Clinical Director for Urgent Care

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The postholder will support the transformation of urgent and emergency care pathways within the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Trust and wider city of Newcastle. The postholder will oversee the governance, quality and development of primary care services embedded within the Emergency Department, Urgent Treatment Centres and Same Day Emergency Care. The postholder will work in partnership with partners in the trust to provide leadership to Urgent & Emergency Care services as we move to a more integrated model of delivering care. This will include but not be limited to working with clinical leaders and operational managers of Acute Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Acute Paediatrics and Urgent Treatment Centres to ensure patients are seen by the most appropriate service first time, improving access to timely emergency and urgent care and effective utilisation of resources.

It is expected that the postholder will provide clinical sessions within the Urgent & Emergency Care system in keeping with their experience and skillset at a minimum of 2 sessions per week.

This post is fixed term for 3 years initially.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

To manage urgent presentations and ensure that patients are seen and treated by most appropriate healthcare professional

Manage a clinical caseload of both adults and children

Work closely with Emergency Medicine, Acute Medicine including Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centre staff and offer consistent care as an integral part of the team

A degree of flexibility will be required in keeping with the variability and demands of urgent & emergency care

About us

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity, please contact: Chris Gibbins at Christopher.gibbins1@nhs.net

Closing Date: 29 September 2024

Interview Date: TBC

Date posted

19 August 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£55,825 to £90,000 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

317-SD-24-189

Job locations

Medicine and Emergency Care Corporate

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 4LP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Management and Leadership:

Work with senior leaders in Urgent & Emergency Care services to transform and manage patient pathways

Specifically working in partnership with the Clinical Director of Urgent & Emergency Care, Heads of Service of the Emergency Department, Acute Medicine and local GP providers of Urgent Care

Work with acute hospital services to develop new hospital pathways to manage patients from urgent primary care

Work with the Clinical Director and Associate Director of Operations responsible Urgent Community Response and other acute community services to develop responsive and patient centred pathways

Oversee governance, safety and development of primary care within Urgent & Emergency Care services

Attend appropriate departmental, Board and trust business meetings including Clinical Policy Group alongside other Clinical Directors

Provide visible leadership to promote a fair and supportive culture responsive to the needs of the diversity of our patients, visitors and workforce.

Work with external stakeholders across the ICB, region and national networks to improve Urgent & Emergency Care services more widely

To promote Patient and Public Involvement in the design and planning of services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management and Leadership:

Work with senior leaders in Urgent & Emergency Care services to transform and manage patient pathways

Specifically working in partnership with the Clinical Director of Urgent & Emergency Care, Heads of Service of the Emergency Department, Acute Medicine and local GP providers of Urgent Care

Work with acute hospital services to develop new hospital pathways to manage patients from urgent primary care

Work with the Clinical Director and Associate Director of Operations responsible Urgent Community Response and other acute community services to develop responsive and patient centred pathways

Oversee governance, safety and development of primary care within Urgent & Emergency Care services

Attend appropriate departmental, Board and trust business meetings including Clinical Policy Group alongside other Clinical Directors

Provide visible leadership to promote a fair and supportive culture responsive to the needs of the diversity of our patients, visitors and workforce.

Work with external stakeholders across the ICB, region and national networks to improve Urgent & Emergency Care services more widely

To promote Patient and Public Involvement in the design and planning of services.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification.
  • CCT in General Practice

Desirable

  • Experience in a primary care, ICB or acute provider leadership role

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Working as a medical practitioner with experience of urgent care.

Desirable

  • Acute Medicine, Acute Paediatrics or Emergency Medicine experience

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

  • Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Board to the Trust and its workforce.
  • Experience in clinical service development and innovation
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
  • Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance.

Desirable

  • Understanding of management goals.

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Desirable

  • Ability to teach clinical skills.
Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification.
  • CCT in General Practice

Desirable

  • Experience in a primary care, ICB or acute provider leadership role

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Working as a medical practitioner with experience of urgent care.

Desirable

  • Acute Medicine, Acute Paediatrics or Emergency Medicine experience

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

  • Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Board to the Trust and its workforce.
  • Experience in clinical service development and innovation
  • Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
  • Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
  • An understanding of Clinical Governance.

Desirable

  • Understanding of management goals.

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Desirable

  • Ability to teach clinical skills.

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medicine and Emergency Care Corporate

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 4LP


Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medicine and Emergency Care Corporate

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 4LP


Employer's website

https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

HR Advisor

Victoria Cowan

victoria.cowan2@nhs.net

Date posted

19 August 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£55,825 to £90,000 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

317-SD-24-189

Job locations

Medicine and Emergency Care Corporate

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 4LP


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