Job summary
You will provide senior clinical leadership within the ICB as part of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) team.
This role is specifically to bring the perspective of mental health and learning disability & autism to the team, and the post holder will take a lead on areas most relevant to this area whilst also working on wider programmes such as population health.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership for strategic commissioning working in conjunction with the Director of Strategic Commissioning and their team
- Provide key clinical leadership for strategic clinical service change
- Clinical oversight and direction concerning outcomes of care
- Support the Mental Health Estates strategy from a clinical perspective
- Support the Chief Digital Officer and CCIO digital development in Mental Health
- Deputise for Chief Medical Officer as required including at Board and in medical revalidation
- To provide clinical expertise and leadership for Mental Health and LDA to support the CMO and the ICB to meet its responsibilities under the delegation agreement and the priorities in the long-term plan.
- Manage relationships between commissioners, providers and clinical leads to ensure that demand for health and care services is met across the ICS
- Line management of Clinical Directors
- Acting as appraiser to doctors connected to the ICB as their Designated Body
The Deputy CMO will be expected to act in accordance with the first principle. Where they are conflicted, the chair of a meeting will determine what action to take in accordance with the relevant ICB conflicts of interest policy
- First Principle: Decision-making must be geared towards meeting the statutory duties of the ICB at all times. When involved in decisions relating to ICB functions the postholder must act clearly in the interests of the ICB and of the public interest.
About us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Practicing Consultant Psychiatrist or healthcare professional with consultant level experience in mental health
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in a leadership role at the most senior level (ideally equivalent to board level experience), with associated knowledge and skill to command the respect of other system leaders across Kent and Medway
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to champion quality improvement methodologies and standards of clinical practice that ensure patients always receive the best possible high quality safe service
Person Specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Practicing Consultant Psychiatrist or healthcare professional with consultant level experience in mental health
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in a leadership role at the most senior level (ideally equivalent to board level experience), with associated knowledge and skill to command the respect of other system leaders across Kent and Medway
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to champion quality improvement methodologies and standards of clinical practice that ensure patients always receive the best possible high quality safe service
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).
