About the role
The Transfer of Care Team is seeking a bright, talented, and dynamic individual to fill the role of Service Manager. We are committed to high quality service delivery and development and improving the patient's experience, reducing length of stay and ensuring patients are discharged in a safe and timely manner. You should have previous experience in this area, which you are able to clearly demonstrate.
The role will work across 3 Acute Hospitals Addenbrookes (Cambridge), Hinchingbrooke (Huntingdon) and Peterborough City Hospital. We also support 5 Inpatient Rehabilitation centres across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The role is hybrid with a work base of either Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon) or 28 Long Road, Cambridge (next to Addenbrookes)
For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Head of Service Carol Bargewell on 07917091105
Interviews will be held in person on 3rd August.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
Key area of responsibility will be the operational management of day-to-day hospital discharge and supporting the 5 Team Managers and Head of Service across sites in the achievement and maintenance of discharge performance and targets.
You will report to the Head of Service and be instrumental in the planning and development of systems and processes to support our residents being discharged from hospital.
The environment is dynamic, fast paced and challenging and you will require a high attention to detail as well as being able to work under pressure. In return you would be part of a fantastic team with a strong support structure
About you
You will be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
Personal resilience, drive, focus and the ability to work to tight deadlines are essential requirements. The role would ideally suit someone with experience of discharge processes, with knowledge of sector pressures and desirable experience in operational management.
You will need to have strong inter-personal skills and be able to influence and motivate others and to support people through service improvement and transformational change.
You will be able to work as part of a team as well as demonstrating the ability to be able to work independently, with some previous management experience.
Being able to think innovatively and communicate effectively with a wide range of departments, teams and agencies is essential.
Fully proficient at using IT systems, with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and associated office packages and the ability to use these packages to manipulate data and produce reports.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description and Person Specification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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