Band 8a

Job summary

Are you an Allied Health Professional passionate about delivering high quality, effective and person-centred services? Do you want to use your project and operational management skills to make a real difference?

If so, this post offers a fantastic opportunity for you to join a small and friendly senior leadership team who share a commitment to provide outstanding services to children and young people with complex neuro-disability. The Clinical Service Manager will support a variety of specialist services with an initial focus on clinical support to pupils of Chailey Heritage Foundation (a non-maintained special school for children and young people with complex neuro-disability). The post holder will work in partnership with Clinical Specialists/ Team Leaders and will support the General Manager to ensure the delivery of quality care and pro-active resource management.

As an experienced practitioner, you will have the opportunity to lead on exciting projects, reviewing and improving the way services are provided whilst championing clinical excellence and embedding the CQC agenda within the teams. You can expect to be involved in:

• Supporting and developing teams and individuals
• Service and pathway development
• Finance, Performance and Quality analysis, planning and improvement
• Risk Management
• Business Planning
• Integrated working with Professional Leadership, Quality and Safety services, HR, Recruitment, Contracts, Performance and QI teams

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Services Manager will play a key role in leadership of the Specialist Services as part of the management team within the locality and will support the General Manager to ensure the delivery of quality care. They will be responsible and accountable for the direct delivery of care within multidisciplinary Specialist Services ensuring effective professional leadership and pro-active resource management.

As an experienced practitioner, the post holder will be expected to create an environment of continuous quality improvement, developing clinical practice and ensuring that delivery of care is regularly reviewed embedding the CQC

Key responsibilities will include contributing to the strategic development within the locality, maximising human and financial resources and the delivery of the Key Performance Indicators identified. This will be supported by high quality communications with all groups of staff.

Great communication, curiosity and a passion for leading excellent services are central to this role. If this sounds like you, we look forward to your application.

About us

Positive 2021 NHS Staff Survey results

• The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rates our quality of services as good with outstanding features
• Stunning location in Sussex, surrounded by the South Downs
• A great working environment
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Real Living Wage Employer, with great rates of pay
• Flexible working options, including job sharing, career breaks, parental leave and adoption leave
• Supportive team environments
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces