National Clinical Director for Dementia & Older People's Mental Health
NHS England
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Job summary
NHS England is now recruiting for the new cohort of National Clinical Directors (NCDs) and National Specialty Advisors (NSAs). Our NCDs and NSAs are a group of senior practising clinicians 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) will be the lead clinical advisors to NHS England's major programmes of work. They will work with programme senior responsible owners and other stakeholders to develop and deliver the programme's ambitions improving the quality and value of healthcare services and ensuring programmes are clinically focused and credible.
The NCD for Dementia and Old People's Mental Health will be responsible for the provision of high quality clinical leadership and advice to drive:
- Clinical advice and leadership to drive transformation of services for patients through corporate programmes, including delivery or NHS priorities as set out in planning documents and Long-Term Plan workstreams;
- Clinical advice and leadership to develop future priorities and policies beyond the Long Term Plan, including taking forward work that may emerge from the DHSC Major Conditions Strategy and work to prepare for Disease Modifying Treatments for Alzheimer's;
- Clinical advice and leadership to support the commissioning of services; and
- Clinical advice to support development of policy and parliamentary accountability.
NCDs will also contribute to definition of the outcome measures by which clinicians and patients recognise services should be judged.
Date posted
20 July 2023
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience This position is medical ad hoc, salary dependent on experience
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Part-time, Home or remote working
Reference number
990-NHSE0540-CE
Job locations
Wellington House
133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Wellington House
133-155 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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