Care Home and Frailty Service Lead

The Care Home & Frailty Service Lead

will be responsible for the general day to day running and management of the

Care Home & Frailty Service. The

role will involve independent and autonomous working as well as working

cohesively as part of a team.

We are looking for someone who has had

previous leadership/management experience and has excellent organisational and

communications skills as well as a high level of competency using Microsoft

Office products and computers. The

successful candidate will have the ability to liaise with staff at all levels

and work effectively as part of a team. A

strong commitment to personal and professional development and teamwork are

essential for this role.

Please refer to Job Description attached to this advert for full details.

Key Duties

Ensuring

the Care Home & Frailty Service team work efficiently and effectively to

provide a high quality service to the care homes and their residents working in

line with the commissioned service contracts and team KPI's.

To

plan, allocate and monitor the workloads for the team ensuring all

professionals receive appropriate support and supervision.

To

create and update reports on predicted activity against actual activity.

To

perform staff appraisals and one-to-ones to mentor and support the team.

To

conduct return to work interviews.

To evident

that the team are clinically competent and safe to perform the duties of their

job role (may require support from Clinical Mentor).

To

log and create significant learning events as and when they happen following

the correct process.

To

help support the team in building and maintaining relationships with outside

organisations (e.g. the Care Homes).

To chair

and record accurate minutes of meetings, ensuring that these are sent out to

the relevant people in a timely manner.

To

sign off on annual leave and study requests.

Ensuring the Practice Managers of SMP and HMC are

aware of any matters arising or problems / potential problems.

We are a friendly, forward thinking and supporting Medical Practice with a large clinical team consisting of GPs, Nurses, Nurse Associates, HCAs, Pharmacists, a Pharmacy Technician, and a First Contact Physiotherapist.

Qualifications

Knowledge

Experience

Skilla

Qualities