Job summary
Divisional Clinical Director for Surgery-Consultants pay Salary or Band 9 AFC
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the senior leadership team at Kettering General Hospital (KGH) as Divisional Clinical Director for the Surgery Division. You will be either a senior medical clinician or clinician, who can demonstrate a successful track record of managing teams and service change with the ability to work across boundaries. The role attracts up to 5 PAs for the leadership element of this role. The trust will provide other clinical work, either Research, Academic or clinical sessions to make the job plan up to 10 PAs or full time equivalent.
You will be a key member of the Trust's leadership team, with responsibility for leading the Surgery division, driving improvements across all aspects of KGH. The role will provide many opportunities to make a difference for our staff and patients and we will give you our full support.
If you are an aspiring Director, this is a great opportunity for you to further develop your leadership career. You will have opportunities for further training into strategic leadership and will benefit from direct support and mentorship from the Medical Director.
If you share our commitment to creating a diverse and engaged workforce that welcomes the involvement of service users and local people in all that we do and deliver the best outcomes for the communities we serve, this role may be right for you.
Main duties of the job
If you are an aspiring strategic leader, this is a great opportunity for you to further develop your clinical leadership career. The post holder will have opportunity for further training into strategic leadership and management and will benefit from direct support and mentorship from the Medical Director
The Clinical Medical Director for Surgery must inspire our staff and push the boundaries of innovation and quality of care working in partnership with our colleagues across University Hospitals of Northamptonshire. Your role and leadership will be pivotal in delivering our clinical aspirations
If you share our commitment to creating a diverse and engaged workforce that welcomes the involvement of service users and local people in all that we do, this role may be right for you.
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About us
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey.Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighboring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
The shortlisting will take place for this role on 27th March and the proposed interview date is 5th April.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
The shortlisting will take place for this role on 27th March and the proposed interview date is 5th April.
Person Specification
Educations, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Degree or equivalent level
- Further evidence of management/leadership training and continuous professional development
- Clinical Registration - GMC, NMC, HCPC or GPC Etc
Desirable
- Relevant Postgraduate qualification in a management discipline
- Project Management
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience at a senior level in a complex environment, including a sound understanding of the performance and governance requirements of the NHS
- Experience of holding senior clinicians to account for standards of care
- Extensive operational experience in an acute environment
- Experience of Managing regulatory inspections
- Experience of undertaking work requiring intense concentration in unpredictable circumstances with frequent interruptions
- Significant track record of achievement as a leader which demonstrates significant successes through innovation and a strong but sensitive style, which contributes directly to the patient experience and continuous improvement.
- Strong evidence of a collaborative management style coupled with improving quality of service provision at a strategic level
- In-depth and up to date knowledge of national developments and active involvement in local and national networks
- Evidenced experience of building a sustaining effective and productive working relationships with a range of people at local and regional level including statutory, voluntary, and private sector organisations
- Experience of establishing and applying performance management systems in areas like contract monitoring, staff management and departmental performance indicators
- Demonstrate well developed negotiation skills coupled with the ability to tack poor performance effectively
- Experience of instigating and leading complex change to achieve continuous improvement
- Significant experience of financial management and rigorous financial management and control to meet agreed targets
Desirable
- Experience and training in handling media
- Experience of commercial development
Skills
Essential
- High degree of political sensitivity and experience of dealing with a range of issues in a complex stakeholder environment
- Sound analytical, negotiation and numerical skills
- Ability to develop and influence a high performing, collaborative team, whilst allowing flexibility for members to develop against their own personal targets
- Establish strong, supportive working relationships with the senior teams and non-executive directors
- Strong commercial and business acumen and judgement, understanding the need for efficient services and the impact of operational efficiencies on financial performance, the patient experience and staff motivation and morale
- Ability to assess situations and take calculated risks based on learning and experience, to achieve longer-term improvements
- Able to ensure patient safety by assessing and managing risk
- Ability to establish rapport/credibility with internal and external stakeholders
Key Competencies/Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Personal Leadership style that embodies and promotes the Trust's values
Person Specification
Educations, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate Degree or equivalent level
- Further evidence of management/leadership training and continuous professional development
- Clinical Registration - GMC, NMC, HCPC or GPC Etc
Desirable
- Relevant Postgraduate qualification in a management discipline
- Project Management
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience at a senior level in a complex environment, including a sound understanding of the performance and governance requirements of the NHS
- Experience of holding senior clinicians to account for standards of care
- Extensive operational experience in an acute environment
- Experience of Managing regulatory inspections
- Experience of undertaking work requiring intense concentration in unpredictable circumstances with frequent interruptions
- Significant track record of achievement as a leader which demonstrates significant successes through innovation and a strong but sensitive style, which contributes directly to the patient experience and continuous improvement.
- Strong evidence of a collaborative management style coupled with improving quality of service provision at a strategic level
- In-depth and up to date knowledge of national developments and active involvement in local and national networks
- Evidenced experience of building a sustaining effective and productive working relationships with a range of people at local and regional level including statutory, voluntary, and private sector organisations
- Experience of establishing and applying performance management systems in areas like contract monitoring, staff management and departmental performance indicators
- Demonstrate well developed negotiation skills coupled with the ability to tack poor performance effectively
- Experience of instigating and leading complex change to achieve continuous improvement
- Significant experience of financial management and rigorous financial management and control to meet agreed targets
Desirable
- Experience and training in handling media
- Experience of commercial development
Skills
Essential
- High degree of political sensitivity and experience of dealing with a range of issues in a complex stakeholder environment
- Sound analytical, negotiation and numerical skills
- Ability to develop and influence a high performing, collaborative team, whilst allowing flexibility for members to develop against their own personal targets
- Establish strong, supportive working relationships with the senior teams and non-executive directors
- Strong commercial and business acumen and judgement, understanding the need for efficient services and the impact of operational efficiencies on financial performance, the patient experience and staff motivation and morale
- Ability to assess situations and take calculated risks based on learning and experience, to achieve longer-term improvements
- Able to ensure patient safety by assessing and managing risk
- Ability to establish rapport/credibility with internal and external stakeholders
Key Competencies/Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Personal Leadership style that embodies and promotes the Trust's values
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).
