Clinical Director

The Clinical Director will be accountable to the Divisional Director for the operational performance of the Clinical Directorate. This is a key operational role within the Division and the post holder will lead the Clinical Directorate and will be accountable for ensuring services are patient focused and for achieving national and local targets and standards., The post holder will provide visible leadership to all staff within the Clinical Directorate and support the Divisional Director in delivering the strategic plan for the Division. The post holder will work with the Divisional Director to ensure the Clinical Directorate meets its required objectives. The Clinical Director will lead a Directorate triumvirate comprising the CD, Directorate Manager and Directorate Matrons. The post will be further supported by a Deputy Clinical Director. This team will deliver on the Directorate priorities in conjunction with respective Clinical Leads, Service Managers, Nursing, Administration, and Allied Health Professional colleagues. The post holder will work with the Divisional Medical Director, Deputy Divisional Medical Director to help deliver high quality patient care and a strong culture of safety, quality improvement and Clinical Governance with the Directorate. The Clinical Director is responsible and accountable to the Divisional Director for managing the clinical, operational, and financial performance of the Clinical Directorate. The Clinical Director will be responsible for delivering excellent performance against key quality standards and targets and for taking corrective action when required., The Clinical Director is responsible and accountable to the Divisional Director for managing the clinical, operational, and financial performance of the Clinical Directorate. The Clinical Director will be responsible for delivering excellent performance against key quality standards and targets and for taking corrective action when required. The key performance areas include:

• Managing the workforce within the Clinical Directorate, including responsibility for all senior and doctors in training to ensure the operational effectiveness of clinical services.
• Service delivery and quality standards set out in National Guidance, specialist commissioning and local contracts.
• Capacity management, including delivery against target length of stay and patient throughput, effective utilisation of facilities and productivity.
• Delivery of contract activities and patient access standards; including waiting times, four hour Emergency Department wait and Cancer standards.
• Financial performance targets delivering the required income and expenditure plan, identifying and delivering the Directorate's cost improvement plan and deliver the EBITDA target.
• Ensuring governance is embedded within the Directorate and all staff understand their responsibility for service quality and patient safety and that mechanisms are in place to monitor patient safety and measure clinical outcomes.
• Ensuring the facilities (beds, theatres, outpatients, and diagnostic assets) are used flexibly to enable contract activity to be delivered within the resource plan.
• Manage the Directorate to meet the CQC domains of Safety, Caring, Responsiveness, Effectiveness and Well Led.
1.2. Workforce
• Efficiently deploy staff to ensure legal, cost effective use of resources to deliver high quality services.
• Play a leading role in the integration of NHS, academic and research activities and support the Trust and other partners in their mission to operate under the principles of an Academic Health Science Centre.
• Ensure appropriate high-quality training for all staff and safeguard the working environment of staff in training.
• Ensure that the skills and talents of staff are utilised within the Clinical Directorate towards the delivery of the best possible clinical service.
• Operate robust systems for annual appraisals for all staff within the Clinical Directorate and ensure individual appraisals and objectives align to the clinical, performance and business requirements of the Directorate.
• Encourage team working, including action to deal with colleagues in difficulty and trouble.
• Manage the job planning process and ensure all job plans are reviewed annually and reflect the needs of the service.
• Promote and embed the Trust values and ensure all staff within the Directorate act in accordance with the values.
• Communicate and align the Trust vision and strategic objectives to all staff within the Directorate and ensure that team and individual objectives are aligned to the broader Division and Trust wide objectives.
• Create opportunities to enhance staff engagement and empowerment in the operational running of the Directorate and their full involvement in determining the annual and strategic plans for the Directorate.
• Ensure appropriate 'induction programmes' and exit interview processes are established and utilised.
• Ensure that effective communication processes are in place, so all staff are fully aware and engaged in the main issues facing the Clinical Directorate.
• Manage the performance, competence and conduct of staff within the Clinical Directorate.
1.3. Clinical Governance
• The Clinical Director will be responsible for managing Clinical Governance within the Clinical Directorate in conjunction with the Matrons and will in particular:
• Co-ordinate audits within the Clinical Directorate, in conjunction with the designated audit lead and audit department and compile an annual audit report for the Clinical Directorate.
• Implement clinical effectiveness programmes throughout the Clinical Directorate and in collaboration with colleagues outside of the Directorate to ensure effective clinical services.
• Implement effective risk management processes within the Clinical Directorate.
• Promote a learning culture within the Clinical Directorate, in particular ensuring that all staff are adequately developed and trained. To make sure all Consultant staff have the relevant CPD and SME requirements.
• Ensure services are provided in line with Improving Outcomes Guidance.
1.4. Business Planning and Service Development The Clinical Director will:
• · Working with the Directorate Managers (DM) and Matrons will prepare the annual business plan for the Clinical Directorate, in conjunction with the Divisional Director and Divisional Director of Operations.
• · Ensure an inclusive, patient-focused approach to service development.
• · Identify opportunities for service improvement and optimisation of the utilisation of facilities within the Directorate.
• · Work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical colleagues across the Trust to ensure effective and efficient delivery of services.
• · Develop proposals for working collaboratively with General Practitioners and service users to facilitate service improvement and flexibility.
• · Ensure any proposed developments and/or service changes are considered in the context of the NHS Operating Framework and are discussed and agreed with the Divisional Director and Divisional Director of Operations to ensure the proposal does not have a negative financial or operational impact on the Clinical Directorate, the Division, other Clinical Directorates, or the Trust.
• · Encourage cross speciality working to achieve the most effective and inclusive approach to the achievement of the Trust's aims and objectives.
• · Ensure the Clinical Directorate complies with the Trust's Governance standards, and legal and statutory requirements, including Working Time Regulations, Health & Safety, Standing Orders, and Standing Financial Instructions.
• · Promote a positive profile of the Trust's services both internally and externally.
• · Work to identify and address health inequalities within the paediatric population.
• · Contribute towards the development of the Divisional Clinical Strategy.
  
  A practicing clinical professional
• Have knowledge of the NHS, its infrastructure, and the recent reforms
Desirable criteria
• Postgraduate management/ further study qualification, Experience of working within the NHS within an acute hospital environment, preferably a teaching hospital
• Recent experience in managing clinical Services
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance gained form experience of working with such systems
Desirable criteria
• Experience of change management
• Experience of working within a devolved management structure, See management as an open, involving, and participative process
• Have good insight and being able to handle constructive criticism
• Proven ability to work in partnership with managers and other clinicians
• Demonstrate tenacity in dealing with issues
• Demonstrate the ability to hold clinical colleagues to account, Have the capacity to analyse problems in a logical and structure way, generating optional and innovative solutions and adapting approaches to problem-solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
• Be able to anticipate problems, to understand the driving forces behind problems, or potential problems and being able to identify and use levers to achieve change
• Be skilled in influencing and negotiating internally and externally and using these skills to gain the best deal for the Trust and the clinical services
• Have the ability to understand and interpret clinical decisions for others and make informed judgements concerning 8 clinical priorities
• Be articulate and skilled in presenting ideas to others
• Have the proven ability to operate and think laterally at operational and strategic levels, with good analytical skills
• Be articulate with practised and developed communication and presentation skills
• Be innovative and responsive to change
• Demonstrate an understanding of quality assurance activity, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
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The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., Sexual Safety Charter: In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.