Clinical Director - Dementia and Older Persons Mental Health Team
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Main area: Psychiatry
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Fixed term: 24 months (potential for substantive position)
Hours: 4 sessions per week
Job ref: 201-MD-25-CON-006
Site: Carew House
Town: Bodmin
Salary: £59,175 - £139,882 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
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Job overview
Shape the Future of Mental Health Care in Cornwall
Are you a passionate and forward-thinking senior psychiatrist looking to make a real difference? Join Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a key leader in our older adults mental health team.
In this influential role, you’ll collaborate with the associate medical director mental health, quadrumvirate teams and operational managers to spearhead innovation and shape the future of mental health services. Your leadership will drive transformative change, aligning with our clinical strategy and workforce development plans.
This is your opportunity to:
* Lead ground breaking initiatives to improve mental health care.
* Have your expertise recognised and your voice amplified.
* Advance your career within a dynamic and supportive environment.
Main duties of the job
As the clinical director for dementia and older persons mental health, you will:
* Oversee the performance of the directorate services from a quality, operational and financial perspective alongside the directorate quadrumvirate team.
* Engage the medical team across the directorate, delegating key responsibilities.
* Provide visible and proactive clinical leadership for people across professional boundaries.
* Effectively communicate with staff and promote a compassionate leadership approach.
* Work with users of our services and carers in the co-production of our service transformation.
* Shape the Trust’s dementia and older persons mental health clinical services to align to integrated care areas and build the confidence of our teams to become part of our integrated neighbourhood teams.
* Ensure all medical staff are regularly and effectively appraised and undertake all required elements of essential skills training.
* Provide clinical advice and assurance as part of the senior leadership team management group of the Trust, escalate any issues and concerns to the executive team and communicate mitigating actions that the directorate has taken.
Person specification
Skills
* Understanding of the provision and delivery of health care services and of Government strategy and plans for modernising health care.
* Thorough knowledge of the structure, functions, culture and values of the National Health Service and its inter-relationship with other agencies.
* Understanding of the implications for medical staff of the modernisation agenda.
* Extensive knowledge of clinical audit, Research and Development and evidence based practice.
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
* Medical qualification and appropriate royal college membership or fellowship.
* Full GMC registration.
* Responsible / approved clinician under the mental health act 1983.
* S12(2) mental health act 1983 approved clinician.
Knowledge and abilities
* Demonstrable track record of advancement and development of clinical interests and services, including delivery of performance targets.
* Highly effective leadership skills.
* Interpersonal and influencing skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communications.
* High analytical and numeracy skills.
* High level of self-awareness and openness to self-improvement.
* Insight into strengths and weaknesses.
* Environmental and political awareness.
* Strong financial management skills.
* High quality business and service planning skills.
* Good information technology skills.
Personal Qualities
* Inspires others and leads by example. Able to make rational decisions in the face of adversity.
* Capacity to work with managers and others to develop a shared vision of services for patients and standards in delivery of services.
* Commitment to implementation and strengthening of clinical governance.
* Personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of others, including clinicians, managers, staff, patients, relatives and users of services.
The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.
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