Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Medical Leader 1
- Contract
- Secondment: 2 years
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week (There are a total of 7 vacancies, one for each region all at 0.2 each.)
- Job ref
- 990-COO-6575387-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHSE Office in London/Leeds
- Town
- London/Leeds
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
National Speciality Advisory (Emergency Medicine)
NHS Medical & Dental: Medical Leader 1
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The National Speciality Advisory (Emergency Medicine) will work to the Regional IUEC teams and National Clinical Director for IUEC to provide clinical leadership, advice and strategic oversight of emergency medical services. The will assess and advise on the services’ clinical safety, governance and effectiveness within their respective region as well as providing advice, when needed, to the National Clinical Director. The post holder will help develop and deliver best practice across the field of emergency medicine, working closely with local teams and wider stakeholders.
At a national level the Emergency Medicine Regional Clinical Advisor will offer clinical expertise in relation to IUEC and represent emergency medicine services at regional and national forums as needed. They will engage at a national level with other clinical leads and NHS England leads as required; providing regular progress updates to regional and national teams, as well as other stakeholder groups.
There are a total of 7 vacancies, one for each region all at 0.2 each. When candidates apply for these roles, please state which region your application is for. Applications without a clear regional preference will be disregarded. The regions are as follows:
- East of England
- London
- Midlands
- North East and Yorkshire
- North West
- South East
- South West
Main duties of the job
National Speciality Advisory (Emergency Medicine) you will be part of the Senior Management function of the UEC Transformation Team, within the Directorate of Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care (IUEC) You will have direct experience of Emergency Medicine (EM) and proven expertise to better understand the issues relevant to ED pressures.
Whilst the role is advisory rather than operational, operational experience as Head of Department or Clinical Service Lead or equivalent would be expected. The post holder would be expected to deliver their responsibilities primarily via telephone, teleconference and email rather than physical meetings/ attendance at specific sites.
The potential scope is wide-ranging and not specifically task limited but would include:
- Using Model Hospital Data including the Admitted Patient Breach Rate (APBR) and Aggregated Patient Delay (APD) to identify Trusts carrying the greatest risks to patient safety and outcomes.
- Monitoring of ED and urgent care performance within the region
- Identifying trends in performance and advising on causes of such trends
- Represent the ‘voice of the emergency physician’ in discussions and plans to alleviate visible markers of poor system flow e.g. corridor queues.
- You will engage with stakeholders inside and outside NHS England as required to promote the UEC transformation programme.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Functional Responsibilities
- Provide advice to the National Clinical Lead for A&E on short term operational issues within the region relevant to A&E departments
- Prepare a quarterly report of the above for the Senior Management Team (SMT).
- Provide the Directorship of Emergency & Elective Care expert guidance on clinical issues relating to the improvement of emergency care systems.
- Report monthly to the National Clinical Advisor (A&E) NHS England
- The Post holder will maintain patient confidentiality at all times and adhere as appropriate to NHS Improvement’s and/or local ‘whistle blower’ policies.
- The post holder will ensure that he follows client Trust’s hospital infection prevention and control (HIC) policies and procedures to protect patients, staff and visitors from health care-associated infections.
- The post holder is expected to act as a role model upholding high standards of professional behaviour, integrity and courtesy and always acting in the best interests of patients.
Operational
- Responsible for delivering / promoting strategy and innovation and supporting operational excellence in the Sector. Working with a range of data, facts and situations often requiring detailed analysis and interpretation making decisions on the most appropriate approach.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- In depth knowledge acquired over a significant period of time of leading, developing and implementing national programmes of work;
- Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification.
- Proven experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
Skills & Capabilities
Essential criteria
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters in a politically sensitive environment
- Ability to form highly developed and successful working relationships with colleagues both internal and external to the organisation
- Ability to manage multiple projects at any one time, ensuring they are kept on track and problems are solved quickly and effectively
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alex Muldoon
- Job title
- Chief of Staff
- Email address
- [email protected]
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