The Lead Psychiatrist will be expected to display the Trust values at all times work as part of collective leadership team which will ensure that the effectiveness and safety of patient care is delivered in a patient centred manner whilst ensuring that decision making is as close to the patient as possible. The Lead Psychiatrist will be working within a service tier level of the care group model as part of a collective leadership team (CLT), working to organisational requirements whilst influencing areas of direct operational managerial responsibility and clinical pathways with a proportionally shared accountability and responsibility for the quality delivery of services. They will be the professional Lead for doctors within their service with professional responsibility for standards of medical practice across all inpatient and Community teams. They will also lead on quality and safety developments across services. The Lead Psychiatrist and the CLT will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in clinical areas upon which service users can rely to ensure that the fundamentals of care are right. The post holder will provide professional advice on medical matters with responsibility for leading the medical workforce in their specialty or specific area of responsibility, ensuring continuous professional developments and clinical supervision practices and structures are in place and accessible for all doctors. Working closely with the CLT, they will ensure the provision of services within an integrated governance framework that is safe, effective and efficient and maintains standards against a broad range of local, national and statutory requirements and policies. Act as the link between the services and the Medical Directorate in relation to specific areas of responsibility including workforce planning and performance management. The Post Holder will take lead medical responsibility for attending relevant governance groups within their CLT ensuring there is a consistent approach to high quality, compliant, safe and effective practice. The Post Holder will be responsible for the line management of as well as providing professional supervision, guidance, job planning.