Job summary
- Main area
- PES
- Grade
- Band 8B
- Contract
- 1 x Permanent 1 x Fixed Term until April 2025
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 242-4374-LR
- Employer
- North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CAM North/South
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Sector Manager (ES)
Band 8B
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our minimum selection criteria at each stage of the selection process. We will not tolerate discrimination on any of the following: gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, working pattern, caring responsibilities trade union activity or political beliefs-or any other grounds.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of staff from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. We encourage applications from all backgrounds to improve the diversity of our workforce and to better reflect the communities we serve to provide the right care, at the right time, in the right place; every time.
The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a large number of applications are received.
Due to the volume of applications received for our advertisements, we will only contact those candidates shortlisted for interview via email; we aim to do this within 4 weeks of the closing date. If you do not receive the email, it will be that you have not been shortlisting on this occasion. When applying for this position, it is essential that you read the job description and person specification fully. Please use the supporting information space to demonstrate your ability to undertake this role, drawing on your skills, knowledge and experience.
We also offers a range of excellent benefits including a pension scheme, up to 33 days Annual leave (exclusive of bank holidays), training and development opportunities, access to NHS discounts, Car Lease Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, NHS Mortgages and Childcare Vouchers.
Job overview
Paramedic Emergency Services Sector Manager
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Band: 8b plus on call allowance
Location: Cheshire & Merseyside (North & South Sectors)
CAM North – Permanent, CAM South – Fixed Term (April 2025)
Job Type: Permanent & Fixed Term Posts
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Cheshire & Merseyside PES Operations Team in the role of Sector Manager. Reporting to the Head of Operations, the Sector Manager will be accountable for the effective planning and delivery of operational performance and clinical quality to patients within a specified Sector. Responsible for the effective management and leadership of all frontline and administrative staff within the Sector ensuring Trust objectives and targets are met. responsible for delivery of the Paramedic Emergency Service in a Sector of Cheshire & Merseyside.
Main duties of the job
As Sector Manager you will be accountable for the delivery of our Paramedic Emergency Services across your Sector. You will be required to work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of those services. You will lead a team of managers to ensure staff are supported in their roles and ensure business targets are achieved. You will work as part of the Trust’s on-call team and will be a in a key leadership role here at NWAS.
All leadership roles at NWAS at every level are required to promote and role model our Be Think Do Philosophy: NWAS is committed to attracting managers and leaders who are more than subject matter experts, but exemplary in demonstrating their experience and commitment to; values-based leadership; challenging workforce and health inequalities; operating successfully in ambiguity, complexity, and uncertainty.
Important dates for the recruitment process
· Situational Judgement Test issued 30/07/2024
· Assessment Centre 13/08/2024 -14/08/2024
Working for our organisation
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.
Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed.
We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.
Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.
We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure that you have read and understood the job description and person specification before applying.
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level with current equivalent experience, and must be willing to work towards a qualification of this level if not in place
- State Registered professional or previously registered and willing to regain
- Relevant post graduate management qualification or equivalent supervisory/ general management experience
- Holder of Silver Command certificate achieved through CBRN Commanders training (to be held or acquired in post)
- Specialist training and knowledge in the AITC role (to be acquired in post)
- Specialist training and knowledge in the Silver CBRN role (to be acquired in post)
- MIMMS (to be held or acquired in post) Evidence of relevant CPD
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Negotiation skills
- Leadership abilities
- Team working, ability to contribute to business agenda and understand the agenda beyond operational delivery
- Analytical skills, ability to interpret complex data and to make appropriate decisions based on statistical analysis.
- Problem solving skills with ability to act on decision.
- Ability to write reports and present, complex ideas and information to disparate groups including staff.
- Ability to motivate, performance manage and develop teams and individuals
- Open and democratic style
- Decision maker, with ability to adapt decision making to meet needs of situation.
- Ability to work independently on own initiative to meet broad objectives
- Planning and organisation skills
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Operational experience as a practising registered professional.
- Significant experience of supervision and management of operational services within the NHS, providing knowledge of: Delivery of high quality clinical services Analysis and deployment of resource to match patient demand Operational performance management Emergency and contingency planning Risk management Good HR practice
- Specialist knowledge and experience of undertaking the AITC role and also the Silver CBRN role.
- Major Incident management
- Experience of financial and budget management
- Significant experience of staff management
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS context and national developments, particularly “Taking Healthcare to the Patient”
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dave Kitchin
- Job title
- Area Head of Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0834 11 22 018
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