Darzi Fellow in Clinical Leadership

Job summary

The Darzi Fellowship Clinical Leadership Programme is designed to build the training and development of senior clinical leaders. It entails a 12-month Fellowship Challenge alongside a PGCert Leadership in Health(Darzi) over the course of the 2024/25 academic year. The programme offers Fellows a unique opportunity to develop the capability skills necessary for their future roles as clinical leaders. It creates opportunities to work with medical directors (or equivalent) and lead the development of service changes and quality. We welcome applications from experienced and dedicated clinicians who have a proved interest in education and multi-disciplinary learning. The Darzi Fellowship is considered a prestigious post and is highly recommended for aspiring clinical leaders. Applications are welcomed from all healthcare professionals as set out in the person specification. The post may be of particular interest to trainees in cardiology, haematology, stroke medicine and older people's medicine, GP trainees, nurses or pharmacists.

Main duties of the job

This fellowship challenge is work that requires engagement across the health and care system including at the ICB level, with local authorities, NHS 111, London Ambulance Service, and patient stakeholders. Despite focused resource and efforts at achieving reduced length of stay, improved ED 4hr performance, there is still a large gap between the current state and target. Additionally, NorthMid population health data suggests that health inequities may contribute to such challenges and should be integrated into the improvement planning in a more robust way. This adds an additional realm of complexity but also potential for impact significance, to the aim of the fellowship. Supporting capacity building within the organisation for clinical leadership working with the relevant departments within the organisation, the Fellow will contribute to the leadershipand organisational skills development for trainee doctors and other healthcare professionals within the organisation.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The Fellowship also includes:Clinical commitmentWhere the Fellow requires this for their future career, post holders may continue to undertake a limitedamount of clinical work commensurate with their level of experience and appropriate to their trainingstatus The extent and nature of this work is to be negotiated locally, driven by the Fellow and will includeappropriate and clearly identified clinical supervision. The clinical component of the post will not exceed anaverage of three sessions per week and in order to assist with orientation to the new role, Fellows will notbe expected to undertake clinical duties in the first twelve weeks of taking up their organisational opportunitiesThe organisation will provide a number of other developmental opportunities attendance at boardmeetings, working with multi-professional teams, project management experience, and exposure toorganisation financial management. In addition the organisation is required to work with London SouthBank University to run an immersion week locally into all facets of the health and social care system template schedule for this will be provided, and it will take place in the first month of the formalprogramme.Support programmeThe post will be supported by an academic programme of learning - the PGCert Leadership in Health (Darzi)awarded by the London South Bank University. This is a Masters Level taught programme which will includesupport through action learning sets and opportunities for coaching and mentoring. Collaborative workingand knowledge sharing is encouraged, a dedicated learning environment will be national and regional opportunitiesIn addition to participation in the support programme provided, the post holder is expected to attendnational and regional events appropriate to the duties and responsibilitiesThe post holder will be expected to undertake the following duties: To provide clinical leadership for agreed projects To liaise and engage with the organisation and other sector colleagues as appropriate Provide timely and effective clinical advice and leadership working with managers and staff inrelation to the agreed Fellowship Challenge Provide written reports on Challenge progress, including risks and issues Attend all educational modules, development opportunities and undertake self-managed studyhours associated with the Fellowship Attend the relevant coaching and learning sets Participate in all aspects of the Fellowship scheme and its evaluation Contribute to capacity building through leadership and organisational skills development fortrainee doctors and other healthcare professionals within the organisation based on their learningin the Fellowship. Act as an ambassador for the Fellowship scheme and promote medical leadershipThe duties and responsibilities outlined above are not intended to be exhaustive, may vary over time andare subject to management review and amendment.AppraisalThe Nominated Sponsor (Medical Director or equivalent) will supervise the Fellow including settingobjectives and agreeing a personal development plan. These will be regularly reviewed. Where possible,Fellows development needs will be met through the organisation in conjunction with opportunitiesprovided by the bespoke support programme.GeneralConfidentialityThe post holder is required not to disclose such information, particularly that relating to patients and employees are subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and must not only maintain strict confidentialityin respect of patient and staff records, but the accuracy and integrity of the information contained post holder must not at any time use personal data held by the organisation for any unauthorisedpurpose or disclosure such as data to a third party. Fellows must not make any disclosure to anyunauthorised person or use any confidential information relating to the business affairs of theorganisations, unless expressly authorised to do so by the and safetyThe post holder must co-operate with management in discharging responsibilities under the Health andSafety at Work Act 1974 and take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety, and that of post holder must also ensure the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safeenvironment for patients, employees and opportunitiesThe post holder is required at all times to carry out responsibilities with due regard to the organisationsEqual Opportunities Policy and to ensure that staff receive equal treatment throughout their employmentwith the managementAll staff have a responsibility to report all clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly and whenrequested to, co-operate with any investigation undertaken.Conflict of interestsThe post holder may not, without the consent of the organisation engage in any outside employment andin accordance with the organisations Conflict of Interest Policy must declare to their manager all privateinterests, which could potentially result in personal gain as a consequence of the employment position inthe organisation. Interests that might appear to be in conflict should also be declared. In addition the NHSCode of Conduct and Standards of Business conduct for NHS Staff (HSG 93/5) required the post holder todeclare all situations where the Fellow or a close relative or associate has a controlling interest in a business(such as a private company, public organisation or other NHS voluntary organisation), or in any activitywhich may compete for any NHS contracts to supply goods or services to the post holder must therefore register such interests with the organisation, either on appointment orsubsequently whenever such interests are gained. Fellows should not engage in such interests without thewritten consent of the organisation, which will not be unreasonably is the Fellows responsibility to ensure that they are not placed in a position, which may give rise to aconflict between their private patients interest and their NHS duties

Person Specification

Required

Essential

Full registration with relevant professional body, GMC, GDC, NMC, HPC, GPC, HPCP Minimum training level or experience of: ST4-6, CT3, SAS, GPST3/4, Band 7/8a or equivalent, from a recognised specialty school training programme Previous co-ordination or management or leadership experience either at undergraduate or postgraduate level, within or without health care

Desirable

Higher degree or management qualification Evidence of clinical excellence prizes, presentations papers Development of evaluations / audit protocols / grant applications

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