NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
This is an integrated post and key leadership post with general management responsibility for a range of health and social work staff within a locality construct in Glasgow City HSCP as part of the Partnership’s management of Older People and Primary Care services. The post holder will have responsibility for line management of several Team Leads and will provide strategic leadership and operational management for community-based health and social care services for people aged over 65, adults under 65 with a physical disability or long-term condition, and people with palliative and end of life care needs.
The post holder is accountable for the performance, resources and activity within their area of responsibility. In addition, the post holder is responsible for providing managerial input to the HSCP/Locality strategic structure and to actively contribute to the overall planning and management of Older People & Primary Care services in Glasgow HSCP.
The post holder’s responsibilities include assisting the HSCP to shift the balance of care from acute and institutional care to community services and care at home and as such, they will participate in planning future service provision in line with the strategic vision for older people services via a range of Planning, Performance and Implementation Groups and within the context of the HSCP Governance arrangements. The post holder will also have a role in policy development as appropriate to service management and continued service development within a complex and dynamic environment of health and social care.
They will be required to work across a range of organisational and professional boundaries including the interfaces with acute services, Housing and Voluntary Sector and liaising with the primary care independent contractors. The successful applicant, if an employee of the Partnership, will be appointed to the post under the terms and conditions of either Glasgow City Council (GCC) or NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC), depending on current employer. If the successful applicant is not an employee of the Partnership, they may choose to be appointed to the post under the terms and conditions of either GCC or NHSGGC.
Informal Contact: Jacqui McGoldrick, Head of Service NE at Jacqui.McGoldrick@glasgow.gov.uk or 07880273249.
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