Medical Director / Consultant Psychiatrist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Work with the Jameson Managing Director and Director of Nursing Directors to develop clinical services and make progress towards realising the Trusts long-term strategy in line with objectives of quality, financial sustainability and operational stability.

Ensure that all local and national targets are delivered within safe and high-quality settings.

Actively contribute to all major activities of the Trust Executive and exercise corporate decision making and responsibilities.

Ensure that staff within Jameson deliver high quality services that embody the Trust values.

Develop positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Management of Services

Provide visible leadership and effective management of all medical and clinical staff within the division.

Ensure quality performance standards are set which includes the delivery of efficiency targets and patient flow against agreed metrics to ensure delivery of high quality and cost-effective clinical services.

Active contribution to the Divisional Management Board, Trust Executive, and Trust Board as required and ensure external bodies receive performance reports and monitoring information as required.

Monitor quality and performance regularly and take remedial action, as necessary, to ensure that plans are achieved and services delivered are safe, of a high quality and financially sustainable.

Strategic and Service Planning

Contribute to the setting and delivery of the Divisions strategic and annual plans and contribute to the development of the Trusts strategic and annual plan.

Take a key role, working closely with the Divisional Strategy and Transformation lead in preparing and delivering relevant aspects of the Trusts delivery against the Long-Term Plan creating a shared vision with local communities, staff, patients and carers.

Ensure identification and agreement of the Divisions annual objectives and these support the achievement of the Divisions plans.

Develop an agreed strategy for improvement of Divisional services which incorporates Trust initiatives including quality improvement, all aspects of clinical governance and the focus on the patient.

Clinical and Corporate Governance

Ensure clinical governance is integrated with operational performance including through leadership in the Divisional Management Board.

Ensure the Division is compliant with national and local requirements including those set by CQC, Monitor and commissioners.

Ensure clinical quality improvement is embedded in all clinical practice.

Ensure clinical standards meet best practice.

Ensure recommendations of national initiatives are met and implemented.

Ensure Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions are complied with and the highest standards in corporate governance and probity are maintained.

Performance Management

Ensure a culture of performance management and appraisal is evident as both a responsibility and a right for management and medical/clinical staff within the areas managed.

Ensure robust internal quality and performance management systems are in place enabling the Trust to adhere to plans, standards and targets.

Ensure appropriate management capacity is in place at all levels which operates within an organisational structure and delivers responsive, safe, quality, financially sustainable, operational stable and reliable patient services.

Build and maintain collaborative partnerships with stakeholders including patients, carers and organisations to optimise the performance and development of the Trusts services.

Human Resource Management

The highest quality of medical/clinical staff management is provided in all areas of responsibility through working with the Human Resources department.

Framework of the Trusts Employment Policies and Procedures and issues arising from the Annual Staff Survey are proactively and effectively addressed.

Medical/clinical Staff are developed as a key organisational and management responsibility with the strategic requirements of current national initiatives pursued.

Development of the Culture within the Division

The culture within the Division and that of the Trust is active medical/clinical staff engagement and devolved decisions at the point closest to patient care

Service Reporting and Management is in place including a robust system of earned autonomy.

Personal Development

Personal development objectives are agreed and reviewed annually with the Medical Director

Continuing professional development is undertaken as agreed with the Medical Director

The role of Divisional Medical Director is developed in partnership with the Divisional Operations Director and Divisional Nursing Director

Person Specification

Education, Qualification, Training, Experience, Skills, Knowledge

Essential

• Consultant Psychiatrist. Registered with the GMC or GDC with a license to practice
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience at senior management level with responsibility for clinical operations in complex health care setting (clinical director or equivalent).
• Experience and evidence of delivering high standards of performance to achieve national and local targets within a complex healthcare setting
• Experience complex finance and budgetary management
• Experience of working effectively in partnership with other organisations
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations including the resolution of conflict and influencing others to accept demanding outcomes
• Highly developed operational performance improvement skills
• Ability to anticipate and plan for change

Desirable

• Qualification in Business/Medical Management
• Experience and evidence of formal project management
• Experience of business planning in complex organisations

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.

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

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust HQ

350 Euston Road

London

NW1 3AX

Employer's website

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