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Head of Community Palliative Care Services

Employer
Finegreen
Location
Central London
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
19 Mar 2025
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Sector
Voluntary & Charity
Job Type
Contract
Category
Nursing

Job Details

Finegreen are currently supporting a large healthcare organisation in the appointment of a senior clinical professional, to provide leadership and day to day management of the community palliative care team to ensure the service delivers high quality patient care across the community.

Key Responsibilities:
  • As part of the management team, responsibilities include overall accountability for the Integrated Community Palliative Care Team, providing operational and strategic business planning and leadership of the services, dealing with all practice issues, making sure deadlines are met;
  • The post holder is responsible is for managing key performance indicators (KPIs) and service measures ensuring high-quality patient care is delivered;
  • Motivating and managing the community palliative care team including nurses, healthcare assistants, Clinic and outreach staff including Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) and community engagement leading on the management of the shared community caseload;
  • Working to continuously build and improve relationships, communication and teamwork with health service providers across the hospice and externally, including GPs and hospitals, raising awareness of the organisation and what we do by representing Community Palliative Care at appropriate meetings and promoting its function both internally and externally;
  • Ensuring regulatory compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards and key lines of enquiry; implementing and monitoring action plans as required for internal CQC audits and Leadership walkabouts, complex complaints and incidents;
  • Ensuring risks are regularly reviewed / communicated with staff and identifying areas where improvement is required; contributing to Serious Untoward Incidents or Duty of Candour incident investigations and investigating complex complaints and concerns related to the community, or other services, as required.
Ideal candidate:
  • Must hold current registration to the NMC as a Nurse; advantageous if you have a post grad in the area of community nursing or palliative care;
  • Demonstrated track record of managing multidisciplinary team within a community setting;
  • Understanding of life limiting illnesses and pathways related within adult based care.
If you are interested in the role, please contact Donna Larder on 0161 241 9674 or send your CV to donna.larder@finegreen.co.uk

Company

Put simply, we help our clients to recruit the best possible people to lead, manage and direct their organisations. Since launching in 2005 we have become an award winning, market-leading consultancy focusing on both public and private sector Healthcare recruitment. 

Leadership skills have rarely been at such a premium - as organisations across both public and private sectors attempt to improve services and standards at a time of widespread change and unprecedented financial constraints.

Like other leading executive recruiters, Finegreen has developed a pool of talent built up over many years, along with established networks, to ensure that right-match candidates get to hear about relevant positions. Where Finegreen differs from many others, is in its willingness to spend quality time with clients - to gain an in-depth knowledge of roles being filled and their importance to an organisation.

Over the last 17 years in the Healthcare market, Finegreen has developed into a Virgin Fast Track top 100 company - and was voted Recruiter of the Year at the Health Investor Awards, Top small to medium sized business at the Best Business Awards, and featured in Recruiter’s Top 10 Public Sector Recruitment providers.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0345 130 4006
Location
Finegreen
Manchester
Lancashire
M12 6JH
United Kingdom

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