Responsible for the effective line management and leadership of the Children’s, Young People Acute and Community Services Group, ensuring structures and systems are in place to coordinate the activities of the various health care professionals.
To provide management support to the DCOO, Head of Nursing, and Clinical Directors and, with them, develop, implement and monitor finance and activity arrangements and business plans for the Children’s, Young People Acute and Community Services Group. To facilitate staff and team development and ensure effective communication systems operate within the Group and other specialties, across the Divisions and Trust.
Group Managers are expected to work for the clinical and business success of their Group Specialties, and to contribute to the corporate success of the Trust. This will include the implementation and development of corporate policies and long-term strategic plans and initiating changes in line with Trust Management Team decisions to local and regional services.
To be responsible for developing, influencing and implementing policies within the Children’s, Young People Acute and Community Services Group, and across the organisation.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Develop Children’s Young People Service’s long-term strategic direction.
2. Work in conjunction with Trust and other agencies in developing strategies for meeting local Health Improvement Programmes and The Local Delivery Plan.
3. Develop a multidisciplinary team approach to patient interventions and participate in the development of clinical pathways.
4. Be responsible for service redesign to improve patient care in line with strategic policies, Research, audit and write business cases to support proposals for service redesign.
5. Develop and implement the Children’s, Young People Services Health Care Plan and, in conjunction with Clinical Directorates, agree the level of support required to deliver service delivery plans across the Trust.
6. In conjunction with Children’s, Young People Services Professional leads in the Trust develop strategic direction and operational plans to establish and deliver services across the health care boundaries, in line with local and national priorities.
7. Support the Clinical Director, Clinical Leads, Matrons, and Practice Directors in the development of their role and involvement in the management process.
8. Develop a business plan for the Group Specialties and identify opportunities for new markets and schemes to generate additional income.
9. Work with the Group Finance Team to provide appropriate financial and activity information to the Clinical Directors/Divisional Managers, and ensure the financial balance of the Group Specialties and service.
10. Ensure that quality standards, both those agreed with the commissioners and dictated by national policy, are achieved.
11. Manage non-medical and non-nursing staff within the Group Specialties complying with Trust personnel policies and procedures.
12. Develop strategic plans for the Children’s, Young People Services Group so that the Trust is compliant with national and local standards.
13. Overall pay and non-pay budget management responsibilities, agreeing service contracts with external providers for the provision of clinical services.
Ensure effective working relationships and links with managerial colleagues in other relevant organisations/localities, both internally and externally to the Trust/locality.
The following duties and responsibilities will, where appropriate, be undertaken in conjunction with, or support of, the Directorate Managers, Clinical Leads, Matrons, and Support Managers.
Operational Responsibilities:
1. Ensure that the operational performance of the Children’s, Young People Group is effectively managed to meet agreed objectives.
2. Provide leadership to, and be line manager for, Children’s, Young People Group and all staff within these services.
3. Establish, maintain, and develop effective communication channels within Children’s, Young People Group.
4. Facilitate and contribute to an improved effective admission, treatments and discharge planning process along with other Directorate and Trust Objectives.
5. Monitor the Group structures and establishment, and devise workforce plans to meet Trust activity data.
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