Job overview

We are looking for an experienced clinical leader to oversee our Wound Clinic Service. This is a countywide service, with around 130 staff and a budget of approximately £6m. It is an exciting time to join the service as it is going through a period of expansion.

We are looking for applicants with an appropriate clinical registration and significant leadership experience, ideally gained through managing a comparable service in terms of scale and complexity. Applicants will require an understanding of wound care, including the National Wound Care Strategy.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities include:

To be operational, clinically and professionally responsible for the quality standards and clinical improvement within the service.

To be responsible for the clinical effectiveness of the service, ensuring the delivery of high quality, patient centred, integrated, cost effective care across the service, having leadership responsibility for the teams.

To be responsible for the provision, co-ordination, and development of services, interpreting relevant policies and working with the General Manager to promote and foster partnership working across the Derbyshire system with commissioners, Primary Care Networks and other key stakeholders.

To provide operational leadership to the relevant clinical teams and team leaders and be responsible for the development and implementation of quality and performance monitoring arrangements.

To effectively apply a matrix approach across the organisation when developing quality outcomes, the core capabilities, knowledge and attitudes when considering care delivery.

Working for our organisation

We employ approximately 4,400 people, making us one of the largest providers of specialist community health services in the country. We serve a patient population of more than 1.1 million people across Derbyshire and Derby and have an annual budget of £200mn.

We became a standalone NHS organisation in 2011 and a Foundation Trust with greater autonomy from 2014. We were subsequently rated ‘Outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission in September 2019. We’re now integral to the Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) partnership of health and social care organisations working ever more closely as an Integrated Care System. 

We care for patients across a wide range of services and locations, including 10 community hospital and 28 health centres. We also deliver care from patients’ own homes, GP practices, schools and care homes. Our digital transformation programme and contemporary ways of working mean we’re also able to deliver high quality virtual care via remote consultations, where clinically appropriate.  

Our own staff ranked us third best nationally in 'Britain's Healthiest Workplaces' survey (large organisations category).

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) is one of the largest providers of specialist community healthcare in England and we currently employ around 4,500 staff.  We deliver a variety of services across Derbyshire, caring for nearly 1.8 million patients each year.

We deliver patient care through 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres and a learning disability centre.  Another key part of our service is out in the community where we care for people in their own homes via therapists, health visitors and district nurses, and promoting public health in the wider community.  As a Trust we care for patients of all ages with a special focus on the needs of elderly people and the very young.

DCHS has been recognised as a top 10 NHS organisation to work for in the UK by the Health Service Journal and NHS Employers in their Best Places to Work 2015 campaign.  The Trust is also the runner-up in the category for the best NHS community trust employer.

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Our vision “to be the best provider of local healthcare and to be a great place to work”

Our values:

1) To get the basics right
2) To act with compassion and respect
3) To make a difference
4) To value and develop teamwork
5) To value everyone’s contribution because everyone matters

The majority of our locations offer free parking facilities for staff.

We will communicate with you regarding your application via email so please check your email account on a regular basis.  If using hotmail, MSN or yahoo email accounts please check your 'junk/spam' mail regularly.

If you require any support in completing the application form please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team,   01332 564856, option 1, option 1  or   [email protected]  and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please note - if we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. 

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service 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.