Job summary
Employer heading
Network Manager – Cleft Lip & Palate Service and Paediatric Plastics
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the Cleft.NET.East team as a Band 7 Network Manager.
The Cleft team here at CUH is one of nine specialised cleft services across England and Wales. We are a regional network committed to providing high quality care to children, adults and their families affected by clefts, who live in the East of England.
The post holder will support the management and day to day running of the Cleft Lip & Palate regional clinical network across the East of England.
They will work with the team to ensure compliance with the service specification and to be responsible for coordinating the Governance meetings for the entire network.
If you are enthusiastic, a team player, and passionate about improving the Cleft.NET.East and Paediatric Plastic Surgery services then we look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the management and day to day running of the Cleft Lip & Palate regional clinical network across the East of England.
To work with the team to ensure compliance with the service specification and to be responsible for coordinating the Governance meetings for the entire network.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 28th July 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 5th August 2024
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Evidence of Continuous professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in health service management
Experience
Essential criteria
- Success in working collaboratively across professions and services
- Demonstrable success in planning and managing change
- Demonstrable success in managing capacity and demand
- Service planning
- Budgetary management experience
- Knowledge and effective management of patient access targets
- Project management experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- The importance of successful partnership working
- Principles of lifelong learning
- Understanding of Quality Systems
- Workforce planning, recruitment and retention
- Patient and public involvement
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership and ability to motivate and empower others
- Excellent communication and analytical skills including: o inter-personal skills o liaison and negotiation skills o writing and presentation skills o data interpretation skills
- Influencing clinicians and managers for service improvement
- Budget and resource management
- Risk management
- Developing and implementing policies, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
- Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
- Positive and effective team worker
- Well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to motivate and enthuse teams and individuals
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness to work anywhere in the Trust and to travel, on occasions, within the region and nationally
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nathan King
- Job title
- Deputy Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 256311
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