Clinical Director

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking an ODN Clinical Lead to collaborate with various teams for improving healthcare services. This role involves leading clinical innovations, reducing clinical variations, and representing the organization in various health systems. The ideal candidate must possess postgraduate qualifications and significant leadership experience within relevant specialties, and will be responsible for strategic oversight to ensure high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Inclusive working environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience of leadership and management.
• Worked clinically at a senior level for at least 3 years.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Design and codify ODN operations.
• Ensure clinical leadership in service improvement.

Skills

Communication skills, verbal and written

Leadership skills

Ability to work with limited resources

Ability to respond flexibly and iteratively

Ability to prioritise and manage competing demands

Education

Post graduate qualifications

Registration with relevant professional body

Job description

Job overview

The ODN Clinical Lead will collaborate and work in partnership with a multi-disciplinary speciality team of clinical and managerial staff across Barts Health in delivering the priorities, goals and objectives of the ODN with the Hospital CEO. The ODN will be responsible for developing and maintaining cross-organisation thinking and collaboration between multi-professional teams across all hospitals where services fall within the ODN’s specialty.

The ODN Clinical Lead will have a key role within the ODN pilot in terms of designing and codifying how ODNs can operate within the Barts Health Group Model. Although the role of the ODN is being developed, it is anticipated that this will include responding to GIRFT, reducing unwarranted variation, responding to national audits for the speciality, overseeing consultant job planning and the specialty operating with a trust wide single PTL.

Main duties of the job

The ODN Clinical Lead will be responsible for ensuring that the ODN is clinically led and that it is advising on service and population health improvement and the reduction of unwarranted clinical variation.

The ODN Clinical Lead will ensure that all clinical and care professional voices are represented and incorporated into the ODN.

The ODN Clinical Lead will be the speciality lead for Barts Health within the North East London Integrated Care System (NEL ICS), NEL Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) and at regional and national networks as required. They will represent the Barts Health perspective for the specialty.

The ODN Clinical Lead will play an important role in working with hospitals to ensure agreed standards, strategies and plans are communicated and understood

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The ODN Clinical Lead will foster a culture of learning and innovation, realising the potential synergies of the clinical service, education and research.

The ODN Clinical Lead will model the attitudes and behaviours of a senior clinical leader, to improve health and reduce health inequalities, and to promote equalities among both staff and patients.

The ODN Clinical Lead role will be ideal for established leaders, working within Orthopaedics / Urology / Gynaecology specialty, who are interested in clinical leadership working across Barts Health.

The ODN Clinical Lead will have a direct reporting line to the Hospital CEO hosting the speciality. They will also be responsible to the Group COO and Group CMO.

Governance of the ODN will be developed as part of the pilot however it is anticipated that this will be through Hospital and Group structures.

Person specification

Qualifications and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Registration with relevant professional body.
• Post graduate qualifications
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• A broad understanding of the systems for primary care, social care and commissioning
• Employed substantively in clinical practice in specialty within Barts Health
• A good understanding of the current context of health and social care, and of clinical learning and research A good understanding of the specific issues in Barts Health

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of leadership and management
• Worked clinically at a senior level for at least 3 years
• A record of partnership working Track record of innovation

Desirable criteria

• Establishing and sustaining effective strategic direction

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to lead continuous change and improvement in services, encouraging the use of new clinical and service technologies with a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to work with limited resources whilst delivering excellent services
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Able to think and act strategically and to articulate a clear vision and sense of direction
• Communication skills, verbal and written Interpersonal skills, able to influence and motivate
• Ability to respond flexibly and iteratively, using evidence and learning to shape ensuing work plans and strategy
• Able to prioritise and manage competing demands