We are seeking an experienced manager to support the operational management of our Home First teams in Greenwich.

Home First aims to address the increasing demands on local health and care services due to an ageing population and multiple co-morbidities. Many people, especially older people and those with a long-term illness, require regular health and care in both acute and community settings. The vision for the Home First approach is for high-quality, flexible, safe, holistic and rapid interventions which provide a real alternative to hospital care.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Adult Community Physical Health Service Manager for Home First (Greenwich), the post holder will be responsible for the management, leadership and supervision of the teams constituting the Home First services. This is an integrated role working across both health and social care and the teams have multiple pathways to prevent hospital admission and promote early hospital discharge, with the Joint Emergency Team and Community Rehabilitation and short term assessment teams being central to this approach. The services utilise remote monitoring technology and we are currently building an assistive technology enabled care service with The Royal Borough of Greenwich.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description, main responsibilities and role requirements

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing health/social care or other people related service
• Management of resourced (both people and financial) with a good track record of change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans
• Experience of producing high quality reports

Desirable

• Experience of managing a diverse team (multi-site)
• Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to present highly complex and emotive information clearly and openly with staff
• Ability to analyse and interpret performance and financial information
• Awareness and understanding of the Health & Social Care Act

Desirable

• Ability to see through tasks to their successful conclusion within timescales and budgets
• Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account
• Good understanding of the political landscape and challenges in which health and social care operate

Effort and Environment

Essential

• Resilient and self-motivated with drive and vision , a can do attitude and is able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities

Other requirements

Essential

• Mobility to travel across sites
• Demonstrate a commitment to respecting and displaying the Trust's values at all times

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree/diploma level or equivalent experience
• Post graduate qualification to masters or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level
• Evidence of management and leadership development

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Woolwich Centre

35 Wellington Street

London

SE18 6HQ

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