South West Spinal Cord Injury Network Manager

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to support transformational change, quality improvements and value by using effective and sustainable approaches to improve the quality and experience for patients receiving spinal cord injury care within the Network geography.

This role has leadership and management responsibility for the Spinal Cord Injury Operational Delivery Network (ODN) in the Southwest (including that part of the South East region covered by the Wessex Major Trauma Centre, which also comprises part of the catchment of the Salisbury Spinal Injuries Centre). It is advertised on a 0.5 WTE basis and hosted by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, but is suitable to be fulfilled on a remote working basis, with some requirement for occasional travel across the network area.

Main duties of the job

This role will involve complex negotiation, be required to influence leadership discussions and lead on the management and co-ordination of the network by understanding current pan-network service provision, support the strategic development of spinal care throughout the region and build a commitment to partnership working; which will improve and align spinal cord injury services, achieving sustainable, efficient and effective services which meet high-quality standards and indicators capable of meeting all NHS statutory and regulatory requirements.

The post holder, alongside the Clinical Director, will set strategic direction and the operational management for the ODN by way of leading the network team and ensuring partnership working across key constituent stakeholders, to promote system and network ambitions, achieving the agreed annual priorities and delivery of key work programme objectives; ultimately demonstrating measurement and oversight with clear, evidenced outcomes and benefits for patients and their care.

This post will require the post holder to influence and inform workstreams across a regional footprint and build on the positive work to date including whole pathway reviews for specific elective and emergency pathways. Therefore, this post would be of interest to individuals who want to improve the care of whole populations along specific condition pathways, in addition to those who have an interest in stakeholder engagement and relationship building.

• Degree in relevant clinical or management subject
• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant change management experience at service or organisational level

• Project and / or programme experience, involving multiple stakeholders Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with Spinal Cord Injury services

• Experience of working across organisational boundaries or within a network arrangement Knowledge Essential criteria

• Evidence of specialist knowledge of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and the implications for engagement

• Evidence of specialist knowledge regarding the relationship between the Department of Health and individual provider and commissioning organisations Skills Essential criteria

• Ability to build strong working relationships, underpinned by strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options and to receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and present the same to large and influential groups

• Ability to develop Quality Improvement schemes and to develop and monitor metrics to ensure delivery of desired outcomes

• Ability to write successful service development proposals and business cases Desirable criteria

• Advanced data management and IT skills

• Demonstrated capability to plan over a short, medium and long term and to adjust plans and resource requirements as necessary

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme., * Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff

• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior / Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want. Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa eg those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff. We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as : Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.