Clinical Operational Manager- West Kent Rehab

We are looking for a Clinical Operational Manager to join our West Kent Rehab Team. This is a role working half from home and half from a KCHFT site. As a result of a review of the organisational structure of rehab and therapies has been reviewed, this exciting post has been created! You will be accountable and reasonable for are WK community rehab (including MDT therapists), WK falls and WK community neuro teams. The vision is that a clinical operational manager for the West Kent footprint supports visible leadership , an improved ability to engage with staff more flexibly and to be more responsive to service demand as an increase in demand is a major challenge we face. It also allows you to be fully involved across the HCP such as frailty and intermediate care transformation projects. In turn this all feeds into achieve our organisational ambitions. The post is based from home but visible leadership across the 3 sites is expected. You will be part of the wider rehab & therapy leadership team which includes the clinical operational managers for community hospital therapy teams, adult speech & language therapy, community adult dietetics and HEN, oncology and paediatric dietetics as well as the East Kent rehab & neuro rehab counterparts. You will work collaboratively with EK counterparts to reduce the variation in service delivery, wherever contractually possible, and ensure sharing of good practice across rehab and therapies. Main duties of the job You will hold overall responsibility and accountability for operational management of West Kent community rehab team, community neuro rehab team and falls service. You'll work with clinical operational managers of EK community rehab, EK community neuro team and community hospital therapists to ensure seamless care and equitable service provision as far as local commissions deviation allows. You'll establish and maintain strong links with primary and secondary care, social services, service users and other providers that support continuous service development and be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of care within services including meeting contracted and clinically optimal waiting time. Working for our organisation Rated outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments.

Degree in Nursing or AHP profession Desirable criteria Management qualification qualification Essential criteria Management experience Desirable criteria Project management experience experience Essential criteria Evidence of enhanced clinical skills.,

• Experience of working in clinical or management capacity in
• Neurology
• Frailty
• Falls
• Urgent response
experience Essential criteria Demonstrable experience of working across traditional boundaries. Desirable criteria Experience of managing staff through sickness, disciplinary or capability processes Experience Essential criteria Management of a range of professional groups in different settings Desirable criteria Contribution to regional or national policy change experience Essential criteria Proven ability to function well as part of a team. skills Essential criteria Ability to blur boundaries and move between acute and community settings, and specialities in community settings. skills Essential criteria Ability to make decisions and deal with conflict. skills Essential criteria Ability to interpret very complex written and statistical information. skills Essential criteria Ability to develop policy and practice frameworks as requested.

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