Job summary
- Main area
- Operational Lead
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Ending April 2026)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 150-KB1390-CC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bicentenial Building
- Town
- Chichester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Operational Team Lead
Band 7
Job overview
Are you looking for a challenge/development in your career? We are looking for an Operational Leads to support the operational delivery of the Community Neuro Rehab Therapy team in West Sussex.Ìý
You will work alongside other team leads to provide the operational leadership for CNRT Chichester,Ìýbeing supported by the Deputy Operational Head of Service and the Clinical Heads of Service. The Trust is keen to support the development of management and Leadership skills and as such The Trust has an extensive Leadership Programme and is supportive of staff training and development. There will be opportunities to further skills and knowledge through CPD: in house management skills, access to colleagues across West Sussex Brighton & Hove as well as an Education and Training Department for funding external courses and other opportunities for development.
Main duties of the job
A successful Team Lead will;
Provide operational management and leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, high quality and effective service.Ìý
Manage the defined area with minimal supervision for daily operations, seeking support and guidance from the Deputy Operational Head of Service and/or Operational Head of Service as required.
Develop a coordinated professional clinical team ensuring that communication and engagement are key to the development of the service.
Cultivate supportive and productive relationships with key stakeholders.Ìý
Work towards proactive excellence rather than reactive management in care: identifying gaps within the service and reducing locality health inequalities.
Use excellent communication skills to enable facilitation and or negotiation of complex and sensitive information.
ÌýIn conjunction with the Deputy Operational Head of Service and/or Operational Head of Service translate and take account of the impact of local national and other external policies and guidance for the defined area and implement these into practice and service delivery.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunitiesÌý
- Research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed breakdown of Job role and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level qualification and/or relevant management experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Evidence of leadership education/development or a willingness to undertake this
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or willingness to undertake
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in flexible way and respond positively to change
- Ability to travel across sites and access to a vehicle for work, Car owner/driver essential
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing a team or other relevant management experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working at a senior level in a health care setting
- Experience and understanding of the need to use financial and physical resources effectively
- Experience of delivering improved quality, innovation and productivity
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse / manipulate data and make recommendations
- IT literate, with the ability to use a number of databases, Microsoft Excel , Word, Powerpoint, Internet and Email
- Excellent written skills with the ability to record actions and decisions accurately
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills with an ability to negotiate, influence and manage conflict
- Demonstrates an ability to draw information from a range of sources in order to make a contribution to service development
- Demonstrates excellent leadership and ability to empower others in practice
- Demonstrate an ability to apply research to practice
- Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and clinical supervision
- Supports the values and beliefs of Multidisciplinary and interagency working
- Promotes independence and choice in undertaking patient care
- Demonstrates ability to reflect and learn from situations
- Demonstrates a commitment of life long learning and personal development
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates competency in a range of professional skills including understanding of Long Term Neurological Conditions, Stroke and acquired brain injury
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eleanor Rezazadeh
- Job title
- Deputy Operational Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07787 277530
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