About this role
Job summary
Are you interested in leadership and a dynamic individual looking for a new challenge in an environment that is undergoing a major change programme? Hospital at Home, Urgent community Response and Homefirst Tees has an opportunity for a permanent clinical lead post and this could be the opportunity for you.
If so, then we have the career changing opportunity for you at South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust.
We are undergoing a significant programme of radical transformation and we have a great opportunity for a clinical lead to provide leadership to the team within your area of responsibility working collaboratively with the Clinical Matron and General Manager in Hospital at Home Directorate.
Main duties of the job
You will provide assurance of safety, quality and the overall patient experience as well as ensuring the effective day to day management of nursing/ therapy in your area to deliver key quality, performance and financial plans to achieve key service and standards improvements.
To support the trust's future success, you will:
Ensure cost controls in your area expenditure in line with agreed budgets Work with the Clinical Director for Hospital at Home to develop new models of working. Ensure provision of excellent standards of clinical practice Inspire a culture of excellence focused on patient engagement and experience Ensuring patient safety is a priority with regular audits in place to monitor compliance Responsible for standards of care being provided Have a proven track record of leadership developing a culture of high performance Promote an environment where learning, research and innovation are actively encouraged and promoted
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that will be critical to the success of a truly transformed future state for the trust and will fundamentally challenge traditional processes and ways of thinking to build an industry leading service that provides excellent quality care to the communities in which we serve.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Experience (Therapy Lead) Essential
Experience of working within a community therapy service
Qualifications & Training (Clinical/Therapy Lead) Essential
Registered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) / Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). To hold a Degree in relevant field awarded by professional body Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development
Knowledge & Skills (Clinical/Therapy Team Lead) Essential
Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team. Effective people management skills Demonstrates a highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to therapy provision in the community Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills
Experience (Clinical/Therapy Lead) Essential
Experience of leading /managing staff within a health /social care operational environment. Recent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change. Evidence of teaching / training experience. Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development and developing clinical practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Low Grange Health Village
Normanby Road
Middlesbrough
TS6 6TD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)