Job summary
- Main area
- Geriatrician
- Grade
- Medical Leader: Level 1
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only)
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week (8 hours)
- Job ref
- 990-SW-6573181-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHSE Office in the South West Region
- Town
- South West Region
- Salary
- £105,000 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Regional Clinical Lead System Improvement
Medical Leader: Level 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
Regional Clinical Lead System Improvement - Frailty
The Clinical Improvement and Transformation team are a newly formed team in NHS England South West Region, Medical Directorate. One of our key priorities is frailty and we are looking for a Regional Frailty Consultant Clinical Lead provide clinical strategic and operational leadership across this work programme and externally across the South West, role modelling the South West way.
The Clinical Improvement and Transformation team have key priority areas of work and deliverables which require a team of teams approach across multiple directorates in both regional and national teams. The work involves providing clinical leadership across the emerging regional frailty work programme and working collaboratively with clinical leaders across South West Systems and Providers, influencing and supporting the development of improvement work and improving the quality of care for our populations.
The post holder will have experience of working with acute, community, and primary care as a clinical critical thinker and systems leader. A proven track record of delivery and improving clinical outcomes within a crosscutting area of work pertinent to the current frailty agenda is essential. Experience of work in a leadership position and demonstrable delivery of quality improvements across teams at place/provider, and system and experience of working regionally, nationally, and/or internationally is key.
Main duties of the job
- Act as a conduit for dissemination of information to all colleagues as appropriate.
- Provide strong clinical leadership and support across systems.
- To put in place an agreed clinical work plan that meets the directorates or programme objectives.
- Monitor clinical improvement performance against agreed national standards.
- To ensure links at strategic level to implement clinical change.
- Provide a healthy challenge across the Region with the common aim of improving patient care, experience and staff experience.
- Undertake clinical engagement with health professionals and relevant stakeholders to ensure wider clinical engagement.
- To support and provide leadership to STP/ICS clinical and operational leads across the region.
- Undertake where required, regular and appropriate mentoring and mentorship to ensure a strong individual performance and team relationship.
- To provide clinical leadership as part of any future re-procurement process.
- Chair meetings of clinical and operational leads as appropriate.
- Facilitate regional community of interest network.
- Work collaboratively with clinical Practitioner/s and operational managers as part of the end-to-end pathway redesign national programme.
- To share best practise and innovation, supporting in improved outcomes across the region.
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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Engaging the clinical leadership and other stakeholders across the region.
- Providing hands on support to local health systems to harmonise practice in accordance with best practice and reduce unwarranted variation in clinical outcomes, access and productivity e.g. using experience to provide expert advice, holding workshops, and supporting and challenging colleagues.
- Supporting engagement of key stakeholders including Royal Colleges and specialist societies, BMA, and Local Medical Committees, the South West Clinical Senate, Health Innovation Networks (HINs).
- Work collaboratively with HINs to enhance and amplify priority workstreams and support embedding of improvements.
- Lead clinical conversations on the development and implementation of new models of care to provide best practice outcomes to the population of the region.
- Support the evaluation of the programme and assist in the formulation of a plan for the future.
- Support the National Clinical Leads if needed and Regional Improvement and Improvement Managers by providing clinical insight into regional and system data.
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
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with GMC and appropriate Specialist Register or NMC or HPC or other relevant professional body (without restrictions or warnings);
- Fully qualified in respective profession;
- Demonstrate the highest ethical and Professional standards;
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 10 years practicing as a fully qualified professional in the UK;
- Registered clinician who is currently practicing (or has practiced within the past 2 years) and who can maintain /revalidate their registration;
- Experience in senior leadership role within the NHS (preferably Medical Director/Director of Nursing or equivalent or Deputy or Clinical Director role within large organization)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Methods of developing quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice;
Skills
Essential criteria
- Negotiation and motivational skills;
- Highly developed analytical skills including the ability to analyse and evaluate;
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Able to build and sustain relationships at all levels, actively involving stakeholders where appropriate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vinay Takwale
- Job title
- Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Lisa Brown
Assistant Director Clinical Improvement & Transformation Team
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