Deputy Medical Director - Clinical Leadership, Research & Improvement

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work collectively with others to achieve this but will hold particular responsibility for ensuring:

• We have a sustainable Clinical Lead role in LYPFT and a strategy that underpins sustainability, interdependence and the desired outcomes for the role.

• We have a highly efficient improvement and knowledge service that is able to effectively support improvement priorities throughout LYPFT.

• We have a high degree of integration with R&D leadership within the trust, such that a multi professional research agenda is supported.

• Clinical leads benefit from a development program that optimizes their potential within clinically led and operationally enabled clinical services. This will include ensuring that Clinical

• Leads and their supervising Clinical Directors are trained in the fundamentals of quality improvement and in delivering their leadership in a way that fits with the Trust values and strategic ambitions.

• Clinical Leads are enabled to systematically address quality in a way that is aligned with the

LYPFT Quality Strategic Plan by developing them to:

Harness quality reporting systems that identify how their services are doing.

Build conditions that allow quality to flourish in clinical services.

Link to QI, innovation, and research resources.

Appropriately prioritise areas for improvement focus.

• That LYPFT is part of a systemwide integrated effort to improve the health and fortunes of the population of Leeds and beyond. As such, the post holder will be encouraged and expected to build networks across the system that bring Clinical Leads together and allow those with the responsibility of developing clinical leadership to benefit from the approach taken in LYPFT.

The role will be delivered in very close collaboration with the other Clinical Directors, Deputy

Medical Directors and Chief Pharmacist. The Clinical Directors will be line managed by the post holder and who will in turn line manage the Clinical Leads. The post holder will be expected to add direction through their leadership to the Clinical Director group and ensure a consistency of approach that is aligned with LYPFT strategy and priorities. While the postholder will ensure that the infrastructure to develop clinical leads and to address cross cutting quality issues is in place, the other CDs will be responsible for ensuring that the Clinical Leads are engaging with that infrastructure.

The post holder will also line manage the deputy director of Improvement and Knowledge services and the head of research and development.

That close collaboration with the other Clinical Directors will be part of a wider commitment to a collective senior leadership group who will be responsible for quality improvement, assurance, and delivery. As such, the post holder will work collectively with other Deputy Medical Directors, CDs, the DDoN, and DCOO and others at the deputy executive level to ensure Clinical Leads, Heads of Operations and Heads of Clinical Governance are leading on ensuring: Quality improvement Robust clinical governance Service development and delivery Adherence to all service and professional regulatory requirements including quality & equality impact assessment.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• The candidate must demonstrate extensive experience in leading clinical services at a strategic level within a complex healthcare setting. This includes setting direction, managing senior clinical staff (such as Clinical Directors or Heads of Service), and contributing to organisational change and transformation. Evidence should include successful delivery of service improvement, development of leadership frameworks, and alignment of clinical priorities with organisational goals. Essential Evidence: oRoles held involving leadership of multidisciplinary teams. oStrategic planning responsibilities. oExamples of system-level collaboration or integrated care efforts.
• The candidate should show a proven track record of using quality improvement methodologies to lead service enhancements and improve patient outcomes. This includes developing and implementing governance systems, responding to regulatory requirements, and translating complex quality data into actionable improvements. Experience supporting and training others in QI principles is highly desirable. Essential Evidence: oInvolvement in QI projects or clinical governance initiatives. oKnowledge of regulatory frameworks (e.g., CQC, NICE). oExperience developing or evaluating clinical policies, safety processes, or learning systems.
• Candidates must have active engagement in research or academic activity relevant to clinical care. They should demonstrate an ability to integrate research and innovation into service development and have experience in supporting or leading multidisciplinary research agendas. A post-graduate degree (doctorate level or equivalent experience) and active clinical practice are required.Essential Evidence: oPublished research or involvement in formal R&D projects. oLeadership in innovation or evidence-based service redesign. oCollaboration with academic or NHS research bodies.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Marys House

Leeds

LS7 3JX

Employer's website

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