EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
* We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
* We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
* We Care
* We Empower
Our strategic objectives
* We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
* We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
* We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
* We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
* Mental Health Services
* Community Health Services
* Learning Disabilities Services
* Social Care
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to manage the range of services that currently support the identification of correct patient pathways based here in South East Essex.
The services include our Patient Pathway Co-ordinators who assess and organise support for patients who attend A&E or any of the assessment areas in Southend Hospital to prevent the need for formal admission to hospital. The Community Co-ordination Centre who accept and process referrals and queries for a range of community services including Intermediate Care and District Nursing. Plus the developing work round the Transfer of Care Hub ensuring the virtual multidisciplinary team can meet to provide advice and expertise to professions in order to support patients who have needs that are outside the standard Health and Social care routes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide operational management responsibility for these areas providing effective leadership and hold a clinical leadership responsibility for the standards of clinical practice and services. This will include effective management of the multi-disciplinary team and financial budgets.
The Clinical Manager will be responsible for promoting excellence in order to deliver a high quality person-centred service, which is dynamic, proactive and responsive to health and social needs. They will deliver effective and safe services which support the key elements of clinical governance and focus on leading the clinical teams to introduce ways of continuous improvement in the quality of their services. The post holder will ensure that improvements in the planning, implementation and evaluation of care are based on user involvement and feedback from patient networks, their families and stakeholders.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide a visible, accessible and professional presence for staff, service users and their families.
Act as professional lead for the service utilising expert knowledge and skills.
Have overall responsibility for the safe and effective delivery of clinical services the post holder is responsible for.
Ensure care is person-centred and underpinned by evidence based practice and continual knowledge and skills of staff.
Ensure care is co-ordinated, patient focused and underpinned by evidence based practice.
Ensure both the overall and day to day skill mix is appropriate to ensure the best possible clinical care.
Ensure that patient’s privacy and dignity are protected and that patients are treated with respect at all stages of their patient journey.
Support systems for measuring and improving the quality of the patient experience within the service.
In collaboration with the Head of Intermediate Care and Head of Therapies, ensure there are systems in place to learn from all patient experience safety and outcomes information and develop systems of audit to ensure continuous improvement.
Ensure effective and confidential communication between medical, nursing and health care agencies on significant data governing patient care and treatment, whilst adhering to professional Codes of Conduct.
Undertake management and investigation of patient safety incidents in relation to nursing issues.
Manage complaints in line with agreed Care Unit processes and where required to resolve complex complaints, meet with complainants to address their concerns to ensure local resolution is achieved wherever possible.
Provide and receive a range of highly complex information and deal with sensitive issues, where there may be barriers to understanding and the audience could be hostile e.g. contentious issues, serious untoward incidents or serious complaints.
Use a high level of interpersonal and communication skills using sensitivity, tact and negotiation.
Ensure the safeguarding agenda is implemented with effective systems throughout the service including effective liaison with other agencies as required.
In collaboration with the senior management team, support the Care Units approach to improving compliance with standards, CQC registration and other regulatory requirements.
Work with the senior management team to ensure the delivery of the Care Unit and Corporate Objectives.
Support the Care Unit with the delivery of the CQUINs.
Be responsible for providing governance and assurance mechanisms for the services the post holder is responsible for, reporting to the Head of Intermediate Care or Head of Therapies.
As part of the Care Unit management team, manage the delegated budgets and ensure the financial targets for the team is met.
Comply with financial processes, standing financial instructions and deadlines.
Ensure relevant financial information is presented to staff and meetings, as appropriate.
Implement systems and controls for the effective recruitment, selection and retention of staff within the area of responsibility.
Ensure that the services meet responsibilities to provide clinical experience and mentor support for pre and post registration nurse and AHP education (when applicable), in line with internal and external standards.
Deputise for the Head of Intermediate Care when required.
Participate in the local Manager on Call rota for South East Essex.
Maintain own professional registration and practice requirements.
Person specification
Education
* Degree or equivalent in Nursing
* Masters or equivalent
Knowledge
* Clinical Leadership
Experience
* Experience working within community services
* Experience of managing a clinical services
* Clinical experience within Intermediate Care
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Important Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing epunft.cv19hr@nhs.net.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Tina Broderick Job title Head of Intermediate Care (Pathways) Email address t.broderick1@nhs.net Telephone number 07966 793 046 Additional information
For further information or an informal visit
Please contact Tina Broderick 07966 793046
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