with the professional heads and the General Manager to provide demonstrable assurance that the quality of the clinical services including patient safety, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes meet the required high standards. This will include investigations into serious incidents, complaints and staffing issues, appraisal, supervision and training of staff and compliance with mandatory reporting. Service Managers work closely with the Team Managers (direct reports) and other professionals to ensure care pathways are effective with regular reviews to enable strategic and operational plans to be delivered. Service Managers are responsible for ensuring good patient flow management utilising a combination of demand and capacity information, length of stay data caseload management and adherence to agreed clinical pathways. In addition, Service Mangers systematically make certain that clinical governance arrangements are imbedded within services and are working to full effect. Working with the Clinical and Service Leadership to recruit, motivate and train the workforce. To be able to demonstrate that staff have the appropriate skills and training to deliver high quality care. To appoint Team Leaders with the appropriate competencies. To be visible and available and to manage the performance of services to ensure excellent clinical outcomes and good levels of engagement. Actively support services to deliver any research objectives and encourage quality improvement. Key Results The service manager is accountable for people management and development across their services. They will ensure people are focused and efficient in their roles and are achieving in individual and service outcomes. Robust performance and attendance management will be fundamental to ensuring service objectives are achieved and problem areas identified at an early stage with solutions quickly implemented. Leadership Through coaching and feedback, drives a performance achieving culture ensuring people are carrying out their roles to the highest possible standard and that they understand the key measures for success. Ensures structures are in place so the teams are aware of and can pursue the aims, objectives and overall strategy of the service, thereby contributing to the overall development of clinical services. Ensures timely and reliable recruitment decisions and ensures effective management of staff induction and ongoing supervision for all staff, ensuring formal appraisal carried out in line. Identifies staff training & development needs and liaises with HR to meet these. Provides guidance and support to team members in meeting individual and team objectives through structured performance management processes, seeking advice from HR and applying Policy as needed. Role models professional credibility and conduct, setting a standard for services. To promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement based on best practice and positive service user experience. To ensure that all staff treat service users, carers and relatives with dignity and respect at every stage of their care. To give clear and inspirational direction and support to staff working within the services, ensuring they are appropriately managed, motivated and engaged, in order to ensure the successful and co-ordinated delivery of activities and outcomes. Provide visible leadership and presence to services. Have a flexible approach which allows learning and development of others whilst providing constructive feedback and addressing any performance related issues. Financial and Physical The Service Manager will be key to operational delivery and management of basic financial controls. They will lead on effective management of resources and expenditure within their remit using approved financial management practices. Participates in the business planning process, rigorously reviewing financial performance across their services and reports on financial performance to the General Manager. Support Team Manages with service budgets, applying agreed financial processes and implementing necessary changes while setting goals for future financing. Understand financial risks within services and recommends remedial action, prompting timely query resolution. Observes personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in the course of their work and is responsible for supporting teams do the same. Resources To organise resource allocation which maximises value for money and to make recommendations for improvement. Minimises costs of additional staffing (e.g agency) through effective staff deployment, planning and timely recruitment. Workforce Monitors and supervises direct reports to work within performance, quality, safety and financial targets. Identify links with motivation and performance and able to demonstrate 100% annual appraisals for direct reports. Sets SMART objectives for direct reports, aligned to strategic objectives and targets. Adopt Safer Recruitment principles and ensures robust selection processes which provide equality of opportunity and enhance quality of selection decisions. Seek to develop own capabilities and creates culture of shared learning. Quality & Performance The Service Manager takes responsibility for the quality of their services through effective monitoring of service delivery and ensuring internal quality processes are in place and working effectively across all services. They will ensure a clinical governance framework is in place in all services. Ensures all services are fully compliant with regulatory and contractual requirements and that contractual targets and outcomes are achieved to maximise income and achieve contractual compliance. Takes responsibility for the quality of their services, leading on service self-assessments and driving the review and development of continuous improvement plans to demonstrate good progressions and achievement against regulatory or contractual improvements. Demonstrates how feedback from those using the services is used to achieve improvements to service delivery while ensuring recommendations and lessons learnt from SUIs and complaints are implemented within services. Responds to management and service data requests in a timely way, ensuring this is validated and provided within agreed deadlines. Collates and analyses clinical data to (a) identify and minimise risk, (b) optimise clinical effectiveness, (c) optimise service efficiency. Devises a plan that addresses these components within the immediate context of service delivery and the broader operational framework of the service. Undertakes robust investigations into SUIs, practice and concerns, producing high quality and timely reports with appropriately recommendations. Ensures physical environment is safe and appropriate for staff and service users and in line with the Health & Safety policy. Ensures complaints are investigated efficiently and promptly in line with Policy and that any learning is shared across the services and the rest of the organisation as appropriate. Supports all staff in their duty to identify report and record all incidents of potential or actual abuse whether the victim is an adult or child and ensure that advice is sought from the Safeguarding Team where necessary. Ensure patient flow (waiting lists / length of stay / caseloads) are managed in line with agreed standards and act swiftly to address any deviations. Actively work with Team / Ward Managers in improving both quality and performance across service areas. Ensures services can demonstrate active review and scrutiny of individual care plans so that they are responsive to individual needs and evidence progression towards desired outcomes. Be responsible for assisting Team Managers to support their staff in assessing service users, completing a full needs assessment, developing a psychotherapeutic formulation and writing a tailored care plan to be implemented & evaluated. Other Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing needs of the job, participate in appropriate education and training activities. Champions change and embraces new ways of working to make services run more efficiently. Deputise for the General Manager as required. Undertake any other duties required following discussion and agreement with the General Manager.

