Service Manager for Community Stroke Team

Service Manager for Community Stroke Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen to joinUniversity Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group as Service Manager for our Countywide Community Stroke Team (CST) - a nationally recognised, high-performing service delivering life-changing rehabilitation across Northamptonshire.

This is a senior leadership role for an ambitious, values-driven manager who thrives on service transformation, partnership working and operational leadership and who is motivated by making a tangible difference to the lives of stroke survivors and their families.

We are seeking a confident, credible leader who combines stroke expertise with strong operational and people leadership skills.

You will bring:

• Senior NHS experience, ideally within stroke, rehabilitation or complex community services
• A professional background in AHP, Nursing or Health Sciences
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing performance
• Strong financial, governance and strategic capability
• The ability to influence across organisational and system boundaries
• A leadership style that is inclusive, compassionate and accountable
• The confidence to challenge outdated practice, innovate and lead change

Above all, you will share our commitment to excellence, integrity, courage and compassion and believe that great leadership transforms patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

AsService Manager, you will have full operational and strategic responsibility for the Countywide Community Stroke Team, leading a large multidisciplinary workforce delivering specialist stroke rehabilitation in the community.

You will:

• Provide strong, visible and inspirational leadership to a diverse MDT
• Hold budgetary responsibility, shaping financially sustainable services
• Drive quality, governance and performance, including SSNAP outcomes
• Lead service development, transformation and innovation
• Work in close partnership with the Stroke Clinical Lead and Divisional Leadership (Triumvirate)
• Represent the Trust at regional and national stroke forums
• Champion patient-centred, integrated care across health, social care and the voluntary sector

You will balance operational grip with strategic thinking, managing complexity while keeping patients, staff and quality at the centre of every decision.

About us

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.

Person Specification Educations, Training and Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in nursing, AHP or health sciences
• Further stroke specific training to Postgraduate Degree level or equivalent
• Masters level qualification in relevant subject area or working towards
• Evidence of involvement in stroke research

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of post registration specialist stroke experience
• Experience of assessing and treating stroke patients with various needs
• Experience of independently managing a varied caseload of clients
• Experience of working with SSNAP and stroke data outcomes
• Experience of service development in a stroke setting
• Experience of service development in a stroke setting

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

• To be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal, in relation to clinical work and administrative responsibilities.
• To be self-motivated and self-directing and able to motivate others
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• To demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from reflections
• Able to travel around Northamptonshire between clients' homes and to transport equipment required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire

£57,528 to £64,750 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern Reference number

200-MED

Job locations

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire