National Clinical Director for Adult Mental Health
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Job summary
NHS England is now recruiting for the new cohort of multidisciplinary National Clinical Directors (NCDs) and National Specialty Advisors (NSAs). Our NCDs and NSAs are a group of senior practising clinicians from a range of clinical backgrounds who provide overarching national clinical leadership to the organisation to support our programmes and priorities in addition to their clinical practice in the NHS. They have extensive knowledge of their specialty areas, current experience in frontline NHS services, and can provide agile and responsive advice to sense check local and national initiatives.
The NCD will provideoverarching specialist clinical leadership and advice for NHS England in these respects:
- Clinical advice and leadership to drive transformation of services for patients through corporate programmes and Long-Term Plan workstreams;
- Clinical advice and leadership to support the commissioning of services. The NCD may, where appropriate, be responsible for chairing the relevant specialised commissioning programme of care board.
- Clinical advice to support development of policy and parliamentary accountability.
Main duties of the job
The NCD plays a crucial role in promoting effective coordination and collaboration with other clinical leads within the organisation. This includes working closely with the GIRFT chair, GIRFT clinical leads, CRG chairs, WTE leads, and NHS Impact programmes to ensure that all their specialty areas are aligned with national policy and strategy.
We welcomeapplicants fortheNCDrole to consider whether they might also aspire to take on additional opportunities in GIRFT or specialised commissioning after appointment.
About us
The National Clinical Director (NCD) for Adult Mental Health will be responsible for the provision of high-quality clinical leadership and advice, to drive delivery of the Mental Health Programme and input to wider work across NHS England. In the shorter term, the focus will be on the priorities and deliverables set out in the NHS Long Term plan. In the medium term the focus will be on development of new policies and priorities, which the NCD is also expected to help shape.
The NCD will be responsible for co-chairing the Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Programme of Care Board, as one of the triumvirate of NCDs within the Mental Health and Learning Disability and Autism Programmes. The Mental Health, LearningDisability and Autism PoC Board provides oversight of all of the specialised Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Clinical Reference Groups.
The NCD will also contribute to definition of the outcome measures by which clinicians and patients recognise services should be judged.
Details
Date posted
20 July 2023
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Part-time, Home or remote working
Reference number
990-NHSE0536-CE
Job locations
Wellington House
135-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Wellington House
135-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)
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