Divisional Clinical Director Specialist Services Lead

19 hours ago


Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Divisional Clinical Director Specialist Services

Sussex Partnership is seeking a visionary Clinical Director to lead our Trust-wide Specialist Division, encompassing Forensic Services, Learning Disability & Autism Services, Early Intervention, Perinatal, and Children & Young People's Mental Health.

The successful candidate will join three Adult Services Divisional Clinical Directors for Brighton & Hove, West, and East Sussex.

A relocation package of £8,000 is available, where applicable.

Main Responsibilities
  • Reporting to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, the Divisional Clinical Director will be responsible for clinical effectiveness and outcomes of care pathways in the divisions.
  • Working alongside a Divisional Director of Nursing and Quality and a Managing Director, the Divisional team operates with the support of a business unit, program office, and digital hub.
  • The Divisional leadership teams are supported by a management development program with the Chief Medical, Chief Nursing, and Chief Operating Officers.
  • In addition, all Clinical Directors contribute to on-call rotas (Consultant or Director on calls as appropriate).
Key Accountabilities
  • The Clinical Director will ensure the delivery of high-quality care and outcomes by the services in their division, within the resources available and in partnership with others.
  • The Clinical Director will provide clinical leadership, ensuring clinical care pathways are enabled to deliver national and local strategies and achieve high-quality performance and clinical outcomes.
  • Main Responsibilities - Clinical Director role:
    • To appoint and manage Associate Clinical Directors and Professional Leads within the Division, developing clinical leadership across all services.
    • To provide clinical leadership and support the development of long-term strategic plans for the division, based on national mental health policy and strategy, and considering Trust aims and objectives and projected needs of the client group.
    • To provide clinical leadership and support to the Managing Director and Divisional Director for Nursing and Quality for the Division, overseeing the financial position and ensuring services are provided within the agreed financial envelope while maintaining appropriate clinical standards.
    • To provide clinical leadership and perspectives on service change programs that deliver Cost Improvement Programme savings and improvements in quality and patient care.
    • To provide clinical leadership in building a culture of continuous improvement of services, demonstrated by Quality Improvement, clinical audit, and other forms of benchmarking.
    • To provide leadership in building and embedding a Just and Learning Culture within the Division, including openness and responsibilities under Duty of Candour.
    • To provide clinical leadership in developing excellent relationships with GPs, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Acute Hospitals, and Sustainability & Transformation Partnerships.
    • To represent the Trust when appropriate in handling media, CCG, or NCB enquiries, or in communicating complex or contentious information to staff around service developments, serious incidents, or homicides.
    • To act as an ambassador for the Trust in key clinical commissioning forums, including the Sussex Clinical Senate and the ICB.
    • To lead on the development of research and audit strategies and implementation plans within services, as agreed by the Service and Trust.
    Person Specification
    • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
    • MRCPsych or equivalent professional qualification at Consultant level
    • Management qualification or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level, e.g., NHS Leadership Academy, King's Fund
    • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
    • Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months
    • Approved clinician status or able to achieve within three months of appointment
    • In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice
    Knowledge and Experience
    • Experience of clinical or professional leadership role within services
    • Good understanding of change management
    • Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services
    • Ability to engage with staff and motivate to improve performance
    Skills
    • Understanding of national policy and understanding of regulatory framework for Foundation Trusts
    • Ability to communicate clearly and openly with staff at all levels, from the Executive Team to frontline staff
    • Ability to communicate complex information clearly
    • An open and facilitative style of leadership
    • Ability to hold others to account
    • An excellent understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non-clinical risks
    • Strong performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction, and holding others to account
    Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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. £105,504 to £139,882 a year plus £25,000 responsibility allowance


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