Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Innovations and effectiveness.

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hampstead; Sur place; GBP 110 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working

Résumé du poste

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Deputy Chief Medical Officer for a two-year tenure alongside a substantive consultant post. The role requires MRCPsych/FRPsych and a general management qualification, with GMC registration and Section 12 approval.

The post involves leading clinical effectiveness, translating research into outcomes, and shaping innovative care strategies in mental health and related services across the Trust.

Qualifications

• Senior medical leadership experience in a complex organisation.
• Experience turning research, audit and NICE guidance into measurable improvements.
• Proven ability to work with clinical executives and partners to shape innovative developments.

Responsabilités

• Provide senior clinical leadership for the Trust's clinical effectiveness agenda.
• Translate research, evidence, audit, NICE guidance and learning into measurable improvements in outcomes, quality and experience.
• Work with the Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Executive and partners to shape innovative approaches.

Connaissances

Senior leadership

Strategic planning

Clinical governance

Change management

Analytical skills

Formation

MRCPsych or FRPsych equivalent

General management qualification

Description du poste

This two-year Deputy Chief Medical Officer role at Devon Partnership NHS Trust, which runs mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, is attached to a substantive consultant post. The holder provides senior clinical leadership for effectiveness work, turning research, audit and NICE guidance into measurable gains in outcomes and quality. Deputy responsibilities sit on a fixed tenure, and external applicants are welcome. Fit depends on MRCPsych, Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status.

What the job involves

• Provide senior clinical leadership for the Trust's clinical effectiveness agenda
• Translate research, evidence, audit, NICE guidance and learning into measurable improvements in outcomes, quality and experience
• Work with the Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Executive, clinical leaders and partners to shape how innovative approaches are developed, evaluated and embedded
• Champion excellent clinical practice
• Strengthen the use of evidence and outcome data to drive improvement
• Support a culture in which innovation, learning and clinical leadership flourish
• Carry out Deputy CMO responsibilities on a fixed two-year tenure, alongside a substantive consultant post

Qualifications

• MRCPsych or FRPsych equivalent
• General management qualification and/or management development, plus evidence of continuing personal and professional development

Registration & licences

• Current GMC registration with licence to practise, with revalidation and in-date appraisal
• Section 12 approval (or eligibility) and Approved Clinician status

Experience

• Senior management in a complex organisation, building relationships with peers and key players inside and outside the Trust
• Change management, taking the medical lead, and service reconfiguration, shaping development with stakeholders including clinical networks
• Clinical experience across a range of services

Skills & knowledge

• High-calibre written and spoken communication and presentation, with effective verbal reasoning and lateral thinking
• Analysing service cost, activity and quality information and reporting at strategic level
• Prioritising a diverse, evolving workload and delivering complex objectives to deadline
• Awareness of the concerns of different health and social care professions in mental health and learning disability services
• Detailed understanding of medical workforce, service, clinical and research governance, and CQC inspection processes
• Knowledge of medical staffing and HR issues (EWTD, resident doctor hours, Consultant and SAS contracts, job planning, appraisal) and of NHS policy and the government modernisation agenda

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check

Other

• Able to be mobile across the Trust's areas and nationally, and to work flexibly across the region
• Participation in the on-call clinical rota

What’s offered

• Part-time and flexible working applications considered and supported, where possible