Job summary
Darzi Fellowship in Clinical Leadership
Division: Corporate
Care Group: Medical
Band / Grade: 7 / ST4-6, CT3, SAS, GPST3/4
Interview Date: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Fixed term / Secondment - 12 months
We are recruiting for a Darzi Fellow who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The Darzi Fellowship Programme aims to develop future clinical leaders by combining work-based experience - working on a Fellowship Challenge, as well as academic study through a bespoke leadership development programme: PGCert Leadership in Health (Darzi). The Darzi Fellows will come from a variety of clinical backgrounds, which allows a multi-professional learning opportunity.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The programme is full-time for one year (without exception) for all Darzi Fellows. Whilst in post, Fellows are expected to undertake one main change programme the Fellowship Challenge and join LSBUs 1-year bespoke clinical leadership programme: PGCert Leadership in Health (Darzi).
The Medway the Fellowship Challenge is to work with our clinical and managerial colleagues as part of an evolving organisational strategy called Patient First based on systems wide sustainability with a focus on high quality outcomes for our patients with a highly engaged workforce.
Patient First fosters, supports, and develops improvement capability across the organisation to ensure that the organisation is truly aligned in its vision to improve clinical care. The approach and systems align from the frontline to the Board around a key set of time-limited activities that will create the greatest impact, thus improving known areas for development.
As part of Patient First in Medway, we will be focussing on the five key True North Domains (Strategic Themes) of Sustainability, People, Patients, Quality, Systems and Partnerships. These five domains will identify a small number of key breakthrough objectives that the organisation must achieve within the next 3-5 years
The Darzi Fellow will be challenged to provide clinical leadership to support the delivery of two specified breakthrough objectives within the Quality Domain. The objectives will focus on reductions in both reportable harm and mortality. Our goal is for Medway to be amongst the best performers nationally on mortality and reducing harm. There will be a particular emphasis on the management of deteriorating patient as a key enabler to achieving the objectives.
Your inquiry skills will enable you to look at the issues from multiple perspectives and help guide solutions to deliver our strategy. You will need to demonstrate empathy and understanding with our identified stakeholders as they commence their journey of change requiring you to demonstrate networking, influencing and negotiation skills and balance this with the organisational imperatives to improve harm and mortality.
You will need to work with people on the ground and ensure the change will work for all the key stakeholders with a particular emphasis on improving quality. This may be done in various ways, for example reducing harm, improving flow and discharge or improving mortality across the area.
As part of your development, the Strategy and Transformation Team, in conjunction with our Strategic Partner, will support you to acquire the skills, and the knowledge of tools and systems needed to deliver Patient First.
To be successful we would expect you to have an excellent professional clinical background together with some knowledge and understanding of organisational development and leadership development.
To apply please complete the application form on nhsjobs.
If you do have a query in the first instance please contact the Chief Medical Officer team at medwayft.mdoffice@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The programme is full-time for one year (without exception) for all Darzi Fellows. Whilst in post, Fellows are expected to undertake one main change programme the Fellowship Challenge and join LSBUs 1-year bespoke clinical leadership programme: PGCert Leadership in Health (Darzi).
The Medway the Fellowship Challenge is to work with our clinical and managerial colleagues as part of an evolving organisational strategy called Patient First based on systems wide sustainability with a focus on high quality outcomes for our patients with a highly engaged workforce.
Patient First fosters, supports, and develops improvement capability across the organisation to ensure that the organisation is truly aligned in its vision to improve clinical care. The approach and systems align from the frontline to the Board around a key set of time-limited activities that will create the greatest impact, thus improving known areas for development.
As part of Patient First in Medway, we will be focussing on the five key True North Domains (Strategic Themes) of Sustainability, People, Patients, Quality, Systems and Partnerships. These five domains will identify a small number of key breakthrough objectives that the organisation must achieve within the next 3-5 years
The Darzi Fellow will be challenged to provide clinical leadership to support the delivery of two specified breakthrough objectives within the Quality Domain. The objectives will focus on reductions in both reportable harm and mortality. Our goal is for Medway to be amongst the best performers nationally on mortality and reducing harm. There will be a particular emphasis on the management of deteriorating patient as a key enabler to achieving the objectives.
Your inquiry skills will enable you to look at the issues from multiple perspectives and help guide solutions to deliver our strategy. You will need to demonstrate empathy and understanding with our identified stakeholders as they commence their journey of change requiring you to demonstrate networking, influencing and negotiation skills and balance this with the organisational imperatives to improve harm and mortality.
You will need to work with people on the ground and ensure the change will work for all the key stakeholders with a particular emphasis on improving quality. This may be done in various ways, for example reducing harm, improving flow and discharge or improving mortality across the area.
As part of your development, the Strategy and Transformation Team, in conjunction with our Strategic Partner, will support you to acquire the skills, and the knowledge of tools and systems needed to deliver Patient First.
To be successful we would expect you to have an excellent professional clinical background together with some knowledge and understanding of organisational development and leadership development.
To apply please complete the application form on nhsjobs.
If you do have a query in the first instance please contact the Chief Medical Officer team at medwayft.mdoffice@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with relevant professional body, e.g. GMC, GDC, NMC HPC, GPC, HPCP
- Minimum training level or experience of: ST4-6, CT3, SAS, GPST3/4, Band 7/8a or equivalent, from a recognised specialty school training programme
- Undergraduate Degree
Knowledge
Essential
- Some knowledge of organisational development or management or leadership development theory, principles or programmes
- Understanding of current issues and challenges within health care delivery across the wider NHS
Experience
Essential
- Previous co-ordination or management or leadership experience either at undergraduate or postgraduate level, within or without health care
Values
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with relevant professional body, e.g. GMC, GDC, NMC HPC, GPC, HPCP
- Minimum training level or experience of: ST4-6, CT3, SAS, GPST3/4, Band 7/8a or equivalent, from a recognised specialty school training programme
- Undergraduate Degree
Knowledge
Essential
- Some knowledge of organisational development or management or leadership development theory, principles or programmes
- Understanding of current issues and challenges within health care delivery across the wider NHS
Experience
Essential
- Previous co-ordination or management or leadership experience either at undergraduate or postgraduate level, within or without health care
Values
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
