Vincent Baxter

Experience

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  Birmingham College of Nursing and Midwifery.

  Sept 1993 - Sept 1996

  Student Nurse
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  South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust

  Sept 1996 - Jan 2002

  Forensic Mental Health Inpatient & Community Nurse

  Supported and facilitated the development of nurses within the forensic service and acted as a professional lead. Involved in numerous service developments, including mental health in-reach services into HMP Birmingham. Carried out research, taught at undergraduate and post graduate level, presented at national and international conferences. Delivered evidence based therapeutic interventions such as family therapy, and worked with service users and their families to deliver a positive patient experience. Show less

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  South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  Jan 2002 - Nov 2004

  Manager Forensic Nursing & Mentally Disordered Offender Service

  Collaborated in strategic development and operational delivery of services. Provided leadership as a senior nurse, giving expert advice, and ensuring best practice and professional standards were in place. Participated in multi professional/agency working, in order to ensure safe and quality care was provided. Worked with service users and their families. Managed a small case load of complex patients. Worked, as part of the Directorate Senior Management Team, to develop and deliver directorate strategy Show less

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  North East Wales NHS Trust

  Nov 2004 - May 2008

  Service Manager Adult Mental Health

  Responsible for strategic planning, operational delivery and performance management of services. Provided clinical advice and leadership, ensuring standards of professional practice were in place and maintained. Developed patient pathways, and ensured a positive and safe patient experience. Budgetary responsibility, managing financial risk and delivering cost improvements. Worked, as part of the Directorate Senior Management Team, to develop and deliver directorate strategy. Responsible for systems of governance that ensured patient safety. • Established and then managed integrated mental health and social care services.• Worked with a range of partners to develop new inpatient mental health facilities. Show less

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  Community Health Oxford

  May 2008 - Sept 2011

  Responsible for the overall operational and performance management of the Directorate. Led business planning processes, and line managed and supported Service Managers. Focused service developments on delivering organisational strategy and corporate objectives, and evaluated using performance management frameworks. Budgetary responsibility, managing financial risk and delivering cost improvements. As a senior manager within the organisation, developed organisational direction and goals. • Led, as part of the organisational senior management team, the separation of PCT provider functions from commissioning, and into a new merged organisation with another NHS provider.• Developed and presented business improvement projects that would deliver cost savings and income generation to the Trust Board, demonstrating how these would be achieved and the benefits they would deliver. Show less Responsible for strategic planning, operational delivery and performance management of services. Provided clinical advice and leadership, ensuring standards of professional practice were in place and maintained. Developed patient pathways, and ensured a positive and safe patient experience. Budgetary responsibility, managing financial risk and delivering cost improvements. Worked, as part of the Directorate Senior Management Team, to develop and deliver directorate strategy. Responsible for systems of governance that ensured patient safety. • Led the transfer of healthcare services in Oxfordshire from the Prison Service to the NHS. • Introduced the role of Modern Matron into Oxfordshire’s prisons, resulting in a significant improvement in infection control. Show less

  • Head of Specialist Clinical Services

    Oct 2009 - Sept 2011

  • Service Manager

    May 2008 - Oct 2009
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  Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

  Oct 2011 - Sept 2012

  Senior Manager

  Responsible as a member of the Divisional Senior Management Team for providing strategic leadership and delivering operational performance within the division. Co-ordinated business planning for services within the division, and identified and won new business for the division. Worked in partnership across the organisation and with key stakeholders to support the continuous improvement of services. Managed finances within the division, controlled costs and developed and implemented plans to ensure all financial targets were met. Implemented new, or redesigned current services, to ensure modern up-to-date services were provided, and project managed changes. • Led a project that implemented mobile working within community nursing• Through the use of LEAN methodology improved productivity within community nursing services, increasing the number of patient contacts delivered per day.• Led the implementation of case management, resulting in a reduction in unplanned hospital admissions. Show less

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  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  Oct 2012 - Dec 2013

  Locality Manager

  Responsible for the delivery of all operational performance indicators for a range of adult and children’s services within a geographical locality. Provided strategic leadership as part of the operations directorate senior management team. Overall responsibility for Trust estate within defined locality, including community hospitals and health centres. Managed finances, controlled costs and delivered cost improvements. • Successfully led an electronic records project which delivered CQUIN targets.• Led the establishment of multidisciplinary primary/secondary care teams. • Worked with primary care providers, CCG, and property developers to develop plans for a new health centre and intermediate care facility. Show less

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  London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

  General Manager

  I held two positions with the Trust: General Manager (Medicine Division) and Acting Community Service Director.General Manager: January 2014 - October 2014 & July 2015 - December 2016.Responsible for the operational management of a broad range of services, including integrated acute and community services, and the management of a wide range of professionals. Delivery of requisite performance and financial targets, staff management, and ensuring effective systems of governance and safeguarding systems are in place. Leading service development and managing change. Identifying business opportunities and completing business cases. Acting as project manager for specific projects. • Led the expansion and reconfiguration of community hospital beds to deliver additional bed capacity in order to support emergency and urgent care pathways.• Led the mobilisation of a new integrated diabetes service.Acting Community Services Director November 2014 - July 2015Responsible for the delivery of Adult and Children’s Services across the borough of Brent. Led negotiation and contracting processes with commissioners. Led the divisional management team in delivering strategic priorities, contracted services, and high quality care. Developed and implemented the directorate business plan in order to deliver corporate objectives, financial plans, and quality standards. Ensured multi-agency collaboration in order to deliver integrated models of care. • Led quality schedule and CQUIN negotiations with commissioners.• Developed the directorate 2015/16 business plan and cost improvement programme Show less

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  NHS England

  Jan 2017 - Aug 2022

  Improvement Manager

  Member of the Emergency Care Improvement Support Team (ECIST), providing support to health and social care systems to improve delivery of urgent and emergency care. Focusing on improving performance, quality assurance and programme enhancement. Assignments typically include working jointly with local systems to diagnose areas for performance improvement; supporting implementation planning and delivery; and transferring knowledge to produce sustainable and resilient solutions. By encouraging the adoption of known good practice in a consistent and accessible way, the team has had a major impact across England by reducing performance variation, increasing and maintaining focus on key performance priorities and enhancing constructive working relationships across local health and social care systems. Show less