Total 7 job vacancies by NHS Jobs

To accept delegated responsibilities from the Directorate Manager to ensure the management and delivery of excellent service results, providing leadership and acting as a role model for the staff and services within the portfolio. To be responsible for ensuring the operational delivery of all services; leading and effectively implementing change management initiatives to improve service provision. To influence and lead on the strategic development and service improvement of services in conjunction with the BCC leadership team. To deliver services within allocated resources and develop action plans to manage variances. To take a lead role in the delivery of national standards To ensure effective processes and procedures are in place to monitor and track key performance indicators. To ensure the performance indicators relevant to specific work areas are reported both internally and externally and within allocated deadlines To provide regular reports on activity levels, performance against quality standards, financial and performance management issues, highlighting variances and creating action plans to resolve. To manage activity targets within the identified service areas through co-ordination and monitoring of waiting lists and to work with BCC leadership team to ensure that standards relating to patient access are achieved. To ensure that all relevant performance standards are met within the identified service areas, introducing or facilitating the introduction of new technology and working practices as appropriate. Take responsibility for the production, development and implementation of policies across the area of responsibility, some of which may affect areas beyond the immediate service area. Ensure the preparation of clinical business plans and so undertake long term strategic planning for designated services and prepare proposals for the planned growth of any of the services within the portfolio, or that support other services inside or outside the Care Group. These should take into account activity, outcomes, benefits (clinical and non-clinical) and income potential. To ensure information returns required by the Trust, Commissioners, NHS England and other partner organisations are delivered and are timely, accurate and presented to a high standard. To access and interrogate existing information systems in order to understand, analyse and report activity and/or changes in services covered to supplement existing standard information provided. To prepare reports on the relevant services within the portfolio for the Board of Directors/Executive Management Committee (EMC) as and when required. To use research and experience elsewhere in the NHS to inform service development and support the implementation of all relevant NICE Guidance. To produce business cases for service development ensuring that implication of service changes or development have been accurately assessed for submission to the appropriate corporate body. To undertake full service reviews as and when required. To produce relevant management information for monthly performance reviews. To represent the Directorate Manager at meetings as requested and as appropriate. To investigate complaints in areas of responsibility providing responses as appropriate and in conjunction with the Directorate Manager, Matron and Clinical Director. To assist in the implementation of improvements and learning from Datix Incident Reporting forms and complaints, so that adverse experiences, risks and incidents are reduced in severity and frequency. To ensure a regular and robust communications structure is in place; delivering and receiving information in a timely manner within the identified service areas and across the Care Group and Trust as appropriate. To take responsibility for any personal and professional development. HUMAN RESOURCES: To ensure delivery of the Trusts appraisal system within the defined area of responsibility, ensuring that every member of staff has measurable objectives and a personal development plan, which is commensurate with the needs of the service and underpins the Trusts strategic plans To ensure active application of the Trusts Sickness Absence Management policy. To deal promptly with matters relating to performance and support within the context of the Trusts Performance Management policy. To undertake exit interviews and develop a strategy to improve recruitment and retention and eliminate dependence upon agency staff. To ensure delivery of the Trusts Human Resources and Workforce policies. To participate in national and local Human Resources and Workforce Initiatives. To ensure learning environment and culture exists within the services and support the Trusts Training and Development Strategy. To ensure an annual training and development plan is completed and actioned for the areas that fall within the Directorate Managers remit. To ensure the statutory, essential skills and other training (including equipment training) are completed and that attendance and non-attendance records are maintained. To lead the recruitment and retention process of staff as appropriate, effectively inducting new staff in accordance with the Trusts induction programme both corporate and local. To devise, develop and implement skill mix reviews and other workforce planning strategies for the service. To create cohesive and flexible teams who identify strongly with other teams in the Care Group and Trust. FINANCE: To have full budget responsibility for the BCC and provide ongoing financial management support to the Directorate Manager. To ensure financial systems are in place to monitor and achieve budgetary control in those areas included within the portfolio, and to take any remedial action identified as necessary. To work closely with the Directorate Manager, and the Director of Finance for the Care Group and the Director of Operations to agree the annual budget for the services within the portfolio, identifying opportunities for cost improvement programmes, service improvement programmes and cash releasing efficiency savings. To exercise control over staff and non-staff expenditure where appropriate. To contain expenditure within budget and develop annual cost improvement plans. To review monthly budget statements for the department and in conjunction with the Directorate Manager, provide support with the services managers, Co-ordinators and other senior staff as appropriate, agreeing action to contain expenditure within budget. Devise, agree and deliver income-related targets within the department and provide support to the Directorate Manager to ensure opportunities to increase income and reduce costs for the Trust are pursued in conjunction with other colleagues, departments, and services, reviewing monthly budget statements to keep expenditure within budget. PHYSICAL RESOURCES: To provide on-going review of facilities with colleagues within the identified service areas to ensure optimum use of resources. To oversee capital development programmes for the services within the defined area of responsibility, in close liaison with the Directorate Manager.

