Job Description

CHC Service Manager - Band 8b



This is an exciting opportunity in Whittington Health Adult Community Services, who are rated by CQC as Outstanding in 2020. We are looking for a candidate who will bring an enthusiasm and commitment to improving patient care across Islington/Haringey and an inclusive leadership style in line with our Trust values.



The successful leader will be responsible for bringing together our Continuing Healthcare Team who work proactively to support the commissioning of care for patients with complex needs who may require assessment and treatment outside of mainstream services.



The post holder would be providing clinical leadership and operational management to the team, ensuring that all interventions are in line with best clinical practice, and that standards are completed within established timescales.



The post holder will be strategically, operationally and financially accountable to the Director of Operations for the development and delivery of the NHS Continuing Healthcare agenda through ensuring that the NHS Continuing Healthcare and Funded Nursing Care processes for the different care groups are managed and met.



To ensure the development, provision and maintenance of high-quality services commensurate with the mission and aims of Whittington Health.



To contribute fully to the senior management team with additional specific service management and professional responsibility within the ACS ICSU



To be accountable for the delivery of the Continuing Healthcare service. This will include ensuring clinical standards of practice, advising or leading on recruitment and retention of staff in the team, and giving professional advice to other service managers.



Ensuring compliance with all legal, regulatory and best practice guidelines - risks are proactively managed and issues identified, investigated and resolved. Conduct care audits - monitor standards of the care packages being commissioned and take corrective action where appropriate.



To provide specialist training, support and education to other health professionals in CHC, FNC,PHB and within the post holders area of specialism.



To coordinate and ensure the delivery of ongoing training for all staff members under your management and or supervision and to ensure equity and opportunity of access to training



Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

For more information, please access the following link:

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/



For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached .