About this role
Job summary
The Chief of Service Planned Care (Integration) will be responsible for providing high-level operational and strategic business planning and leadership to ensure that the Care Group provides high quality patient care and achieves its performance objectives. This will include accountability for high quality patient care, patient safety, clinical quality and governance, the delivery of agreed performance and financial objectives, and ensuring that the Care Group operates with the needs of patients as its highest priority.
Main duties of the job
Specifically the Chief of Service Planned Care (Integration) will be accountable to the Group Chief Integration Officer for providing senior operational and strategic leadership and will:
be accountable for the operational performance and strategic development of the Care Group. This will include accountability for the delivery of high quality patient care, clinical governance, patient safety, clinical quality and delivery of improved financial efficiency. have joint responsibility with the Group Chiefs of Service and Executive Leadership Team for driving forward corporate and cross cutting programmes of work and service direction work closely with the Executive Directors as part of the senior leadership team to shape and implement the corporate strategy and annual objectives lead on and ensure strategic alignment across the Group and particularly across the Care Groups build and further development external relationships across the Healthcare Community e.g. with Primary Care, PCNA, Cluster ICB, Neighbourhood Board, Local Authorities, Universities and National Bodies
About us
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for a detailed breakdown of the main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Senior Clinical leader with extensive experience in primary care Experience of working in a multi-professional team. Demonstrable track record of achievement as a clinical leader in a primary care and community setting A track record of applying a collaborative approach to implementing changes Strong understanding of the challenges facing the NHS and the Trust over the next 10 years. Strong evidence of sensitivity to the needs and expectations of patients. Strong evidence of the ability to communicate and collaborate at Senior Leadership Strong evidence of the ability and desire to innovate and the drive service change and improvement - focussing on both quality and productivity - including evidence that they set a very positive example in terms of quality and productivity in their own practice Strong evidence of the ability and commitment to manage resources effectively Highly analytical and numerate so as to be able to evaluate and use the complex information relating to the DIVISION and its functions Evidence of the ability to think and act strategically at a level appropriate
Desirable
Post registration qualification in related clinical/managerial field Post registration qualification in related clinical/managerial field
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
Address Group Wide
Lincoln
LN5 7JH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)