Band 8a

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is the largest community healthcare provider in Sussex.

• Over 8,400 full time, part time and bank staff members
• Medical, nursing and therapeutic care provided to over 10,000 children and adults a day
• July 2018 Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating of 'Good' with 'Outstanding' features
• Flexible working patterns offered across all services
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader

SCFT is an inclusive employer that promotes equality and challenges discrimination, and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. Applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, disabled candidates and LGBT+ candidates are particularly encouraged, to ensure the Trust's workforce reflects the diverse communities it serves.

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated and experienced professionals with the relevant clinical knowledge & understanding to join our PCN Community Services Management team in EAST Sussex as a Clinical Services Manager (CSM). Covering the Brighton & Hove and High Weald Lewes and Havens area

The Clinical Services Manager (CSM) role is an ideal step up from a Team Lead role and is an opportunity for you to support our Primary Care Network (PCN) Teams using your experience & excellent communication skills.

The role will provide leadership alongside other CSM colleagues to our dynamic community-based teams. These dedicated teams work hard to deliver treatment, prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and support discharge by providing nursing & Therapy care to the local population enabling them to remain in their homes.

As one of our CSMs, you will enable these crucial services to do their amazing work through your supportive leadership, service development, and service integration to improve patient pathways and experience.

Your pivotal role is to empower your teams and support multi agency collaboration within our system-wide approach to maintain and promote patient care & experience.

Main duties of the job

As a CSM, you will lead all aspects of the services provided by your PCN Teams ensuring that they meet their operational and quality objectives.

You will lead on the planning and delivery of these objectives in line with the Trust's annual business planning cycle, and actively monitor delivery throughout the year coordinating resources across teams as necessary.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is of a health and care system that has excellent care at the heart of the community.

We are the specialist provider of community health and care services to the people of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex. Every day our expert teams provide medical, nursing and therapeutic care to more than 9,000 people.

Across the age range, we care for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities, from our health visitors caring for babies and young children through to our multi-disciplinary community teams caring for the elderly.

In all we do our work is driven by our vision of excellent care at the heart of the community.

The aim is to deliver ' the right services to the right people, in the right place, by the right people and at the right time, quality and cost' by ensuring that the organisation has in place the right strategies, structures, systems, staff and skills, underpinned by shared values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Clinical Services Manager/Therapies Manager/Matron are responsible and accountable for the delivery of a defined service or function. The post- holder is responsible for managing all aspects of the service ensuring that the service meets its operational and quality objectives and targets.
The Clinical Services Manager/Therapies Manager/Matron will lead on the
planning and delivery of service targets and objectives in line with the Trust's annual business planning round, and actively monitor delivery throughout the year coordinating resources across teams as necessary.

Please JD and PS attached for more details.

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• First Level Registered Nurse/or Relevant professional degree or diploma
• Leadership Qualification

Desirable criteria

• Continuing Professional Development and learning

Experience
Essential criteria

• leadership role including contributing to operational management of services
• Experinece of MDT and multiagency working

Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria

• Evidence of ability to monitor and maintain standards of care
• Evidence of monitoring and analysis of KPIs

This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.

Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please ensure that you check your emails, including your junk folder, on a regular basis. References will be requested electronically as well; please ensure you provide correct contact details for referees.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here . It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here . Not everyone needs a 'Skilled Worker' visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, check if you're eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead. It's cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• East Area CSM ( PDF , 769.4 KB )
• East Area CSM ( PDF , 769.4 KB )
• Staff Benefits Brochure ( PDF , 484.5 KB )