Head of Community Services - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Primary Care 24

Primary Care 24

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you have previous senior management experience within a healthcare setting? Are you looking to join a growing social enterprise with great benefits including an NHS pension and NHS car fleet scheme? Primary Care 24 (PC24) are excited to share the position of Head of Community Services.

The Head of Community Services is responsible for the effective management of PC24s community services which currently include Intermediate Care Beds, Asylum Initial Assessment Service and Primary Care Streaming.

This portfolio will also be responsible for additional services such as wider system mutual aid initiatives and local pilots which tend to be reactive and requires set up at short notice.

As our Head of Community Services, you will be responsible for providing senior operational leadership and oversight of day-to-day service delivery for all PC24 services within your portfolio.

Accountability will include oversight of safe and effective staff rostering across your service area, managing your allocated financial budget, complying with contractual requirements and managing your people.

You will be responsible for maintaining relationships with key stakeholders such as local commissioners and service delivery partners.

Key responsibilities

To work closely with responsible managers to ensure the day to day efficient and effective operational management of PC24 services
Embed and monitor the achievement of the organization's objectives and business plan to lead on the delivery of safe, caring and effective services
Lead on professional and specialist knowledge of the services and the requirements of delivery
Contribute to decisions regarding service delivery through participation at meetings with both internal and external stakeholders
Maintain a high level of understanding of all service contracts and service specifications
Monitor performance exceptions and ensure areas of underperformance are actively managed and escalated as required
Manage the financial budget performance to ensure it achieves the agreed financial targets and take corrective action as appropriate

About you

Previous senior management experience within a healthcare setting minimum 3 years' experience
Experience of working with and influencing others to lead service redesign projects
Educated to degree level or equivalent experience working as a senior manager
Evidence of continuous professional development
Good understanding of resource planning methods
Ability to analyse complex data and translate into a service delivery context
Leadership attributes, acting as a role model with the ability to assess others' skills, coach and develop personnel where appropriate

What's on offer?

Permanent opportunity

- £46,602 - £50,000 per annum, DOE, plus 3% on call allowance

Located in Wavertree, Liverpool L13 with travel required across sites
NHS pension scheme
27 days annual leave
NHS car fleet scheme
Casual dress working environment
Ride to work scheme

About us
Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively.

The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff.

We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities.

We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.

Hours
37.5 hours per week

Closing date: 11th February, 17:00

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£46,602.00-£50,000.00 per year

Benefits: