Job summary***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***The post holder will be a key member of the Learning Disability Services Leadership Team and will contribute to the overall management of those services.
The post holder will represent the clinical professions across the Learning Disabilities locality based services and will be responsible for driving forward and innovating robust evidence based practice in the delivery and development of the multidisciplinary services.
The post holder will be accountable to the Business Unit Service Manager (SM) and will have lead responsibility for the first line management and co-ordination of multi professional Community Learning Disability Teams.
Main duties of the jobDirect management responsibility for a multi-disciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical staff within a business unit.
Budgetary responsibilities: to manage and control a delegated budget for the multidisciplinary clinical service circa £2.4 million, determining and actioning cost improvement programmes and ensuring financial balance is achieved.
About usBe Part of Our Team...BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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Job responsibilitiesFor further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person SpecificationQualifications/TrainingEssential- Relevant Clinical Degree and post registration qualification in relevant subject area
- HCPC or NMC Registration.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including attendance and completion of post graduate courses relevant to own specialty
- Post graduate qualification in healthcare management or equivalent experience.
Desirable- Leadership Qualification
- Change management qualification
- Knowledge of and understanding of Finance
ExperienceEssential- Demonstrate both managerial and clerical skills in previous post.
- To show an understanding and means of managing the effective use of resources.
- Significant experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, which reflect a full range of clients who have complex learning disability and/or mental ill health needs.
- Significant experience of working in a clinical setting
- Significant experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of leading clinical governance in clinical area, including risk management, patient experience and audit
- Significant Experience of management and leadership within multidisciplinary teams
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS developments, policies and priorities in relation to healthcare.
Skills/KnowledgeEssential- Implementing complex change in a clinical setting.
- Excellent decision making and problem solving skills.
- Show vision for developing long-term planning, setting long and short-term objectives for self and the service.
- To have good inter-personal skills /emotional intelligence
- The ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, information to clients, their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to work in partnership across agencies and services
- Ability to manage and deal effectively with crises/prioritise
- Keyboard skills in use of Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint to design, create and input to complex spreadsheets, reports and databases
Desirable- Ability to manage within a delegated budget
- Customer Care training
Personal QualitiesEssential- Flexible and adaptable.
- Willingness to develop self and other team members.
- Ability to act as a role model.
- Confident and approachable manner.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
