Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent role available or a 12 month Secondment opportunity
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 201-24-168-B
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital, Isles of Scilly
- Town
- St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Hospital/Community Manager - Isles of Scilly
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
This is a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring Nurse/AHP who is already in a Band 6 role or above. Our community are passionate about the care they receive locally and therefore we are looking for an individual who will continue to develop responsive, safe, caring and committed community and hospital services whilst leading an integrated team from the front.
St Mary’s Hospital is a site set on an island, which provides community hospital services for the local population. The community hospital service has a total of 10 inpatient beds. It also has a Minor Injuries Department, an X-Ray facility, Outpatient treatment facilities, a Dental Department, a Therapy Department and is supported by a busy Primary Care Service and Nursing Home on the island.
Working in partnership and sharing responsibility for the day-to-day management of the patients, visitors, site and staff, you will be responsible for ensuring good standards of infection prevention and control, privacy and dignity, cleanliness and health and safety to meet the standards required by the Care Quality Commission and NICE Guidelines. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate developing leadership skills, people management skills, communication skills and a commitment to improving the quality of services for patients and carers.
**Permanent role or a 12 month secondment opportunity available**
Relocation package available and a possibility of one bedroom accommodation on the island.
Main duties of the job
An Island Living Allowance of 5% of the salary will be paid to any successful applicant resident on the island. Relocation expenses will also be considered. This post is needed to provide strong leadership to support a diverse integrated workforce as the plan, which is in place for the future of the Health Services on the island, will see roles integrating with community and Adult Social Care (ASC) services.
To continue to develop a responsive, safe, caring and committed community and Hospital Health service provision whilst leading an integrated team from the front
To provide managerial and clinical leadership to the nursing, therapy, community and support staff.
To manage the daily running of the Minor Injury Unit (MIU), Hospital Ward and Community ensuring effective staff rostering and skill mix.
To ensure the delivery of high quality evidence based patient care within the guidelines of Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) policies and procedures.
To promote effective communication and partnership working with all members of the multi-disciplinary and inter-agency teams including medical staff, patients, ASC, carers and the wider community, Commissioners and Voluntary Sector.
To ensure effective management of MIU, Ward and Community resources as budget holder for the hospital.
To support and deputise for the Modern Matron.
To work flexibly with peers and managers in the Locality, prioritising resources as required.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Professional registration e.g NMC, HCPC
- Mentorship Qualification or equivalent
- Education - Degree in relevant subject or appropriate experience
- Recognised senior management training/Masters qualification
- Substantial experience working at a senior level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience working at a senior level
- Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary staff team
- Experience of managing budgets and challenging financial targets
- Experience of engaging patients and users
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good level of verbal and written communication skills.
- IT literate including ability to use Work; Excel; Databases competently
- Ability to approach problems from a business perspective, identifying service opportunities and improvements
- Ability to build and develop teams of people to provide strong leadership to support a diverse integrated workforce
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lynda McHale
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825732251
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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