Contract type

Permanent

Location

Whittington

Hours

Full time

Annual salary

£75,000 - £85,000 DOE

We are seeking an inspirational, passionate and forward-thinking Director of Clinical Services to join our team and drive our vision for a world where everyone has fair access to specialist palliative and end of life care.

This role is key to our commitment of listening to our patients, their loved ones, and our staff and working with our health and social care partners to make things better for those living with a terminal illness.

The post-holder will be a member of the hospice's Executive Leadership team (ECT) and the successful candidate will possess the ability to work both operationally as leader and manager of our Clinical Services function, as well as operate strategically and cross functionally as an organisational Director.

Are you a visible, accessible and resilient leader, motivated to manage, develop and transform? Are you committed to patient-centred palliative care provision and delivery to the highest possible standards? Are you a visible and accessible leader who motivates and inspires through advocacy and compassionate leadership? If so, please get in touch.

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Job Description

If you want to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Rebecca Webb on 01543 432 031

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified and registered clinical professional — NMC, HCPC, etc.
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development (CPD)

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in relevant subject
• Leadership/management qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Extensive senior clinical management experience relevant to the post.  Experience of working as a senior healthcare professional in a leadership or management role in a health care environment at Director, Deputy Director or equivalent level.
• Evidence of leadership of service change and enabling culture change in teams.
• Understanding of organisational regulation, including Care Quality Commission (CQC).
• Understanding of professional regulation, including NMC and HCPC.
• Demonstrable and significant experience of workforce planning, understanding of establishment, acuity and dependency tools.

Desirable

• Evidence of collaborative working with partner organisations resulting in successful innovation and change.
• Demonstrate effective system working and excellent collaboration skills.
• Understanding of or participation in research.
• Experience and/or understanding of the charity sector including: o The role and relationship with the Board of Trustees. o Charity funding and the importance of income generation. o The role and importance of our volunteers.

Personal attributes

Essential

• Inspirational, passionate leader with credibility, respect and demonstrable knowledge.  Reliant with the ability to manage change for the long term benefit of an organisation.
• Flexible and able to adapt to internal and external factors.
• Inclusive and able to lead on embracing difference.
• Engaging and motivational, skilled in supporting teams, recognising great performance and celebrating success.
• Ambitious, with passion to grow and develop self, colleagues, teams and the hospice.
• Authentic, credible and high degree of integrity.
• Humility and a passion for continuous professional and personal development, recognising areas for development and welcoming feedback for personal improvement.
• Empathy and an ability understand differing points of view and adapt approach accordingly.
• Self-awareness and an ability to receive feedback — recognising there is always space to learn and improve.
• Collaborative and a desire to work as a team, valuing feedback for positive learning and change.

Skills, knowledge and abilities

Essential

• Advocate for outstanding patient care and quality of service.
• Evidence of clinical leadership of service development and change management skills.
• Successful track record of leading, large complex teams in a health care setting.
• Ability to build personal and professional credibility with board, senior management and staff.
• Ability to demonstrate good working knowledge of corporate and clinical governance.  Highly developed leadership, negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams.
• Ability to set out a clear strategic direction, motivate others and assume a leadership position, together with an ability to transfer strategic objectives into deliverable operational plans.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with key partners and influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to bring about positive change.
• Highly skilled in collaboration and bringing together teams and organisations with strong relationships to deliver on the services for patients.
• Ability to adapt, work flexibly and within deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people and professionals on policy, guidance, board and other reports.

Benefits

• Up to 33 days holiday plus bank holidays (Pro-rata for part time employees)
• Group pension scheme, matching contributions of up to 8%
• Life assurance scheme, up to the state pension age
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Enhanced sick pay, rising with service
• Access to blue light and charity worker discounts
• Free Parking

Health & Wellbeing

• The Hub Wellness Support
• Eligibility for flu vaccine
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Cycle to work scheme

Professional Development

All staff complete a comprehensive induction programme which includes statutory and mandatory e-learning as well as training that is tailored to the individual’s need. All staff and volunteers should also attend an induction day.

Regular training and personal development opportunities, with internal career progression being a focal point of team growth

This post is subject to a Disclose and Barring Service (DBS) check.

We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role, this may be earlier than the closing date.

If you have not heard within 14 days of the application close date, then please consider that your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

As part of your application your data will be managed in line with St Giles Hospice Privacy Policy and kept for 6 months. If you would like to see this in full, please visit https://www.stgileshospice.com/privacy-policy/

Should you require any further information, please email: [email protected]

1)      I confirm that the above information is complete and correct and that any untrue or misleading information will give St Giles Hospice the right to terminate any contract of employment offered.

2)      I agree that St Giles Hospice may reserve the right to require me to undergo a medical examination. In addition, I agree that this information may be retained in my personal file during my employment and for six years thereafter and understand that information will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act (2018).

3)      I agree that should I be successful in this application, an application will be made to the Disclosure & Barring Service/Criminal Justice Information Service (Scotland) for Disclosure. I understand that should the disclosure not be to the satisfaction of the hospice any offer of employment may be withdrawn or my employment terminated.

We make every subject of a DBS check aware of the existence of the Code of Practice and make a copy available on request

Prospective employees will be advised that a criminal record will not automatically exclude them from being appointed.

Information provided by you on this form will be filed for six months and then destroyed if you are not successful.