Job summary
About the role: Clinical Lead, Rheumatology
Were looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking individual to
join our Medical Directorate and help us direct and grow our Rheumatology service. It's a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Rheumatology Consultant seeking their next challenge.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Lead, you'll be responsible for developing new models of care and implementing them by successfully networking with local clinicians and healthcare providers, both NHS and private. You'll head up your department and lead your team in the provision of those services, constantly evaluating and seeking opportunity for continual quality improvement.
Youll also be a member of our Clinical Governance Committee, promoting a culture of safety, and quality; espousing black box thinking and be the point of escalation for any departmental concerns. Youll support the Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director to ensure that Medefer meets the requirements of the CQC and the clinical quality components of our contractual obligations.
The role is remote working and equates to 1PA per week (4 hours), and the expectation is that the work will be done outside of your NHS working hours and any other work that you may do.
About us
About Medefer
Medeferis an innovative CQC
registered healthcare provider that aims to transform the way that healthcare
is delivered by enabling healthcare systems to provide patients with the best
healthcare experience - timely, efficient and effective.
Founded byConsultants and GPs
working in the NHS, our culture is driven by a deeply held commitment to the
NHS and delivering transformational change to the patient experience.We
are a passionate, dedicated and patient-focused team striving to make
healthcare fit for the 21st century. Our vision is to completely re-frame the
way that healthcare is delivered, giving patients the right to choose who will
provide their care at the point of a GP referral to a specialist.
Medefers technology platform delivers
world-class leading safety, whilst delivering a unique approach in delivering a
national service to patients, from referral, to treatment and discharge.
We are a ground-breaking company.
We believe that every NHS patient deserves the best possible healthcare.
We need exceptional people, like you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for a full overview of the role and responsibilities. There is also a full person specification which should be referred to when applying for the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for a full overview of the role and responsibilities. There is also a full person specification which should be referred to when applying for the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
- Substantive Consultant with at least 3 years in practice.
- Senior leadership experience at Clinical Lead or Clinical Director level would be ideal.
- Interested in digital health / clinical informatics / new ways of working.
- Ability to manage a team of clinicians.
- Excellent time management, planning and prioritising skills.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Adaptable, flexible and an ability to multi-task.
- Positively contributes to change initiatives.
- Creative thinker who is able to identify new opportunities and solutions for problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking.
- Excellent teamworking skills, supportive of others and confident in sharing knowledge willingly.
- Experience in conflict resolution, and able to collaborate with others confidently.
- Leadership coaching and mentoring, encouraging high performance output, identifies areas for continuous improvement, leads by example.
- Resilient with an excellent work ethic, committed to working hard towards defined goals and to achieve agreed objectives, enthusiastic.
- Excellent attention to detail, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently and accurately.
- Commercially aware with an ability to understand commercial initiatives and decisions, understands pressures and the demands on others.
- Confident in influencing and persuading others by ensuring an understanding of stakeholder needs and able to present sound and well-reasoned arguments.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
- Substantive Consultant with at least 3 years in practice.
- Senior leadership experience at Clinical Lead or Clinical Director level would be ideal.
- Interested in digital health / clinical informatics / new ways of working.
- Ability to manage a team of clinicians.
- Excellent time management, planning and prioritising skills.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Adaptable, flexible and an ability to multi-task.
- Positively contributes to change initiatives.
- Creative thinker who is able to identify new opportunities and solutions for problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking.
- Excellent teamworking skills, supportive of others and confident in sharing knowledge willingly.
- Experience in conflict resolution, and able to collaborate with others confidently.
- Leadership coaching and mentoring, encouraging high performance output, identifies areas for continuous improvement, leads by example.
- Resilient with an excellent work ethic, committed to working hard towards defined goals and to achieve agreed objectives, enthusiastic.
- Excellent attention to detail, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently and accurately.
- Commercially aware with an ability to understand commercial initiatives and decisions, understands pressures and the demands on others.
- Confident in influencing and persuading others by ensuring an understanding of stakeholder needs and able to present sound and well-reasoned arguments.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
