Medical Lead Adult Community Division SW Quadrant St. Albans

Job summary

We are Seeking a Medical Lead for Adult Community Division (SW).

The post holder will provide leadership to facilitate the smooth operation, delivery and high quality of all medical services within their designated area of responsibility.

The post holder will take line management responsibility for operational and professional issues for doctors within the service area.

The post holder will work collaboratively with Clinical Directors and the Service Managers to ensure service delivery is in line with Trust Strategy and performance objectives.

The post holder will be a key member of the Service Stream Management Group and will contribute towards business planning, strategy attainment, service redesign and performance achievement.

Main duties of the job

To provide strong medical leadership - this complements and supports the work of Service Manager, Managing Director and the Clinical Director.

To strive to achieve the delivery of targets to improve performance with the service area.

To support the Clinical Director in the strategic work of the service area.

To support the Clinical Director, Managing Director and Service Line Leaders, ensuring that proper procedures are in place for assessment, care and treatment of patients.

To support Clinical Director, Managing Director and Service Line Leaders in ensuring the achievementof all quality standards and protocols and monitoring their application. Such protocols include referral pathways, confidentiality, safeguarding, maintenance of supervision and dealing with complaints etc.

About us

In 12 years, the Trust has been successful in acquiring the tender for the provision of specialist Learning disability services in Norfolk, North Essex and Buckinghamshire. The Trust covers a mix of rural and urban areas, including the City of St Albans, the large towns of Watford, Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage, and the smaller towns of Hemel Hempstead, Radlett, Berkhamsted, Harpenden, Hertford, Ware, Bishops Stortford, Hitchin and Letchworth.

Hertfordshire Social Services have divided the county into four areas. The county has three Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). West Hertfordshire is served by Herts Valleys CCG and Dacorum and East and North Hertfordshire is served by East and North Herts CCG.

Job responsibilities

• To support the Managing Director and the Clinical Director on the development of service redesign as required
• To ensure that medical budgets are appropriately managed.
• To work with Acute, Specialist, Forensic and Rehab, Social Care and Academic partners to ensure delivery plans support the wider health and social care agenda, including improvements into equality and access
• To challenge existing practices and support the Managing Director, the Clinical Director and Service Manager in providing progressive solutions which take into account evidence-based practice and incorporate it into service delivery and service redesign plans.
• To support services to deliver service redesign projects which will deliver improved outcomes for service users and most efficient use of resources.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full registration with the GMC and license to practice

Desirable

• Project Management experience
• Training as an investigator

Experience

Essential

• Sufficient experience as a consultant psychiatrist.
• Managing time and ensuring deadlines are met.

Desirable

• Experience of budgetary control/management
• Proven track level of achieving healthcare targets
• Experience of participating in or leading programmes of change within the public sector

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets.
• Negotiating skills and ability to manage conflict.

Desirable

• Ability to build successful teams.
• Ability to present complex data.
• Ability to promote and market services.
• Proven negotiating skills.

Analytical and Judgment Skills

Essential

• Ability to see strategic picture and understand the importance of service alignment to Trust vision and values.
• Problem solving skills Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations
• Business focused
• Sensitive to clinical and political demands

Desirable

• Critically analyse complex financial and clinical data sets.
• Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change.

Planning and Organisational Skills

Essential

• Good organisational skill

Desirable

• Record of pro-active performance management.

Technical and Physical skills

Essential

• IT skills to manage and report on complex performance information systems.

Attributes

Essential

• Excellent personal integrity, personal effectiveness and self-awareness
• Maintains personal training and development

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).