Job overview
The Deputy Clinical Director for the Cardiothoracic Directorate will be accountable to the Cardiothoracic Clinical Director, for their performance in supporting Cardiothoracic services. This is a key operational role within the Directorate. The post holder, along with the Clinical Director, will be accountable for Cardiothoracic services, to lead and be ensure services are patient focused and effective, as well as achieving national and local key performance indicators and standards.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide visible leadership to all staff within the Clinical Directorate and support the Clinical Director and Divisional Director in delivering the strategic plan for the Division. The post holder will work with the Clinical Director to ensure the Clinical Directorate meets its required objectives.
The Deputy Clinical Director will support the Clinical Director in leading a Directorate triumvirate to deliver on the Directorate priorities in conjunction with respective service leads, nursing, administration, and Allied Health Professional colleagues.
The post holder will work with the Divisional Management Team to ensure the Clinical Directorate meets its required objectives.
Working for our organisation
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. Find out more here
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 .