Clinical Head of Portfolio ABU

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical delivery of services and pathways over a defined specialist area of the organisation. Working closely with the Business Unit Clinical Lead, Professional Leads and Medical leads, the post holder will provide clinical leadership and direction to the identified service area supporting the integration and transformation of service delivery.

They will ensure that high quality and safe services are delivered efficiently and effectively. The post holder will work to professional, operational and regulatory body codes, standards and guidance at all times ensuring that practice is grounded in evidence based theoretical and practical knowledge. They will be responsible for developing new and innovative practices and systems responding to emerging knowledge and techniques by interpreting and implementing national and local drivers.

Key Responsibilities

1.Clinical

1.1Utilises advanced specialist knowledge covering a range of procedures and underpinned by relevant broad based knowledge, experience and competence to provide care for patients with complex needs

1.2Develops and maintains new skills in advanced or extended scope practice in response to emerging knowledge and techniques

1.3Where appropriate to services delivery, demonstrates highly developed physical skills which require specific training or considerable experience to attain the expert level required e.g. advanced moving and handling techniques, advanced clinical assessment, clinical procedures, diagnostic tests

1.4Ability to make highly complex judgements, including in new or unfamiliar situations by analysing and interpreting a wide variety of complex information and data sources to compare options and to take action as appropriate (this may be clinical or non-clinical judgements

1.5Demonstrates independent practice responding to social, scientific, clinical and ethical issues which are encountered

1.6Responsible for developing new and innovative clinical pathways across the area of responsibility

1.7Engages and actively involves the individual and, if appropriate, their family/carer, in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of treatment and/or care by using person-centred techniques to promote a culture of self care, involvement and empowerment

1.8Provides and receives highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information where there may be barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using persuasive, motivational or negotiating skills.

1.9Approaches each individual with care, compassion and sensitivity ensuring that these values are reflected in all aspects of the role including the management of compliments and complaints

1.10Works to standards of advanced proficiency identified by their professional and regulatory bodies performing clinical treatments/procedures to a highly specialist standard

1.11Acts as an highly specialist expert source of information and support for other professionals and agencies related to their field of speciality

1.12To comply with the organisations Infection Prevention and Control requirements, including bare below the elbows dress code for staff with a direct care delivery role.

2.Leadership

2.1Ensures that a professional service and image is maintained at all time, thereby acting as a role model to all staff

2.2Provides a leadership style which is underpinned by strongly held values around equality, diversity and openness; effectively builds and maintains relationships with direct reportee(s) and other key individuals across the organisation.

2.3Demonstrates leadership and innovation in contexts which are unfamiliar, complex, and unpredictable that require solving problems involving many complex interacting factors across the broader health and social care economy.

2.4Demonstrates clinical leadership, initiative and creativity in developing projects inspiring others to be positive in their contribution to continuous improvement

2.5Demonstrates a highly specialist knowledge of professional roles and responsibilities in order to explore and develop new and innovative methods of service delivery in order to meet current and new demand

2.6By demonstrating highly developed change management behaviours, the post holder will lead complex projects, which may impact on own or other services, in order to implement key strategies and quality standards

2.7Demonstrates resilience when responding to challenge, change and complex or difficult situations

2.8Positively leads human resource systems and processes to embed the organisational vision and values throughout the service. This includes leading investigations, supporting performance management processes and ensuring that complaints have clinical scrutiny that result in shared learning.

2.9Clearly articulates the expected clinical standards of the service, monitors and identifies where standards are not met and takes action to address holding people to account where necessary

2.10Ability to represent the service at relevant local or regional clinical forum

2.11Lead multi-discipline and multi-agency work streams; the post holder will propose, develop and implement clinical and/or strategic policies and/or service developments; contributing to the planning and management of impacts on other disciplines, services or agencies

2.12Delegate, organise and prioritise autonomously to ensure the safe delivery of the service and making judgements in complex situations e.g. unexpected service demands

2.13Support the quality risk assessment and the monitoring of cost improvement programmes at a service level

2.14Deliver information to the team and other services, teams or agencies using a variety of means

2.15Promotes and represents service at a strategic and clinical level both internal and external to the organisation.

Person Specification

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Advanced specialist theoretical and clinical knowledge including specialist knowledge of treatment modalities appropriate to service area and profession (if required for job role).
• Advanced knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics and innovation and application in practice.
• Demonstrates awareness of limits to knowledge base.
• Leads the implementation of clinical governance, service development and quality measures in practice.
• Knowledge of specific service improvement and innovation techniques / initiatives e.g. Productive Community / Ward Series (Leeds Approach).

Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate learning to Masters level or equivalent in relevant field.
• Leadership and management qualification.
• Appropriate statutory professional body registration NMC, HCPC, SWE.
• Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties including extended role activities if relevant.
• Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards.
• Teaching, training or mentorship qualification or experience to an equivalent level.

Desirable

• Specific CPD modules relevant to specialist field.
• If required, qualification specific to specialist field e.g. advanced assessment, extended scope practitioner qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in the specialist clinical professional field.
• Clinical and professional leadership experience at a senior level.
• Successful project management experience.
• Experience of change management.
• Experience of practical application of innovation techniques.

Desirable

• Leading integration projects using a co-production approach.
• Leading research and development activities.
• Experience in the teaching and training of others to a specialist in a variety of settings e.g. clinical, academic.
• Experience of managing human resources and the appropriate policies and procedures.

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.

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

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

White Rose House - Trust HQ

Building 3, White Rose Park, Millshaw Park Lane

Leeds

LS11 0DL

Employer's website

https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/join-our-team1/ (Opens in a new tab)