Clinical Director for Frailty, Stroke and Palliative Medicine

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Scarborough is seeking a Clinical Director to provide strategic and operational leadership in managing services. The role entails overseeing the Directorate, improving patient outcomes, and ensuring effective communication within the team. Candidates must be registered on the Specialist register, committed to managing budgets, and eager to foster teaching and research within the organization. The position offers a three-year term, subject to Chief Executive approval, and emphasizes leadership development and adherence to Trust policies.

Qualifications

• Registered on the Specialist register.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Directorate, ensuring effective support and leadership.
• Oversee safe and appropriate services within the Directorate.
• Support communication between clinical staff and management.
• Manage delegated budgets and monitor governance.
• Encourage improvements in patient experiences and outcomes.

Education

Registered on the Specialist register

Job description

Job overview

The role of the Clinical Director is to assist the Care Group Director to provide strategic and operational leadership for all elements of the portfolio of services within the care group ensuring the delivery of effective, efficient and high-quality services.

Appointments will normally be made for a period of no less than three years and will be subject to the agreement of the Chief Executive.

Clinical Directors will be responsible to the Care Group Director, and ultimately the Trust Board.

A yearly appraisal of the Clinical Directors managerial work will be conducted by the Care Group Director.

Appointed Clinical Directors will be expected to undergo, or have completed, the Trusts clinical leadership development programme.

The work of the Clinical Director will be identified within the individual’s job plan, where responsibility payments and any compensatory reduction in other work will also be made clear. The altered job plan will be agreed with the Medical Director Team.

Main duties of the job

• To manage, in partnership with the Care Group Director and Care Group Manager, the Directorate including undertaking Personal Development Reviews and ensuring appropriate support, development and leadership are in place.
• To take the major role in managing effective, safe, and appropriate services within a Directorate.
• To support the work of the Care Group Manager and Care Group Management Team and through them ensure the Care Group is managed appropriately and in accordance with Trust guidelines and structure.
• Ensure that the contract with Postgraduate Dean for junior medical staff is met.
• Assist the Care Group Director to ensure effective two-way communication between Trust Board, Executive Board and all clinical staff within the Directorate.
• Ensure appropriate mechanisms are in place so that effective two-way communications take place within all staff of the Directorate.
• To carry out the responsibilities of a delegated budget holder for specific expenditure types.
• To ensure that appropriate teaching and research is delivered within the Care Group.
• Consider, evaluate and approve study leave requests in accordance with Trust policy and monitor the CME status of Consultants within the Care Group.
• To approve all annual leave requests for medical staff within the Care Group after ensuring the continuity of clinical services.
• Ensuring that the outside commitments of medical staff in the Care Group (learning leave, private practice, holidays etc) are balanced and managed according to Trust-wide principles in order to protect all service commitments.
• Ensure clinical audit takes place, and that time provided for governance is monitored and used effectively within the Trusts policies.
• Continually seek to improve patient experiences and outcomes.
• To deputise for the Care Group Director as required, for example at meetings and groups.

Working for our organisation

Candidates must be aware of the organisation's expectation for them to be prepared to work across any of the Hospital sites where it is a requirement of their service or where departments are integrated across the different hospital sites. Planned activity will be agreed within an individual’s job plan.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information please see the job description attached

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Person specification

Application form and interview

Essential criteria

• Registered on the Specialist register