Service Manager, Children's Special Schools Nursing & Therapies
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or AHP
- Certificate/diploma in management or relevant demonstrable experience
- Evidence of CPD leading to demonstrable personal development of high clinical skills
- Postgraduate education
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in teaching and training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Consolidated experience in managing and appraising staff
- Experience of clinical audit and evaluation
- Experience of managing change on a range of service related projects
- Experience of managing health and safety in the workplace
- Experience of recruitment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of investigating incidents and presenting at disciplinary hearings
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable understanding of clinical issues relating to NHS Practice
- Understanding of complexities and issues related to the local health economy
- Awareness of current NHS trends and policies including clinical governance and NSFs
- Awareness of health and safety
- Understanding of financial procedures and budgetary management
- Excellent clinical leadership skills
- Experience of conflict management
- Effective communication skills
- Excellent command of English, both written and verbal
- Presentation skills
- Networking skills
- Good time management
- Intermediate IT skills
- Creative and innovative approach to development
- Ability to prioritise and work independently
- Ability to respond flexibly to differing daily demands
- Innovative thinker
- Ability to produce high quality reports
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Flexible, enthusiastic and ability to use initiative
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Trustworthy, confident and friendly
- Confident in relating to a diversity of people and situations
- Flexible, enthusiastic and approachable
- Good attention to detail
- Willingness to ask for and take advice
- Ability to make decisions, using available evidence where necessary
- Commitment to team work
- Commitment to high standards of care
- Commitment to personal and professional development
General
Desirable criteria
- Car driver with full valid driving licence and access to a vehicle required regularly for business purposes
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.
Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- Service Manager, Special Schools Nursing and Therapies Band 8a (PDF, 512.3KB)
- DBS Policy (PDF, 101.1KB)
- We're here to care (DOC, 39.0KB)