Clinical Service Manager

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Are you an experienced clinical leader looking for an opportunity to shape the future of community-based urgent and acute care?

Were looking for an experienced Clinical Service Manager to provide strategic, operational and clinical leadership across our Swale Virtual Ward and Urgent Community Response services.

This is an influential role with the opportunity to lead services that help prevent avoidable hospital admissions, support earlier discharge and enable more people to receive high-quality care within their usual place of residence.

Youll take responsibility for the safe and effective day-to-day delivery of both services while also looking ahead, developing pathways, building partnerships and identifying opportunities to transform how care is delivered.

Leading a multidisciplinary workforce including Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Registered Nurses and Healthcare Assistants, youll create an environment where colleagues are supported to develop, innovation is encouraged and patient safety and quality remain at the centre of decision-making.

You wont be working in isolation. Collaboration is fundamental to this position. Youll build strong relationships across primary care, ambulance services, acute and community services, Adult Social Care and other system partners to ensure patients can move seamlessly between services and receive the right care at the right time.

For an experienced clinical leader who can combine strategic thinking with strong operational delivery, this is an opportunity to make a significant difference to both patient outcomes and the wider health and care system.

As our Clinical Service Manager for Virtual Ward and Clinical Lead for Urgent Community Response (UCR) Nursing in Swale, youll have the opportunity to lead and shape services that are at the heart of delivering more care closer to home.

This is a key senior leadership position with responsibility for the clinical, operational and strategic delivery of our Virtual Ward and UCR services. Youll lead multidisciplinary teams, develop integrated pathways and work closely with partners across health and social care to deliver safe, responsive and high-quality services for our patients.

You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 8a salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases, as well as cashback and voucher offers
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face-to-face support with your mental and physical wellbeing, including career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas that can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care
• The opportunity to have a genuine influence on the development of community-based urgent care and Virtual Ward services

As Clinical Service Manager, you will:

• Provide visible strategic, operational and clinical leadership across the Virtual Ward and UCR services
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams, including Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Registered Nurses and Healthcare Assistants
• Maintain oversight of safe, effective and responsive day-to-day service delivery
• Drive the development of community pathways that support admission avoidance, early supported discharge and care closer to home
• Lead the continued development and integration of Virtual Ward, UCR and frailty pathways
• Work collaboratively with acute hospitals, Primary Care, ambulance services, community teams, Adult Social Care and other partners to create seamless patient pathways
• Monitor service performance, patient outcomes and experience, identifying opportunities for improvement
• Maintain effective clinical governance, risk management and quality assurance across the services
• Lead and support investigations relating to incidents, complaints and safeguarding concerns, ensuring learning is translated into improvements
• Drive continuous quality improvement and support the implementation of evidence-based practice
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, retention and succession planning, developing a skilled and sustainable workforce
• Provide professional leadership, coaching and support to senior clinicians and the wider multidisciplinary team
• Manage delegated budgets and ensure resources are used effectively to deliver high-quality, sustainable services
• Balance strategic service development with the demands of a fast-paced operational environment
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, influencing across organisational and professional boundaries
• Champion innovation and transformation while maintaining patient safety, clinical quality and a positive experience for patients and colleagues

Youll be an experienced and credible clinical leader who can bring together clinical expertise, operational management and strategic thinking.

Youll be comfortable leading complex services and multidisciplinary teams while building strong relationships across organisational boundaries. Youll understand the pressures facing urgent and community care and be passionate about developing services that enable more people to receive safe, effective care closer to home.

You will have:

• Professional registration as a Registered Healthcare Professional with ...