Head of Service

The Integrated Independence Team practitioners and clinicians maintain a strong and visible profile within the hospital, but especially within the busy Emergency Department, the Acute Care Unit and the older adults ward. Our MDTs are held weekly for both Home Treatment and Rapid Response and are all Geriatrician-led ensuring the best possible overview and planning for the patients we are proud to serve.
The postholder will:
+ Support the work of the whole service and provide supervision and guidance to the two team leads and senior social worker
+ Seek new opportunities for development and improvement of the service
+ Lead on the proactive engagement with commissioners and ensure the relationship with the local authority remains positive and productive
+ Ensure performance and quality reporting is undertaken with accuracy and to manage the complex funding and budgetary arrangement effectively
+ Advise on practice and complex clinical, social or practice issues in line with own professional registration, The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
General Guidance for Applicants
Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.
Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.
If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.
Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that the last CQC - Care QualityCommission rating for Homerton Hospital was the highest possible rating of "Outstanding"
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

This is an excellent opportunity to lead on the management and ongoing development of a highly successful integrated multi-disciplinary service, offering Intermediate care and Reablement to residents of City and Hackney.
The Integrated Independence Team is well established and offers a range of interventions through its multiple integrated therapy-led pathways of Rapid Response and Home Treatment, as well as a mobile "morning falls" service and the care delivery services of Reablement (which is delivered on behalf of the local authority) and Rapid Care.
Working across all pathways an undertaking duties under the Care Act is our integrated social work sub-team, employed by London Borough of Hackney. Developments in 2024 have included the unique Paramedic-GP service "Paradoc" becoming an integrated pathway of the service, and the development of a new nurse-led Frailty Virtual Ward. Our efficient Single Point of Access for hospital discharge helps ensure we meet our KPIs month-on-month for response times and outcomes, and supports the Homerton achieve some of the most successful patient flow results in the country.