Clinical Director - Unplanned Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated Trust in the country that combines, acute, community, mental health, and ambulance. This isnt our only unique feature we are a small and only DGH on an island with a rich community spirt where the Trust is the largest employer. Our unique place in the community has helped us develop strong bonds with other public and private institutions to deliver the best possible care for our island.

You will support the Medical Director and Chief Operating Officer in delivering the principle responsibilities of the role, in particular focussing on overseeing standards within the medical workforce and development of directorate strategic plans in line with the overall Trust strategy. You will work with the Clinical Leads and the Specialty Leads to provide the professional leadership and oversight of the clinical services.

You will work in collaboration with the unplanned senior management team to deliver across identified key objectives. Ensuring clinical engagement, taking responsibility for clinical governance, clinical safety, and risk management.

The role will involve working with colleagues to identify and understand where these priorities are not met, working together to solve problems, improve and innovate.

Quality and Safety Objectives

As Clinical Director ensure the quality and safety agenda is delivered ensuring that regulatory and statutory standards are achieved. Working to improve clinical outcomes, reduce patient harm and improve patient experience.

You will demonstrate consistent approaches to establish and monitor required standards of care, as defined by the Trust, NICE, GIRFT and other relevant bodies (HEE, Royal Colleges). Support the delivery of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework with the need to advise on management of incidents and complaints.

Leadership

The post holder must be able to inspire, motivate and develop our future medical and clinical leaders. We are committed to encouraging medical leadership in the organisation and the post holder will play a pivotal role in delivering this ambition.

The post holder must actively demonstrate behaviours in alignment with the Trusts vision and values and promote these as a role model, encouraging others to do the same.

Adhere to compliance with Trust policies and procedures and professional codes of conduct. The post holder will support the delivery of professional, inclusive compassionate leadership for medical and other clinical staff through effective role modelling and professional development activities.

As a Clinical Director you will mediate with colleagues to resolve conflict arising between different disciplines, bringing personal influence and diplomacy to bear for the benefit of the service. Work to build collaborative relationships with other leaders to create a cohesive leadership team.

Promote a culture of learning and improvement in the organisation by actively encouraging innovation and improvement from colleagues and teams within the service, and more widely where appropriate.

Communicate effectively within the service and with the senior leadership team to ensure that there is clarity of purpose and objectives. Engage with external partners and stakeholders to ensure that corporate objectives are shared appropriately outside of the Trust.

Actively promote diversity, including race equality, in the delivery of the Trusts medical and dental services, and the recruitment, management and development of medical and dental staff.

Performance and Strategic Objectives

The post holder will take a key role in monitoring and evaluating clinical performance of all clinical staff and services within your care group, ensuring that under performance is clearly identified early, and where appropriate, timely action is taken in response.

Ensure that where under performance is identified; improvement is managed locally in the first instance. Where more serious concerns arise, the post holder will ensure that matters are escalated to the Medical Director and/or Chief Operating Officer.

Contribute to the development and implementation of the Trusts clinical strategy to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of care.

Ensure that Job Planning and Appraisals are delivered on time and in a fair and transparent manner in line with policy.

Finance Objectives

The post holder will support the senior leadership team with the development of service improvements that aim to make healthcare more effective, accessible, and affordable. They will promote organisational efficiency, demonstrate cost effectiveness, and embed a culture of value for money against agreed clinical quality outcomes, contributing to the development and delivery of a robust Cost Improvement Plan.

You will work in partnership with the senior leadership team to effectively communicate the financial improvement plan for your care group and take action to ensure that financial drivers and impacts are understood by colleagues and decision making is underpinned by sound financial awareness.

We welcome applicants working in any secondary care speciality as this role will enable you to balance both your clinical commitments with the leadership role as Clinical Director. This role is a 4 PA / 16 hours per week commitment and we welcome applications from those wishing to undertake this role permanently, fixed term or as a secondment opportunity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

• Eligible for entry on the GMC Specialist Register or GP Performers List

Experience

Essential

• Can demonstrate a good level of clinical experience and competence
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit relevant to specialty
• Knowledge and understanding of current NHS issues

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

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

IOW NHS Trust

Newport

PO30 5TG

Employer's website

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