Clinical Director – Children, Mental Health, and Learning Disabilities

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for full details.

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

-To contribute to Medical Directorate strategic initiatives, working alongside the Deputy Medical Directors.

-To ensure that the Service directorate strategy integrates research, teaching and education and service delivery activity and that it appropriately reflects the Trusts clinical priorities.

-To promote the integration of physical, psychological and social approaches with an emphasis on recovery and reablement and the interface between acute and mental health services

-To ensure that there is an appropriate focus on training and education alongside aims for research and service delivery and that this reflects the focus on multi-disciplinary / agency approaches

-To consult widely to ensure that clinical staff within the directorate, and other stakeholders, are supportive of the strategy and contribute to its effective

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

-Contribute to the formulation of the Service directorate strategic and business plans which develop effective and accessible services to meet the agreed goals of the Trust and wider ICS programmes.

-To contribute to day-to-day operations of the Service directorate by being a key member of the leadership team, providing effective professional input and support so that business plan and contractual obligations are fulfilled and clinical risks are effectively managed and services delivered in an efficient and cost effective way.

-To contribute to effective communications within the Service directorate and across the Trust. This role will include cascading information to clinical colleagues. It will also include taking concerns to the Service Director and other directorate team members where necessary.

-To be a champion driving new service developments to promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement based on best practice and positive service user

-To play a key role in the development and implementation of care pathways that support standardised, consistent and focused interventions and to ensure these are based on implementation of national guidelines and NICE requirements.

-To give clear and inspirational direction and support to clinical staff working within the Service directorate, ensuring they are appropriately managed, motivated and engaged in order to ensure the successful and co-ordinated delivery of directorate activities and

-To recruit, motivate, train, develop and retain appropriate Service directorate clinical staff enabling them to have the skills, expertise and discretion to function effectively in their role.

-Support operational leads in ensuring that all Operational clinical staff receive an annual appraisal and have a personal development plan and that staff receive appropriate clinical supervision.

-To work in partnership with the HR business partner to plan workforce needs for the Service directorate, liaising with appropriate departments internally such as Human Resources and professional and academic heads.

-To work with internal and external training and education leads / agencies to ensure there are robust teaching and training programmes within the directorate and that these demonstrate successful performance against metrics.

-To promote joint working with local authorities including the co-ordination and management of integrated services where appropriate.

-To work closely with primary care to deliver coherent care pathways across primary, secondary and tertiary care.

-To work in a community-orientated way, taking account of the diversity of the local community, the political context and community organisations to ensure that all possible is done to promote social inclusion for people with mental health

-To work closely with other directorates, Trust departments and external agencies on wider development projects.

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT

-To provide a clinical perspective and leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical policies and guidelines, ensuring relevant statute and professional guidance are reflected within policies and procedures and that clinical staff work within these statutory and regulatory frameworks.

-To set up and support structures within the Service directorate to ensure the dissemination of clinical information, to promote evidence-based practice.

-To support professionals to develop an organisational culture that ensures effective clinical care, stimulates innovation and change through critical appraisal, research and development and clinical supervision.

-To contribute to (and where appropriate drive) activities related to research and development, clinical audit, clinical effectiveness and clinical This role will include supporting and monitoring clinical staff activity to ensure that activity is in line with the service priorities of the Mental Health & LD, Children and Young People directorate and the Trust.

-To support the process of modernisation and innovation within the directorate, challenging current practices and processes to make the best possible use of resources and to promote a culture that is based on genuine partnership between users, carers and professional staff.

-To develop a culture of Quality Improvement within the clinicians in the Service directorate and to lead a portfolio of quality improvement projects through the clinical

-To support staff from ethnic minority groups to develop their careers and therefore to support a diverse workforce that reflects the population the Trust serves.

-To contribute to the development and implementation of the strategies for professional groups and ensure they reflect local priorities / issues.

Qualifications/ Training

Essential

• General medical Qualification (MBBS, or equivalent) and hold a Licence to Practise
• Substantive Medical Consultant or General Practitioner
• Full professional registration and in good standing with the GMC

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in management/leadership or quality Improvement
• Additional clinical qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of clinical leadership at senior level, meeting objectives and performance management targets
• Experience of strategy development and Implementation
• Evidence of excellent leadership and management skills with experience of leading initiatives/projects within teams and/or pan-Trust lead role for specific responsibilities
• Experience of reporting performance at sub-Board groups
• Experience of delivering in a large and complex organisation and working collaboratively with other organisations
• Ability to engage effectively with broad range of stakeholders within and outside the organisation

Desirable

• Understanding of the local, regional and national commissioning environment and standards expected by commissioners
• Detailed understanding of the NHS policy context in relevant service area
• Understanding of service improvement, quality improvement and innovation methodologies
• Understanding of policy and legislation relating to physical health, mental health and population health
• Experience in community hospitals
• Experience in general practice
• Experience of senior management of medical professionals

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to provide a strategic overview linked to clinical quality of linked services
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, persuade, enthuse, negotiate and to inspire confidence and respect from staff at all levels
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing. High level presentation skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinicians, carers and service users to improve the delivery of care and to improve outcomes for the patients
• Able to establish credibility and good relationships with representatives of external agencies and partners and manage those relations with sensitivity and diplomacy
• Resilience at work and ability to deliver under pressure
• Able to reflect on emotional competence: self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, relationship management

Desirable

• Understands business and financial concepts
• Awareness of budget management and cost improvement plans
• Can develop KPIs, performance and risk management frameworks
• Information skill: able to critique and interpret aggregate information, and analytical skills
• Experienced in managing change across teams and in a multi-professional environment

Dorset HealthCare Values

Essential

• Proactive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy, and positive
• Demonstrates the Trust's values and behaviours

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Passionate about delivering the right care to the patients we serve, whilst maintaining quality and safety of services
• Successful influencer and negotiator and credible in multi-professional environment
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations, competing demands and tight timescales
• Approachable

Desirable

• Credible and successful communicator and influencer
• Evidence of senior experience and training in these areas

Other Requirements

Essential

• Genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access and service user empowerment
• Willing and able to move around the Trust and the county of Dorset
• Able to work and liaise with individuals and groups at a wide variety of levels and profession
• Flexible about hours of work, scope of tasks and responsibilities
• Good IT skills, normally obtained through practice or practical training, for example RiO/SystmOne

Desirable

• Evidence of skills/experience/interest in digital transformation in healthcare

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).