Clinical Lead - Transformation

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead - Transformation to help shape the future of health and social care for the citizens of Herefordshire and Worcestershire by joining the medical leadership team of the ICB.

Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer, the postholder will provide clinical leadership, advice and guidance to a number of pathways and services, starting with the Urgent Emergency Care pathway.

They will be required to work with clinical and operational leads across the health and care system to improve the flow of patients from emergency departments out into wards and pathways.

The associated portfolio is broad and wide-ranging, encompassing clinical strategy development and implementation and the creation of new and innovative ways of working and delivery. In addition, the post holder will be expected to lead on specific initiatives as identified and directed by the Chief Medical Officer.

Proven experience within a clinical role will be a key requirement for this post together with experience of leading and delivering complex change and clinical strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment. Comprehensive role information is provided in the attached job description.

The post is offered on a two year secondment basis and applicants should confirm agreement with their current line manager before applying. For an informal discussion, candidates should contact Will Taylor (william.taylor3@nhs.net)

Main duties of the job

This role provides the opportunity to be part of a change of the way we deliver health and care services in our ICS. It crosses boundaries, both physical, organisational, professional and virtual and as such will extend individual leaders beyond the usual limits of responsibilities and authority located in their employing organisation. It will entail a significantly wider focus than working inter-organisationally and more than joint working/partnership as it involves a co-created agenda & practice and demonstrating the skills to achieve this.

The postholder will have a flexible skillset that will allow them to work on a variety of services, dependent upon the need of the organisation. They will be comfortable in balancing the need to continually learn, with that of constructively challenging others who operate within the status quo.

In the first instance, this role will provide clinical support and direction in the improvement work within Trusts around managing UEC.

The role holder will have an understanding of the immense pressure within these divisions and work with clinicians and operational colleagues to both bolster local improvement efforts and seek and implement system-wide solutions to manage that pressure, ultimately to ensure a better experience for patients and those out in the community who require urgent emergency care.

About us

We are committed to providing an environment of inclusion and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marital status, religion or belief.

Our goal is to be a diverse organisation that is representative, at all levels, of the communities we serve and we are especially keen to receive applications from our ethnic minority communities and our LGBTQ+ communities.

Applicants who identify as being disabled who meet the essential criteria for a post will be invited to interview. In addition, for this post, we actively encourage applicants from ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ candidates to increase representation in senior positions and we guarantee an interview to ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ candidates who fully meet the essential criteria.

Please note we operate a 3-month probationary period for new appointments.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities include:

1. Provide clinical leadership, advice and guidance to a number of pathways and services, starting with the Urgent Emergency Care pathway.
2. Ensure high quality, evidence-based care is provided across our population, acting as a role model through exercising good leadership and championing excellence.
3. Inform commissioning strategies with reference to regional data and national best practice standards.
4. Work with clinical and operational leads across the health and care system to improve the flow of patients from emergency departments out into wards and pathways.
5. Undertake reviews of existing service provision and make recommendations for transformation and new ways of working.
6. Contribute to national developments and encourage the use of research and evidence in the pursuit of high-quality care.
7. Take a lead role on clinical audit and further develop evidence-based practice for urgent emergency care.
8. Support in the development of a system-wide clinical strategy which sees the movement of preventative care out into the community and away from secondary care acute settings.
9. Provide professional support to the CMO in the development of the clinical and care workforce employed by the ICB. Ensure that the team is inclusive, fair and people are able to voice their views.
10. Support regional engagement with all clinical networks.
11. Establish strong relationships with local patient communities, their representatives, ICS partners and specifically clinical and care professional leaders across health and social care at all levels of the system.
12. Work collaboratively as part of a wider system to create opportunities to make sustainable long-term improvements in population health. This may include developing approaches which are non-traditional in nature, ambitious and wide-reaching in areas which incorporate the wider determinants that have an impact on improving clinical outcomes, better life outcomes and reducing health inequalities for the population of the ICS.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A qualified Clinician registered with a Professional Body

Desirable

• Previous experience operating in a clinical lead role

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of medical training routes and how this impacts upon the medical workforce availability.
• Demonstrable ability to provide clinical leadership across a diverse range of clinical areas.

Desirable

• Understanding of UEC and discharge pathways

Skills & Competencies

Essential

• Able to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring effective multi-way communication with the GP practices and other partners
• Ability to analyse complex problems and develop recommendations and solutions
• Ability to understand population health management and work closely with data analysts to ensure data and information available as required for teams to support transformation

Desirable

• Deal with uncertainty and complexity in a political environment
• The ability to shift the collective focus from reactive problem solving to co-creating the future.

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.