Group Medical Director (DTVF Care Group) DARLINGTON

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced consultant psychiatrist to become group medical director (GMD) and lead the shared system agenda for transformational change in relation to mental health, learning disabilities and autism, taking strategic responsibilities across networks such as provider collaboratives, the ICP or ICs. This will include leading and supporting developments at Trust level but also across the wider ICs area as required. This senior leadership role will be pivotal to enable the system-wide delivery of regional and national mental health strategy.

Applicants with experience in adult, older people, children and young people, learning disability, forensic and autism services are welcome to apply. The substantive clinical base of the successful candidate will depend upon their specialty and vacant consultant posts at the time of interview within the Durham, Tees Valley & Forensic Service region.

It is expected that the post holder will devote 8 PAs of time to the group medical director role, the rest of their time will be devoted to clinical work (including any SPA) up to a maximum of 13 PAs in total. The weekly job plan for the successful candidate will be discussed on an individual basis and can be adapted flexibly.

Main duties of the job

• To provide director level leadership to Medical colleagues and to associated professional groups to contribute effectively to the Trust strategic planning processes and the achievement of Trust objectives and performance targets at care group level.
• On behalf of the Trust, to develop and sustain excellent working relationships with key individuals and stakeholder groups, promoting the Trust and its services to multiple organisations and agencies both regionally and nationally.
• To provide corporate support to the Trust for governance and assurance issues relating to the medical profession on behalf of the Group Managing Director.
• To initiate and contribute as lead group director to the operational and long term strategic management of TEWV clinical services within the care group, taking lead responsibility for the modernisation and development of Medical Services as outlined in Trust and service strategies, ensuring the effective involvement of clinicians, service users and carers.
• To have an overview of the medical workforce plans across the locality, that will help recruit and retain members of medical staff and to ensure that the skills and talents are deployed across the locality in such a way as to obtain the best possible medical service.
• To support the Director of Medical Education by ensuring medical colleagues are able to spend time on high quality training and development for SAS doctors and doctors in training.

About us

We are the Mental Health and Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health. We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

There are two group localities; Durham & Tees Valley (which includes forensic services) and North Yorkshire & York. In terms of clinical specialties, these comprise:

• Adult mental health
• Mental health services for older people
• Children and young peoples services
• Learning disability services
• Forensic Services (including prisons)

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for information on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes

• Essential: Able to work in accordance with the Trust Values and Our Journey to Change.
• Committed to continual quality and service improvement.
• Self-aware and committed to continual professional and personal development. Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision.
• Committed to promoting a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
• Committed to promoting a positive image of the wider Trust.

Skills

• Essential: Excellent leadership skills including highly developed communication, decision making, facilitation and negotiation skills evidenced both within TEWV and also with external partner agencies, service users and carers.
• Ability to articulate the value added by Medical staff within the context of multidisciplinary mental health and learning disability healthcare provision and government and national professional policy.
• Provide expert consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups both within and external to the Trust or NHS.
• Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems.
• Motivate and work positively and constructively with other members of the team.

Knowledge

• Essential: Extensive knowledge of strategic issues relating to Clinical Services across the Trust and nationally.
• Extensive knowledge of the NHS policy environment at local, regional and national level.
• Extensive knowledge of NHS quality and regulatory issues and requirements including CQC registration, CQUIN, NHSLA.
• Quality and Assurance Governance Agenda.
• Quality Improvement Systems.

Desirable

• Record of having published in either peer review or academic or professional journals and/or books in relevant subjects.

Experience

• Essential: Extensive experience in the following areas:
• Significant previous experience in a senior medical leadership role.
• Working collaboratively with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies.
• Working at a strategic level on a range of clinical and management issues.
• Participation and supervision of quality and service improvement initiatives.
• Experience of strategic management and leadership across multiple systems.
• Managing quality and assurance governance issues.
• Interpreting and implementing national policy, guidance and standards within a healthcare organisation.
• Experience of use of the Mental Health Act and its governance.
• Developing policy and services within a healthcare organisation.
• Leading organisational change, including internal and external consultation processes.
• Representing a healthcare organisation at external forums.
• Managing highly complex human resources and financial management issues within a healthcare setting.
• Undertaking research and development activities.

Desirable

• Experience acting as a leader within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Essential: Medical Degree and registered on specialist register.
• Current registration with the GMC or other regulatory body.
• Evidence of training within Management and Systems Leadership.
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualifications in areas relevant to post (Example Leadership).

Other Requirements

• Essential: Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need.
• 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.
• 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.
• Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.