Head of Service - Adult Learning Disability

Job overview

Secondment Opportunity - 9 months with possible short term extension. We would welcome expressions of interest from those seeking to progress their career and/or broaden exposure by working within a new therapeutic area through this secondment opportunity.

We are seeking a passionate individual to fill the role of Head of Service leading our Adult Learning Disabilities Service across the county.

The Community Learning Disability Team works with people who have learning disabilities and health conditions that need specialist care.  The key aim is to reduce health inequalities by helping people overcome barriers to good health.

The multi-disciplinary team provide specialist health advice to people with learning disabilities, their carers, families and the wider health and social care community. The team can provide community nursing care, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, vision and hearing support and speech and language therapy.

Main duties of the job

As Head of Service you will be responsible for the safe and effective operational management of Adult Learning Disability Services; advocating for our clients; ensuring that delivery of high-quality provision is sustained through the period of wider system service change presented by the Clinical Service Review (CSR).

The CSR review will necessitate a move to place level provision and you will play a key role in ensuring that the perspective of this service is reflected moving forward whilst supporting your teams through this transformational period.

For more information about this role and our service please call Clive Tracey on 07950 603228 who will be happy to have an informal chat with you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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