You will work directly with your administrative teams which are devolved and co-located with their clinical teams giving you direct control of all processes relating to patient pathway management. This role is demanding due to the breadth and depth of the Directorate and candidates will need to be able to demonstrate management experience commensurate with a more senior operational role. You will be managerially responsible for Head & Neck Services providing clear leadership and working with the Clinical Director, Matron, Care Group Director and Care Group Director of Operations to ensure the provision of high quality patient care and the most efficient and cost effective use of resources. The services within the portfolio are: Ophthalmology ENT Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery To be responsible for ensuring that within all specific work areas all local and national performance standards and objectives are met. To be responsible for ensuring the operational delivery of services; leading and effectively implementing change management initiatives to improve service provision. To influence and lead on the strategic development and service improvement of Head & Neck services in conjunction with the Matron and in conjunction with and in support of the Clinical Director. With the Clinical Director and Matron, to view the grouping of services as a business unit in line with service line reporting (SLR), and to lead on embedding and using SLR in the management of the Directorate. Other services may be added to this portfolio in line with the Directorate Managers personal development programme, and the needs of the service. To participate in the Trusts on-call manager rota. Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

The principal duties of the Associate Director of Nursing are: To drive the care group programme for patient flow across the inpatient wards. Work with the Care Group Directors of Nursing to ensure the implementation of patient experience initiatives across the Trust; coordinate local patient satisfaction surveys and lead the development of action plans to address any shortfalls. Strategic leadership to ensure high standards of care for patients and their families evidenced through the key performance indicators of the departments. Provide professional nursing leadership of the nursing teams across the Care Group ensuring appropriate structures are in place to support nurses in the delivery of care to patients and their families. Provide nursing leadership on human resource issues relating to workforce planning, professional development, clinical leadership/supervision, appraisal, interviewing of senior staff and the retention and recruitment strategy for Networked Care. To lead annual reviews of nursing roles and establishment so that new and expanded responsibilities are developed where appropriate and skill mix changes implemented as required. Promote and maintain an evidence-based practice culture for nursing staff, ensuring representation at local, regional, and national networks, to share good practice and be responsible for wide dissemination and implementation of evidence.

If you would like to have an initial conversation, please contact our recruitment partner, Brendan Davies, at Hunter Healthcare on 07585 356985 or by email atbdavies@hunter-healthcare.com

Applications are open to senior trainees: National Training Number (NTN) ST4 level or above Locally Employed Doctors (LED) at equivalent experience of ST4 or above Working full time or less-than-full-time Who have full GMC registration. This is a fixed-term role for minimum of 12 months. For those with an NTN, the role can be undertaken in programme or out of programme (training or experience) and must be discussed with your educational supervisor and training programme director (TPD), and permission to apply must be granted by the TPD. For a discussion about the chief registrar post, especially those in LED posts, please contact Dr Gordon MacDonald, Associate Director of Medical Education: gordon.macdonald@royalberkshire.nhs.uk

Principal Responsibilities: Strategy & Leadership Take a key role in shaping the on-going direction/strategy patient safety in the Trust. Including the roll out of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF). Responsible and accountable for the development and delivery of all agreed plans for the Trusts on-going quality strategy. To provide leadership and line management for the Head of Patient Safety, Senior Safety Lead for Women's and Childrens, Head of risk and other associated teams. As a member of the Quality Governance Committee and Patient Safety Committee, to ensure that these are provided with regular and comprehensive reports sufficient to enable them to fulfil their monitoring and assurance responsibilities on all aspects of compliance and patient safety. Responsible for leading the delivery of the Trust patient safety key initiatives/ metrics To lead the development of priorities for patient safety education and training raising awareness of patient safety and risk management across the Trust in line with the Trust Training Needs Analysis Lead on the annual programme of Trust-wide patient safety priorities and a programme and framework for its delivery including the development and monitoring of patient safety metrics and indicators Accountable for leading, planning and delivery of patient safety improvement work streams (including NHS Safety Strategy) across the organisation in partnership with clinical leads and external with other providers or organisations to improve safety. Promote a culture of innovation and support the development of QIPP schemes that increase quality and support the overall delivery of financial targets Principal Responsibilities: Management Take a key role in shaping the on-going direction/strategy for quality governance, compliance, clinical effectiveness and patient safety. Provide transformational leadership to the teams and directing their programmes of work ensuring the delivery of service and personal objectives, ensuring that: Comprehensive staff development, appraisal and competence Standards/systems are in place and utilised Relevant Trust policies and procedures are complied with Full compliance with mandatory and statutory training Ensure that the Care Groups receive appropriate support from the Patient Safety Team to enable them to manage patient safety To deputise for the Deputy Chief Nurse as required internally and externally. To project plan the Trusts patient safety agenda responding to any national or locally changes as necessary. To be responsible for establishing and developing, in line with CQC/ NHSE/ DoH directives, a system that tests the Trusts compliance against the CQC fundamental and updated standards of Quality & Safety. Provide clinical leadership for projects which require specific evidence to be gathered and validated by external regulators the outcome of which would have a significant impact on the trust e.g. accreditations, peer reviews, National audits findings, CQC announced and unannounced inspections. To provide expert guidance on the patient and risk requirements of external assessments/ compliance criteria to ensure the Trust is aware of and meets national requirements in line with legislation and external inspections. Principal Responsibilities: Policies To advise the Deputy Chief Nurse/ Chief Nursing Officer on safety policies. To lead the Trust on how these should be interpreted and communicated. Interpret and assess, on behalf of the Trust, relevant national policy and guidance and provide guidance and support to Directorates / clinical leads regarding implementation and ensure effective systems for evaluation are developed. The post holder will lead on the development and implementation of corporate polices specific to clinical governance, risk and patient safety. Lead on ensuring the implementation of national policy directives/national evidence based practice in relation to the quality agenda, providing specialist advice and support to Care Groups, clinicians and departments as appropriate. Principal Responsibilities: External Liaison & Relationships Lead the development and maintenance of strong and effective relationships between the Trust and regulators, commissioners and other statutory agencies in relation to safety and compliance To establish and develop effective working relationships with external bodies e.g. ICB Formally represent the Trust in relation to safety at commissioner meetings and coordinate the Trust activity and reporting at those meetings Act as an official representative and ambassador for the Trust and Quality Governance Team Prepare and deliver presentations for internal and external audiences including at local, regional and national meetings and conferences Develop and maintain positive relationships with peers across the health economy and wider, to learn and share best practice; Take a lead role in engaging service users and carers in the development and implementation of quality governance within the Trust Principal Responsibilities: Incidents & Serious Incidents To ensure there is clinical governance support and scrutiny on incident reporting, formal reviews, as outlined in the PSIRF learning methodologies and make certain the investigations including learning outcomes are in line with the Trusts agreed policies and procedures. To monitor the patient safety reviews in line with required timescale and ensure patient safety reports meet the national requirements. To monitor the development, implementation and delivery of learning and safety actions as a result of investigations. Ensure these are in line with required timescale and of the quality to deliver improvements and mitigate risk. Provide expert advice and guidance on the Trusts incident reporting and PSIRF investigation processes. To provide advice and guidance upon request on the analysis, interpretation and translation of highly complex clinical and incident information. To have overall responsibility for safety databases and ensure that accurate and timely information is available and communicated to support Care Groups quality governance processes and provide overarching compliance evidence for any internal / external assessment. To liaise with Executive Directors and Care Group Directors in the organisation and commissioning to ensure internal investigations into patient safety incidents are dealt with appropriately. Principal Responsibilities: Analytical and Judgement Skills Critically evaluate and analyse data, information and reports Collate and analyse data from a range of sources including incident data, complaint data, risk management data, quality data, performance data and patient record and care data to produce comprehensive reports and analysis Conduct complex and detailed analysis of data, trends and patterns including producing thematic analysis; Lead the development, analysis and publication of formal quality governance reports including presenting at relevant meetings This job description is not exhaustive and will be subject to periodic review in association with the post holder.

You will work directly with your administrative teams which are devolved and co-located with their clinical teams giving you direct control of all processes relating to patient pathway management. This role is demanding due to the breadth and depth of the Directorate and candidates will need to be able to demonstrate management experience commensurate with a more senior operational role. You will be managerially responsible for Head & Neck Services providing clear leadership and working with the Clinical Director, Matron, Care Group Director and Care Group Director of Operations to ensure the provision of high quality patient care and the most efficient and cost effective use of resources. The services within the portfolio are: ENT. Maxillofacial. Plastic Surgery. To be responsible for ensuring that within all specific work areas all local and national performance standards and objectives are met. To be responsible for ensuring the operational delivery of services; leading and effectively implementing change management initiatives to improve service provision. To influence and lead on the strategic development and service improvement of Head & Neck services in conjunction with the Matron and in conjunction with and in support of the Clinical Director. With the Clinical Director and Matron, to view the grouping of services as a business unit in line with service line reporting (SLR), and to lead on embedding and using SLR in the management of the Directorate. Other services may be added to this portfolio in line with the Directorate Managers personal development programme, and the needs of the service. To participate in the Trusts on-call manager rota. Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.