Clinical Director - Cheshire & Merseyside

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

Except in emergencies or where otherwise agreed with your manager, you are responsible for fulfilling the duties and responsibilities set out in your Job Plan, which will be reviewed annually.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Liaise and work with the Lead Clinical Director for Dental Services to ensure clinical quality and clinical delivery are maintained and improved across the service

Liaise and work with the Heads of Dental Services to ensure an effective, safe service is delivered to the Trusts patients.

Work clinically in your area of specialism and with general community dental services patients, demonstrating your professionalism and leadership skills to your team. Support all your team members in the delivery of excellent clinical care for patients.

The emphasis for this post is based on Management and Leadership competencies

Management & Leadership

Provide managerial and clinical leadership to services operating across multiple sites, with several staff groups and providing a varied portfolio of differing clinical services.

Undertake appraisals, personal development plans and job plans for clinical and non-clinical staff. (Using both the SPCDS and the My Space processes)

Provide advice about:

• The legislative framework (For example in relation to GDC Standards) to support on such matters to other members of the dental team.
• Specialist registration and the provision of specialist and specialised care.

Work with:

• Finance business partner to undertake budget setting and budget management.
• HR business partner to undertake effective and efficient recruitment.
• Other corporate support services in Bridgewater, for example in dealing with complaints and incidents.

Manage:

• Clinical performance, including the quality of care.
• The clinical service, including horizon scanning.
• External relationships with senior managerial and clinical colleagues, including Operational Managers in Bridgewater and Commissioning Teams.

Provide support and direct input to:

• Dental Clinical Governance meetings including audit and radiation protection updates.
• Finance, Workforce and Planning meetings.
• Team meetings
• Any other such groups that may be established in Bridgewater.

Clinical

This will include:

• Examination assessment and treatment of special care and paediatric patients whether referred to the service or retained for long term care. This will include patients with complex medical co-morbidities and complex patient management issues.

• Provide care under sedation and GA and in domiciliary settings.

• Provide up to date and evidence-based restorative, periodontal, prosthodontic, and simple minor oral surgery procedures for the above patient groups.
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• Implement programmes to prevent disease and promote health in these patients

• Delegate work appropriately and efficiently to DCP colleagues (Dental Nurses, Hygienists and Therapists) such that the efficiency of the clinic is maximised.

• Identify commonly occurring medical emergencies and lead the dental team in the appropriate first line management of the emergency, using appropriate techniques equipment and drugs.

• Be responsible for organising training and resources in support of the availability of sedation in all or part of the sector.

• Undertake appropriate assessment of patients to determine the need for specialist referral or advice.

Communication

Communicate effectively with the following.

• Patients, carers, user groups and families regarding complex clinical issues and/or in difficult situations.
• Clinical teams and peers in relation to clinical and/or leadership situations.
• Other health and social care professionals relating to oral health and oral health care.
• Operational managers and corporate services in Bridgewater.

Professionalism

Provide advice and/or support to colleagues or managers on ethical issues including interpretation of GDC guidance e.g., Maintaining Standards and CPD.

Actively participate in and manage others in relation to appraisal, peer review, clinical audit and continuing professional development activities; lead peer review, clinical audit or CPD activities.

Support the Trusts Medical Director(s) to deal with issues of poor or under-performance in colleagues and other members of the dental team.

Teaching and Training

Organise clinical teaching and supervision programs for undergraduates, post-graduates in training programs, or for dentists in supervision.

Arrange for the dental epidemiology programs to be undertaken including the calibration of examiners and the submission of cleaned data.

Participate in clinical research under the direction of approved and registered research lead and take the lead in clinical research projects falling within your competencies.

Additional

You may, occasionally, be required to work beyond your regular contracted hours, for example to ensure the safe completion of a patient care episode, we will ensure that you are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged for this flexibility.

It is a condition of your employment that you are, and remain, a fully registered dental practitioner with the General Dental Council and be included on the list established in accordance with the provisions of the National Health Service (Performers List) Regulations 2004, as amended, or such successor Regulations as may from time to time be appropriate to your employment. It is a condition of your employment that you also remain on the General Dental Councils Specialist List.

Right to Work

Essential

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of leadership in a clinical service.
• Providing dental advice to senior management teams.
• Experience of leading clinical audit
• Experience of quality Governance.
• Experience of dealing with poor clinical performance.
• Clear understanding of the community dental service and its past and future strategies
• Evidence of implementing change
• Evidence of contributing to effective governance processes

Desirable

• Publication in Peer reviewed journal.
• Research experience.
• Change Management experience.
• Human factors awareness
• Case investigator (managing high professional standards)
• Able to define and implement a clinical quality indicator.

Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Able to present relevant information in a concise format
• Able to engage effectively with individuals at all levels
• Effective presentation skills.
• Excellent motivational, negotiating and influencing skills.
• Committee to the vision and values of the Trust.
• Able to inspire and lead by example.
• Commitment to the continuous improvement of safety, quality, and efficiency of processes.
• Personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of others, including clinicians, manager, and other staff.
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
• IT familiar with Microsoft Office suite, Teams,

Desirable

• Excellent analytical and strategic skills

Qualifications

Essential

• BDS registration

Desirable

• On a dental specialist list in an appropriate subject.
• MFDS/MJDF
• Further qualification e.g., M.Sc. or M. Clin Dent.
• Further Management/Leader-ship qualification appropriate to the role.

Internal Employment

Essential

• This is an internal only vacancy for staff employed at Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, or, Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Please confirm that you are currently employed by one of these Trusts?

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs

Internal Relations

Essential

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:

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).