Nurse Education Manager, Band 7

Nurse Education Team, Nursing Directorate

Permanent 37.5 hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Nurse Education Manager within the Nurse Education team. The post would suit an individual who is passionate about the clinical education of others.

The role of Nurse Education Manager has the ability to shape the future education delivery for the Trust. The post holder will be required to support the development of nursing learners and preceptees across all Trust practice areas.

We are looking for an experienced nurse who is an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with proven facilitation and leadership qualities.

The successful applicant will be expected to demonstrate experience of working at a Band 6 or Band 7 level within Nurse Education. They will be expected to use highly developed interpersonal and communication skills to develop, support and motivate individuals and groups within the learning environments, have experience of change management and be able to promote professional development and learning that enhances patient care.

If you are an inspiring and innovative registered nurse with nursing education experience at Band 6 or 7 and are interested in this post, please contact us.

To support the Nurse Education Lead to deliver on the following:
• To work with AEIs, NHSE and other providers to recruit nursing learners.
• To work in partnership with Oxleas directorates and AEIs to allocate clinical placements for nursing learners and support learners in practice.
• To deliver the nursing preceptorship programmes and evaluate their outcomes.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
• To monitor clinical placement areas and support achievement of learning outcomes for nursing learners and ensure that any issues are addressed in a timely manner.
• To support and maintain a database of current nursing learners and clinical placement areas to ensure placement mapping is correct and current.
• To support and maintain database of practice supervisors/assessors.
• To work in collaboration with the AEIs to undertake clinical audit of placement areas.
• To develop and sustain effective working relationships with all partners in ensuring effective learning outcomes.
• Manage placement enquiries and issues from clinical staff, students and AEIs and refer these on as appropriate.
• Ensure directorate engagement in the education agenda through being a visible presence in service directorates.
• Support delivery of the preceptorship programme for all newly registered nurses and nursing associates
• Keep up to date with professional developments, national initiatives, and government changes, that will impact on the provision of clinical learning experiences.
• To represent the organisation at a range of national events as required.
• Attend local, sector wide, pan London and National meetings and use learning to inform practice.


This advert closes on Saturday 14 Sep 2024

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