Job summary
Sussex Partnership is seeking to appoint an ambitious, innovative Divisional Clinical Director for the West Sussex Division.
The West Sussex Division provides a broad range of adult mental health services to the whole of West Sussex. There is a total of around 1,200 WTE staff in the division with a turnover more than £76M. The Division hosts both acute, intensive care, older adult and rehabilitation inpatient services and adult, rehabilitation and older adult community services. This is an exciting time to join our trust as we adopt our new Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams in conjunction with our partners and we adopt our transformation programme for our acute services.
Main duties of the job
The Divisional Clinical Director will report to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and will play a key part in the leadership of the Trust and has responsibilities across the organisation as well as the specific division. Sussex Partnership is rated overall as "good" by CQC with an "outstanding" rating for caring.
Working alongside the Divisional Director of Nursing and Quality, Managing Director, and three Associate Clinical Directors ensuring the clinical care pathways are enabled to deliver the national and local strategies and for the achievement of high-quality performance and clinical outcomes
The new Divisional leadership teams are supported by a management development program with the Chief Medical, Chief Nursing and Chief Operating Officers.
The post will include 2 sessions of a clinical role (from available posts in the division) appropriate to the post holder; we welcome and encourage interested applicants to contact us to explore what clinical opportunities are available.
In addition, all Clinical directors contribute to on call rotas (Consultant or Director on calls as appropriate).
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Director will have responsibility for ensuring the best quality care and outcomes are delivered by the services in their division for the local population served within the resources available and in partnership with others.
The Clinical Director will have clinical leadership of the division, ensuring the clinical care pathways are enabled to deliver the national and local strategies and for the achievement of high-quality performance and clinical outcomes.
You willplay a key part in the leadership of the Trust, and have responsibilities across the organisation as well as the specific division.
Main Responsibilities - Clinical Director role:
- To appoint and manage the Associate Clinical Directors and Professional Leads within the Division and to develop clinical leadership across all the services. Oversee medical job planning and recruitment in partnership with the Division Lead Psychiatrist.
- To provide the clinical leadership and support the development of long-term strategic plans for the division based upon interpretation of national mental health policy and strategy and considering the Trust aims and objectives and projected needs of the client group.
- To provide clinical leadership and support to the Managing Director and Divisional Director for Nursing and Quality for the Division in overseeing the financial position and ensuring that services are provided within the agreed financial envelope whilst maintaining appropriate clinical standards.
- To provide clinical leadership and perspectives on service change programmes that delivers Cost Improvement Programme savings as well as improvements in quality and patient care.
- To provide clinical leadership in building a culture of continuous improvement of services as demonstrated by Quality Improvement, clinical audit and other forms of benchmarking. Proactively ensuring that the learning from serious incidents, near misses and complaints is acted upon and communicated effectively throughout the trust, this includes facilitating sessions to promote learning.
- To provide leadership in building and embedding a Just and Learning Cultures within the Division, this includes openness and responsibilities under Duty of Candour.
- To provide clinical leadership in developing excellent relationships with GPs, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Acute Hospitals and the Sustainability & Transformation Partnerships
- To represent the Trust when appropriate in handling media, CCG or NCB enquiries, or in communicating complex or contentious information to staff around service developments, serious incidents or homicides.
- To act as an ambassador for the Trust in key clinical commissioning forums, including the Sussex Clinical Senate and the ICB
- To lead on the development of the research and audit strategies and implementation plans within services as agreed by the Service and Trust. This includes making the final decision on the appropriateness of any clinical research studies that are being proposed within the division.
Main Responsibilities - clinical role:
Please see the relevant job description for an overview of the post-holder's responsibilities in this area. The specific responsibilities will depend on the clinical work the post-holder undertakes; as noted above, this will come from available opportunities in the relevant Division and we welcome interested applicants from all professions.
Interviews will be held in person on Thursday 14th November 2024 in SPFT Trust HQ, Portland House, Richmond Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1HS
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Director will have responsibility for ensuring the best quality care and outcomes are delivered by the services in their division for the local population served within the resources available and in partnership with others.
The Clinical Director will have clinical leadership of the division, ensuring the clinical care pathways are enabled to deliver the national and local strategies and for the achievement of high-quality performance and clinical outcomes.
You willplay a key part in the leadership of the Trust, and have responsibilities across the organisation as well as the specific division.
Main Responsibilities - Clinical Director role:
- To appoint and manage the Associate Clinical Directors and Professional Leads within the Division and to develop clinical leadership across all the services. Oversee medical job planning and recruitment in partnership with the Division Lead Psychiatrist.
- To provide the clinical leadership and support the development of long-term strategic plans for the division based upon interpretation of national mental health policy and strategy and considering the Trust aims and objectives and projected needs of the client group.
- To provide clinical leadership and support to the Managing Director and Divisional Director for Nursing and Quality for the Division in overseeing the financial position and ensuring that services are provided within the agreed financial envelope whilst maintaining appropriate clinical standards.
- To provide clinical leadership and perspectives on service change programmes that delivers Cost Improvement Programme savings as well as improvements in quality and patient care.
- To provide clinical leadership in building a culture of continuous improvement of services as demonstrated by Quality Improvement, clinical audit and other forms of benchmarking. Proactively ensuring that the learning from serious incidents, near misses and complaints is acted upon and communicated effectively throughout the trust, this includes facilitating sessions to promote learning.
- To provide leadership in building and embedding a Just and Learning Cultures within the Division, this includes openness and responsibilities under Duty of Candour.
- To provide clinical leadership in developing excellent relationships with GPs, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Acute Hospitals and the Sustainability & Transformation Partnerships
- To represent the Trust when appropriate in handling media, CCG or NCB enquiries, or in communicating complex or contentious information to staff around service developments, serious incidents or homicides.
- To act as an ambassador for the Trust in key clinical commissioning forums, including the Sussex Clinical Senate and the ICB
- To lead on the development of the research and audit strategies and implementation plans within services as agreed by the Service and Trust. This includes making the final decision on the appropriateness of any clinical research studies that are being proposed within the division.
Main Responsibilities - clinical role:
Please see the relevant job description for an overview of the post-holder's responsibilities in this area. The specific responsibilities will depend on the clinical work the post-holder undertakes; as noted above, this will come from available opportunities in the relevant Division and we welcome interested applicants from all professions.
Interviews will be held in person on Thursday 14th November 2024 in SPFT Trust HQ, Portland House, Richmond Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1HS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPsych or equivalent professional qualification at Consultant level
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of clinical or professional leadership role within services
- Good understanding of change management
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services
- Ability to engage with staff and motivate to improve performance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPsych or equivalent professional qualification at Consultant level
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience of clinical or professional leadership role within services
- Good understanding of change management
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services
- Ability to engage with staff and motivate to improve performance
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).
