Clinical Lead in General Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

Accountability

The Clinical Lead will be responsible and accountable to the Divisional Director for Surgery, who may delegate the exercise of that accountability through other members of the team, particularly the Deputy Divisional Director. On a day-to-day basis accountability for managerial performance is delegated by the Director of Surgery to individual members of the Divisional team who are individually and collectively accountable to the Director of Surgery for the delivery of specific portfolios of work.

The Clinical Lead will help ensure the sub-specialties within the department provide and maintain a comprehensive range of high quality clinical services through programmes of continuing development and improvement.

The Clinical Lead will also be responsible for ensuring that their department meets all statutory, regulatory and performance standards as laid down by the relevant national authority, including compliance with the Trusts terms of authorisation as approved by NHS England, and with the service standards approved by Government through the Care Quality Commission. As the experts in their fields, they will be expected to be the first to identify any deficiencies in their services and also be the first to be aware of forthcoming advances / national changes.

General Management

The Clinical Lead will be expected to:

Act as a champion for the General Surgery department, influencing key opinion leaders and stakeholders.

Act as the lead for service development in their department.

Lead regular departmental meetings, be the departmental representative at the monthly Divisional Operational and Governance meeting and represent the General Surgery department at their Divisional and Trust meetings as required.

Help with, and be involved in, developing both departmental and Divisional business plans and strategy.

Deliver a high quality, cohesive clinical service ensuring the department works collaboratively within the hospital and with associated health and social care and other partner organisations.

Promote positive communication both internal and external to the Division to facilitate and develop strong partnership working.

Run the department on a day-to-day basis, and be the first port of call for issues within the department.

Finance and Physical Resources

The Clinical Lead will be responsible for helping deliver the financial performance of their department including:

Income and expenditure

Achieving operating costs which are equal to or below national reference costs

Working within their designated budget

Aork with the department and Service Manager to identify and deliver Cost Improvement Programmes (CIPs) in line with trust policy

Assessing and implementing the recommendations of any external reviews such as the GIRFT programme

Governance

The Clinical Lead will:

Be ultimately responsible for the governance and clinical effectiveness of their department, although the day-to-day implementation, monitoring and investigation of deficiencies may be shared with the Matron for the department and the governance lead/clinical lead for breast.

Ensure that all clinical standards, nationally agreed standards (e.g. NSF, NICE Guidelines, NPSA) and other programs of clinical assessment (e.g. CPA, PMETB) within the overall framework of the Care Quality Commission are complied with, working alongside the clinical effectiveness lead.

Ensure the department is represented at the Divisional Operational and Governance Meeting on a monthly basis

Human Resources

The Clinical Lead will:

Ensure compliance with the European Working Time Directive for all staff.

Ensure that rotas are compliant and fully staffed.

Lead by example in building on, and sustaining, a culture of openness, empowerment and involvement for all staff across the Division.

Be responsible for the annual job planning of the departments medical staff and for meeting with the Divisional Director in a timely manner to allow sign off of job plans within the Trusts required timeframes.

Be directly involved in recruitment for the department, and help ensure staffing is adequate to safely deliver required care

Performance

The Clinical Lead will:

Lead the delivery of all targets within their departmental Business Plan, especially:

Agreed levels of activity

Agreed levels of cost savings

Programmes of change

All capital schemes

Lead on the delivery of all mandatory targets (organisational and national).

Promote a culture of clinical excellence and continuous development and improvement.

Collaborate with the Service Manager and Matron to define the necessary recovery plans when operational or financial performance is significantly off track.

Person Specification

Other Criteria

Essential

• A commitment to life-long learning and undertaking personal development opportunities.
• Ability to manage and comply with sensitive information under tight timescales with a proportionate approach.
• Strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to communicate in difficult situations with empathy and professionalism.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently within own team and also closely with people in other disciplines
• Ability to work as part of a team and organise a fluctuating workload around competing priorities and numerous interruptions.
• Highly developed communication skills (written and oral), including the ability to summarise clearly and accurately, and the ability to persuade and influence clinical colleagues.
• Able to adapt behaviour to meet the needs of the group and in the light of feedback.
• Looks for collective success, listens and learns from the contribution of others.
• Good working relationships and credibility with professional colleagues and relevant stakeholders.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and self-motivated positive role model with a flexible working approach.
• Excellent personal integrity, personal effectiveness and self-awareness.
• Sustains professional integrity and independence at all times, particularly where there is the potential for a conflict of interest.
• Significant commitment to on-going personal education and development.
• Values diversity and difference.
• Operates with integrity and openness.
• Able to manage own workload, work independently and autonomously, and make timely and informed decisions.
• IT skills including use of email and commonly used software.

Desirable

• Well-developed motivation, influencing and negotiating skills.

Leadership

Essential

• Proven leadership skills, including networking skills.
• Ability to identify and disseminate examples of good practice amongst relevant colleagues.
• Demonstrates a commitment to and focus on quality.
• Promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
• Uses evidence to make improvements.

Qualifications

Essential

• MBChB or relevant professional qualification
• Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC/GDC
• Please confirm your GMC/GDC registration number

Experience

Essential

• Practicing clinician with an established track record of achievement in clinical practice and senior clinical management experience.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Rotherham Nhs Foundation Trust

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

South Yorkshire

S60 2UD

Employer's website

https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)