Locality Clinical Manager- Adult Learning Disability

Job overview

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us. We believe in treating the whole person, not just the condition.

We have an opportunity for a qualified and skilled Locality Clinical Manager to join our Ashford, Canterbury & Coastal Learning Disability Team.

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

To be responsible for the effective leadership, management, delivery and development of the community learning disability team (CLDT), including LD nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, assistant practitioners, and healthcare assistants, in a designated locality. To work with the Head of Service to ensure service development and delivery is in line with KCHFT’s strategic and business objectives; and with national and local policy and regulatory standards, e.g. CQC.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application.  We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

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.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is 17th March 2025, although this may be subject to change.