Clinical Director

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Job overview

The Clinical Director will be accountable for the clinical and operational management of the department(s). (S)he will have a key leadership role within the Division, working closely with the Divisional Medical Director, Divisional Director of Performance and Head of Nursing and being responsible for:

·Providing clinical and operational leadership

·Ensuring that services are delivered in a safe effective caring manner.

·Ensuring robust governance arrangements are in place

·Delivering quality and service improvements to eliminate harm.

·Delivering high operational performance.

·Ensuring effective financial management practice through improved efficiency and profitability.

·Delivering effective job-planning and robust appraisal for all doctors within the specialty

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Director will be accountable for the clinical and operational management of the department(s). (S)he will have a key leadership role within the Division, working closely with the Divisional Medical Director, Divisional Director of Performance and Head of Nursing and being responsible for:

·Providing clinical and operational leadership

·Ensuring that services are delivered in a safe effective caring manner.

·Ensuring robust governance arrangements are in place

·Delivering quality and service improvements to eliminate harm.

·Delivering high operational performance.

·Ensuring effective financial management practice through improved efficiency and profitability.

·Delivering effective job-planning and robust appraisal for all doctors within the specialty

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

To provide leadership within the department, ensuring that key performance indicators are met To advocate and support an active research and development culture within the department

§To represent the department at a senior level both internally and externally

§To continually review and develop services to improve the quality of patient care and experience

§To continually review and seek to improve efficiency of services.

§To be responsible for the delivery of local and national Key Performance and Quality Indicators.

§To attend management meetings both internally and externally to provide appropriate input and undertake required action.

§To be responsive to the managerial needs of the department and offer flexibility as and when necessary

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

•Employed at substantive consultant level, working in the acute hospital environment and registered with GMC or qualified doctor in medical management

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience in clinical leadership roles

Skills

Essential criteria

Sound knowledge of clinical governance and effective systems of medical management such as job planning, appraisal and clinical assessment

Personal Skills and Qualities

Essential criteria

Good team leadership skills

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