London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Deputy Director of Clinical Assessment and Pathways

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Job summary

Reporting to the Director of Clinical Assessment and Pathways, the Deputy Director of Clinical Assessment and Pathways will have full delegated responsibilities of the Director for managing their specialist functional areas to achieve the contractual and/or required targets and will discharge them as appropriate.
As a member of the Clinical Directorate senior management team the post holder will be accountable for developing and implementing strategies to support the wider team activities in the Ambulance Services and Clinical directorates.
The Deputy Director Clinical Assessment and Pathways will be a role model, demonstrating commitment to support the Trust strategy in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion and will work in partnership with the other Deputy Directors and Consultant Paramedics to deliver the Ambulance Services and Trust strategic objectives.
The post holder will deputise for and represent the Director of Clinical Assessment and Pathways when required, with delegated authority making decisions, maintaining and enhancing reputation and profile. They will cohesively work with the Associate Directors of Operations, other senior clinical directorate members and senior quality directorate team to ensure a seamless service is delivered across London

Main duties of the job

Working with the Director of 999 Emergency Operations Centres and Director of Ambulance Operations, and their deputies, along with other stakeholders, the post holder will be responsible for working in partnership across all disciplines within the organisation to provide seamless and integrated care to patients; embedding a patient-focused approach and high-quality service that meets the requirement of the Trust and its stakeholders.
The post holder will be responsible for providing the optimum level of focus and resource to meet the prevailing demand through increasing access to non-ED pathways, and providing clinical leadership to drive this forward. .
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of any cost improvement plans within the Director's portfolio.
They will represent the Trust in public enquires, coroners and crown court when required acting as the subject matter expert in this field. Demonstrating high level of political awareness and can anticipate and judge situations and change management style accordingly, whilst providing a credible and knowledgeable response.

About us

London Ambulance Service serves one of the worlds most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital every year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.

We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer, across London to respond to the health needs of over 8 million people who live, work and travel in the capital.

We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 STPs and NHS England for our specialist services.

As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.

Date posted

29 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£91,317 to £104,122 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

308-CORP-2701

Job locations

London Ambulance Service

220 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8SD

Job description

Job responsibilities

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the busiest ambulance Trust in the UK. We are seeking someone who will fit with the Trust values of Caring, Respect and Teamwork.

For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the busiest ambulance Trust in the UK. We are seeking someone who will fit with the Trust values of Caring, Respect and Teamwork.

For further details of the job description and main responsibilities, please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent lived experience
Senior level experience of Ambulance service/ clinical management/leadership and planning in a similar complex environment
Significant experience of working with a wide range of external organisations and stakeholders, delivering strategic objectives to achieve organisational goals
Significant experience of leading and delivering major transformational change programmes, through engaging staff, trade union representatives and other stakeholders
Demonstrable experience of working at Executive Team level

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

An in-depth understanding gained through highly developed specialist knowledge of current national and local healthcare policy/directives and the implications for London and Ambulance services
Ability to influence effectively at all levels and build constructive relationships with others (both internally and externally) that deliver results
Demonstrate enhanced communications skills which can be adapted to suit different situations of varying complexity including conveying highly complex information and holding difficult conversations
Ability to prepare, produce and present information/documents for dissemination to the Board and a broad range of stakeholders which may contain highly complex, information
Excellent project management skills, ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent lived experience
Senior level experience of Ambulance service/ clinical management/leadership and planning in a similar complex environment
Significant experience of working with a wide range of external organisations and stakeholders, delivering strategic objectives to achieve organisational goals
Significant experience of leading and delivering major transformational change programmes, through engaging staff, trade union representatives and other stakeholders
Demonstrable experience of working at Executive Team level

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

An in-depth understanding gained through highly developed specialist knowledge of current national and local healthcare policy/directives and the implications for London and Ambulance services
Ability to influence effectively at all levels and build constructive relationships with others (both internally and externally) that deliver results
Demonstrate enhanced communications skills which can be adapted to suit different situations of varying complexity including conveying highly complex information and holding difficult conversations
Ability to prepare, produce and present information/documents for dissemination to the Board and a broad range of stakeholders which may contain highly complex, information
Excellent project management skills, ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

London Ambulance Service

220 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8SD

Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address

London Ambulance Service

220 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8SD

Employer's website

https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)