Clinical Director - Community Hospital @ Home Service

Job description

Job responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES / ACCOUNTABILITIES:

To provide senior professional clinical leadership within the triumvirate, provide leadership to the Hospital @ Home Service and contribute to developing the strategic direction of the service.

To provide strategic advice and leadership and contribute on medical and clinical matters to the Hospital @ Home working groups.

To be accountable for clinical governance within the service in partnership with the Lead Nurse.

To support the recruitment, retention and professional development of clinical staff including induction, job planning, appraisals, clinical supervision and organising teaching & training sessions.

To drive transformation in care delivery, including proactive care models and integration across the community and urgent emergency services.

To contribute to the development of innovative and effective ways of working to create strong partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders within the system.

To support team members in delivering on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate.

To build and sustain effective communications with all members of the multidisciplinary team, and the wider clinical teams across the community service.

To represent Hospital @ Home at various fora developing partnerships, sharing best practice and integrating this knowledge in service improvement.

To ensure there is clinical engagement in the day-to-day activities of Hospital @ Home, in performance improvements and service developments, working with the leads in other services across the Trust.

Person Specification

Experience, Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• GMC Registered Consultant with MRCP or equivalent or GP with significant leadership experience
• Evidence of clinical governance, service transformation, audit and quality improvement
• Understading of NHS Frameworks including GIRFT and CQC standards
• Evidence of robust clinical leadership

Desirable

• Experince in a community or virtual ward setting
• Evidence of partnership development and joint working

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

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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

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Address

Abel Smith House

Gunnels Wood Road

Stevenage

SG12ST

Employer's website

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