Job summary
The Clinical Director for Children's Health will work in a triumvirate with the Associate Director of Nursing/Associate Director of Midwifery and the Divisional Manager to lead the site-based services for Women's and Children's Division. As part of the triumvirate the post holder will be responsible for the delivery of paediatric and neonatal services against the goals and standards for quality, safety, activity, financial management and workforce. The Clinical Director will have a strong line of partnership working and collaboration with other senior leaders.
Our current Clinical Directors have completed three years in the role, and we are therefore re-advertising both the roles now for our Women's & Children's Division at Newham University Hospital, part of the Barts Health Group. Current and potential clinical leads are encouraged to consider whether you have the skills, drive and personality to carry out this exciting and challenging role.
Clinical Director positions available are as follows.
Division
Specialty
Women and
Children
Children's Health
Divisional Directors and the Medical Director would be keen to discuss this with you if you are interested. Applications from senior clinicians from relevant specialty backgrounds are welcome.
For further information about the role or to an informal discussion please contact
Sherry Manning sherry.manning@nhs.net and/ or Liat Sarner : liat.sarner@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
- To implement a comprehensive programme of quality improvement activity (such as Clinical Audit, end to end integrated care pathways with variance analysis; quality accounts, and evidence-based practice).
With the Divisional Director and site Medical Director to develop systems to enable services within the site to benchmark and audit their practice to improve the patient experience.
- To ensure clinical standards meet best practice standards and recommendations of national service frameworks are being met and implemented.
- Establish clear lines of responsibility and accountability for overall aspects of clinical care, utilising feedback loops to clinical colleagues and the outcomes of care-based audit.
- To ensure effective implementation of policies aimed at managing risk, overseeing arrangements for preventing, reporting, investigating and acting upon adverse incidents, and identification and management of poor performance that contributes to poor team working and / or clinical risk.
- To ensure that within each clinical area, effective systems and processes are established to enable the delivery of the clinical governance agenda.
- To ensure the dissemination of learning from good practice on serious incidents and complaints from the site and other Trust hospital sites.
- To develop robust risk and reporting systems, in partnership with the Divisional management team, to provide appropriate assurance to the site Board and its Committees.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide visionary leadership to the sire/clinical directorate medical workforce and all clinical leaders fostering an open and inclusive style of management, encouraging team working and good working relationships.
- To support the Divisional Director and site Medical Director to give senior clinical leadership on the quality, governance, and improvement agenda across the department.
- To provide a clear sense of service direction expressed in a clinical strategy aligned to site and Network strategic direction and priorities.
- To promote personal accountability at all levels, inspiring all staff to strive for continuous improvements in the services provided.
- To seek out concerns about clinical quality, patient safety, or patient experience, ensuring that clinical teams are supported to address these within the Being Open framework.
- To work as a member of an effective senior team, to develop clinical leaders at every level, including succession planning
- To support the Divisional Director and site Medical Director on the medical workforce development agenda, including overseeing Clinical Leads successful implementation of their aims and objectives and agreeing professional standards of behavior for consultants and medical staff.
- To act as a good employer, with active staff engagement, two-way dialogue with staff, and appraisal and development systems fully embedded.
- To implement and promote dignity and work initiatives and lead by example to ensure zero tolerance to all forms of bullying and harassment.
- To provide visible leadership for the Trusts I want Great Care programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide visionary leadership to the sire/clinical directorate medical workforce and all clinical leaders fostering an open and inclusive style of management, encouraging team working and good working relationships.
- To support the Divisional Director and site Medical Director to give senior clinical leadership on the quality, governance, and improvement agenda across the department.
- To provide a clear sense of service direction expressed in a clinical strategy aligned to site and Network strategic direction and priorities.
- To promote personal accountability at all levels, inspiring all staff to strive for continuous improvements in the services provided.
- To seek out concerns about clinical quality, patient safety, or patient experience, ensuring that clinical teams are supported to address these within the Being Open framework.
- To work as a member of an effective senior team, to develop clinical leaders at every level, including succession planning
- To support the Divisional Director and site Medical Director on the medical workforce development agenda, including overseeing Clinical Leads successful implementation of their aims and objectives and agreeing professional standards of behavior for consultants and medical staff.
- To act as a good employer, with active staff engagement, two-way dialogue with staff, and appraisal and development systems fully embedded.
- To implement and promote dignity and work initiatives and lead by example to ensure zero tolerance to all forms of bullying and harassment.
- To provide visible leadership for the Trusts I want Great Care programme.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Works at a senior clinician level within children's health services
- Experience of leadership and management
- Experience of clinical governance and of the measures to ensure patient safety
- Track record of innovation or transformation
- Interest in managing and developing staff
- A record of partnership working
Desirable
- Establishing and sustaining effective strategic direction
- Track record of addressing poor performance
- Track record of achieving financial targets
- Establishing and sustaining effective strategic direction
- Experience of working across specialties or sites
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Able to think and act strategically and to articulate a clear vision and sense of direction
- Ability to define and implement policy development at departmental level
- Communication skills, verbal and written
- Interpersonal skills, able to influence and motivate
- Able to prioritise and manage competing demands
- Able to lead continuous change and improvement in services, encouraging the use of new clinical and service technologies with a multidisciplinary team.
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the current context of health and social care, and of clinical learning and research
- An understanding of the specific issues in East London
- A broad understanding of the systems for primary care, social care and commissioning
- Knowledge of the Trust priorities
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development within the speciality
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Postgraduate qualification
- Interest or experience in quality improvement methodologies
Other - Attitudes & Values
Essential
- Understands and supports the vision and values of the Trust
- Acts as a role model for senior as well as more junior colleagues
- Team player, able to develop a culture that values colleagues and enables them to engage in problem solving and decision making
- Motivated for the role
- Provides a role model for clinical leaders
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Works at a senior clinician level within children's health services
- Experience of leadership and management
- Experience of clinical governance and of the measures to ensure patient safety
- Track record of innovation or transformation
- Interest in managing and developing staff
- A record of partnership working
Desirable
- Establishing and sustaining effective strategic direction
- Track record of addressing poor performance
- Track record of achieving financial targets
- Establishing and sustaining effective strategic direction
- Experience of working across specialties or sites
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Able to think and act strategically and to articulate a clear vision and sense of direction
- Ability to define and implement policy development at departmental level
- Communication skills, verbal and written
- Interpersonal skills, able to influence and motivate
- Able to prioritise and manage competing demands
- Able to lead continuous change and improvement in services, encouraging the use of new clinical and service technologies with a multidisciplinary team.
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of the current context of health and social care, and of clinical learning and research
- An understanding of the specific issues in East London
- A broad understanding of the systems for primary care, social care and commissioning
- Knowledge of the Trust priorities
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development within the speciality
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Postgraduate qualification
- Interest or experience in quality improvement methodologies
Other - Attitudes & Values
Essential
- Understands and supports the vision and values of the Trust
- Acts as a role model for senior as well as more junior colleagues
- Team player, able to develop a culture that values colleagues and enables them to engage in problem solving and decision making
- Motivated for the role
- Provides a role model for clinical leaders
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
