Clinical Strategic Lead

Job responsibilities

Principle Duties

To work closely with the Strategic Lead of L&SC PCTH and the Quality Assurance and Governance Lead in;

Leading the clinical quality and the clinical governance strategy agenda for the L&SC PCTH

Oversight and development of appropriate evidence based clinical education programmes that can be delivered through and by the L&SC PCTH

Ensuring clinical quality of all TH activities (not just audit) are delivered in a fair, equitable way and are of high quality

Ensure a clinical perspective is embedded within all short, medium and long strategic plans and developments within the L&SC PCTH.

The following are the key requirements identified for this role and the approaches needed for them;

Contacts and relationships

Positively engage with external agencies and act as advocate for the Training Hub

Actively look for potential opportunities with key contacts to address workforce training needs and improve overall service delivery and performance

Work with clinical programme leads and clinical care leads (such as the ICB quality lead, Nursing and AHP leads) as well as programme system leads, when necessary, to support delivery of training and education in Lancashire and South Cumbria

To provide expertise and leadership working in alignment with strategic lead

Engaging with partner organisations and staff providing enabling support, leadership and assistance as required for training and education

Connect and build trust with colleagues across traditional boundaries - developing strong networks and relationships that work in service of patients over organisations, places or professional groups

Make sound operational and clinical judgements that ensure safe and effective service provision in relation to the delivery of training & education

Listen with compassion to the needs, hopes and challenges of those they work with and serve

Support practices, PCNs and INTs to gather and assess all appropriate and available training and education information to gain an accurate understanding of the opportunities available for staff

Service delivery and outcomes

Ensure that the training hub services meets all relevant clinical educational and training quality standards, specifically CQC, ICB and all relevant NICE guidelines

Support the effective and efficient deployment of resources to achieve agreed outcomes and targets

Work as a team member developing and maintaining effective working relationships

Keep up to date with relevant policies and procedures

Contribute to all reporting requirements provided by the L&SC PCTH

Creativity and innovation

Encourage and test new ways of working together, collaborating and learning from each other to achieve our collective ambition to improve the health and wellbeing of our population

Seek out and embrace different ideas, perspectives and challenges being able to adapt and change course by continually learning from others around them

Takes an innovative and creative approach to solving problems

Considers innovation in the workplace an ongoing responsibility and welcomes change as an integral part of both individual and organisational development

Acts as a positive role model for the clinical workforce, promotes innovation and acts as a facilitator for change

Planning and organising

Develops practical and realistic plans to achieve outcomes/objectives in particular relating to the delivery of clinical training and education

Considers the wider implications with regards to skills, resources in achieving plans/ outcomes/objectives

Ensures appropriate resources and levels of capability to deliver priorities as well as delivering value for money

Takes responsibility for delivery of plans, outcomes and objectives which may involve coordinating and organising others

Communication

Actively contribute to a culture of positive communication

Financial Management

Effectively manage resources within your control

Personal development

Continually develop own clinical knowledge and practice

Maintain professional registration (e.g. GMC, NMC, etc.)

Equality and Diversity

Act in ways that actively promote equity and value diversity

Help to develop and maintain an organisational culture that supports equity and diversity.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel to locations across Lancashire and South Cumbria

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent qualification or experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Registered Healthcare professional

Desirable

• Qualification or evidence of special interest in lead area

Leadership

Essential

• Be competent, confident and willing to give an unbiased strategic clinical or professional view on all aspects of training hub business
• Be highly regarded as a clinical or care professional leader, beyond the boundaries of a profession demonstrably able to think beyond their own professional viewpoint
• Have the skills and experience to plan and chair meetings with multi-professional and multiple stakeholder involvement
• Be able to take a balanced view of the clinical and management agenda and draw on their specialist skills to add value
• Work in a collaborative style to bring out the best in colleagues from a range of partner and community organisations

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to maintain a positive and constructive profile
• Ability to influence and persuade, articulate a balanced view and encourage constructive debate with the confidence to question and challenge effectively
• Ability to develop strong relationships across the system
• Knowledge and understanding of health, care and local government landscape, and integrated care agenda
• Knowledge and understanding of population health inequalities and how these impact peoples outcomes and experience of health and care provision within the place

Desirable

• In-depth understanding of healthcare across the system and an appreciation of the broad social, political and economic trends influencing it

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate effective system leadership behaviours
• Ability to enthuse and motivate others
• Commitment to principles of promoting equality and respecting diversity
• Strives for safe, quality, effective and efficient service provision
• Promotes open and honest dialogue, valuing individual differences, respect aspirations and commitments, and seeks to understand priorities, needs, abilities and limits
• Aware of the impact of own behaviour on others
• Leads by example and actively role models the NHS and L&SC PCTH Values in all work, fostering an inclusive culture with compassion and humanity
• Interprets equality, diversity and rights in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice
• Constructively challenges and accepts feedback from others
• Maintains confidentiality at all times

Experience

Essential

• Making sound operational or clinical judgements that ensure safe and effective service provision
• Experience at working in a collaborative approach and decision-making groups
• Proven ability to engage people by the way they communicate and interact, including members of the public, clinical and professional leaders
• Experience of engaging with stakeholders using their feedback to redesign programmes that improve the quality and/or efficiency of service provision
• Experience of working within Primary Care

Desirable

• Experience of communicating complex issues in laypersons language at public meetings

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).