The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is at the forefront of developing innovative integrated services with our partners across Rotherham and South Yorkshire. As Care Group Director you will have a key role in leading the Surgical Care Group and shaping the future of how the Trust operates and delivers services.
The Trust seeks to appoint a new Care Group Director for Care Group 2 which incorporates anaesthetics, theatres and our surgical specialties. As one of our team of four Care Group Directors you will be responsible for leading the quality, clinical strategy and standards in the Care Group, prioritising the clinical and care needs of the Trust's patients and their families.
Main duties of the job
You will help to provide effective professional leadership and contribute to the corporate leadership and strategy influencing the wider health community and organisational agenda.
You may already be a Clinical Leader who is ready to take the next step and someone who has a track record of delivering in addition to being a successful and skilled clinician in your chosen specialty.
You will be someone who can lead, motivate and engage staff as they strive to provide exceptional standards of patient care. As someone who is capable of working closely with colleagues of all professions, you will promote an organisational culture that facilitates teamwork in the design, management and delivery of clinical services. You will bring proven experience of service innovation and the commitment to patients.
We are looking to appoint the appropriate leader rather than clinician from specific clinical specialties so will consider applicants from all specialties. You may already be an Associate Medical Director or Clinical Lead who is ready to take the next step. In either case, you will have an excellent clinical reputation and highly credible medical leadership experience, gained with ambition and aptitude to make a major contribution to the Trust's future success.
Job responsibilities
The Post
The role of the Care Group Director is to provide strategic and clinical leadership for their Care Group. The Care Group Director is accountable for the overall delivery of effective, efficient and high-quality clinical services in line with the requirements of the relevant commissioners. The Care Group Director is accountable for delivering these services in line with agreed objectives and budgets.
Working with the General Manager for the Care Group, they will be responsible for contributing to and effectively driving the strategic direction of the clinical services within their remit including leading, communicating and implementing the Trust strategy and operational priorities.
Other key working relationships within the Care Group will be with the Clinical Leads, Head of Nursing, and the Finance and HR Business Partners.
As Care Group Director you are expected to work closely with colleagues in other care groups and corporate functions for the overall benefit of the Trust and its patients, and is responsible for leading your team to operate accordingly.
The Care Group Director will work collaboratively with the Associate Medical Directors who have corporate responsibility for matters of medical revalidation and appraisal, learning and development, patient safety and clinical governance, clinical quality and standards of care.
Accountability
On a day-to-day basis accountability for managerial performance is delegated by the Chief Executive to members of the Executive Management Team who are individually and collectively accountable to the Trust Board for the delivery of clinical care within the Trust. The Care Group Director, supported by the General Manager, is operationally responsible to the Chief Operating Officer, and will be the senior accountable officer for the managerial, clinical and financial performance of the Care Group, and for ensuring delivery of the Trust Strategy as it applies to the Care Group:
- The Care Group Director will be accountable for the specialties under his/her jurisdiction and ensuring that they provide and maintain a comprehensive range of high quality clinical services.
- The Care Group Director will also be accountable for ensuring that the Care Group meets all clinical, statutory, regulatory and performance standards as laid down by the relevant national authorities, including compliance with the Trust's terms of authorisation as approved by NHS England, and with the service standards approved by Government through the Care Quality Commission and other regulators.
- The Care Group Director will be responsible for ensuring that the portfolio of services is appropriately configured to meet the needs of the local population and commissioners. This includes, where appropriate, collaborating with other providers in the local healthcare economy on shared or delegated provision of service, and through programmes of continuing development and improvement.
- The Care Group Director will have clinical responsibility for all of the Care Group's medical staff; professional responsibility will sit with the relevant Heads of Profession (e.g. the Chief Nurse will remain professionally accountable for all nursing staff). This includes ensuring staff compliance with relevant legislative and working practices (e.g. MAST, Appraisal and performance review). In his/her managerial role, the Care Group Director will have professional support from the Medical Director in dealing with managerial matters of professional competence and practice and will also be supported as appropriate by the Chief Nurse.
Key Responsibilities
1. In conjunction with the Care Group Senior Leadership Team, to lead the overall management of the Care Group.
2. In conjunction with the Care Group Senior Leadership Team, Clinical Leads, Consultants & Senior colleagues, to play a full part in developing & implementing new ways of working in line with the Trust's transformation priorities principles and with a Quality Improvement approach.
3. In conjunction with Clinical Leads, Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take responsibility for the best use of departmental staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the department.
4. To observe the Trust's agreed policies and procedures, in particular in relation to managing staff, and to follow the Trust's Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.
5. In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
6. As part of the Trust's leadership team, develop the Trust's strategy and implementation plan.
7. Support the delivery of Trust Strategy and act corporately in this regard.
8. Develop and implement a clinical strategy for the Care Group in line with the overall Trust strategy.
9. Securing the day-to-day (clinical & operational) delivery of high quality, efficient clinical and patient services and ensuring that corporate objectives and standards are met.
10. Lead and chair the Care Group clinical / business meeting, ensuring that a robust Governance infrastructure of information, communication and accountability is in place to enable the overall aims and objectives of the Care Group and the Trust to be achieved.
11. Work with relevant Executive Directors, General Manager & Care Group leadership team and senior colleagues to develop a business plan and budget for the Care Group, to ensure that the clinical performance of the Care Group achieves financial balance, generates an acceptable level of surplus.
12. Ensuring that the Care Group achieves all internal / external quality and performance targets within the overall framework of the Care Quality Commission.
13. Oversee a workforce development plan for the Care Group medical staff - to have the right people in the right place at the right time.
14. Ensure all medical staff are appropriately performance managed and reviewed, including carrying out development and training programmes appropriate to their professional requirements, the requirements of the Care Group and the Trust.
15. Ensure that job planning is carried out to reflect the clinical requirements and effectiveness of the division whilst keeping within budget.
16. Ensure that clinical rotas are appropriate for the effective delivery of services.
17. Lead and motivate staff within the Care Group. Promote positive communication both internal and external to facilitate and develop a culture of openness, co-operation, empowerment and involvement for all staff across all of the clinical services within the Care Group in line with Trust Values and approach to equality, diversity and inclusion.
18. Assist the Medical Director and Chief Operating Officer in their day-to-day role and deputise where necessary.
19. Support the Medical Director and Chief Nurse to facilitate the establishment and maintenance of appropriate systems to support the clinical effectiveness and governance agenda to develop a culture in which quality and productivity standards are continually raised.
20. To receive training in the requirements of implementing Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS) for dealing with issues concerning medical staff.
21. To attend (or to organise an appropriate deputy with authority to take action) all corporate assurance meetings as required.
22. To support quality improvement and participate in other quality initiatives e.g. GIRFT.
23. To be responsible for the maintenance of comprehensive mortality data for the Care Group.
24. Any other duties as deemed appropriate.
Person Specification
Management Skills
* Demonstrate effective team working skills
* Time management and organisational ability. An example may be they have developed and run training programmes.
* Proven knowledge of systems and process of NHS or equivalent
* Sense of understanding and commitment to corporate responsibility
* Commitment to and understanding of their responsibility to the organisation. Examples may include previous involvement in management roles, management courses
Research and Audit
* Relevant research published in peer review journals.
* Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit
* Relevant research published in peer review journal
Qualifications
* Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
* Please confirm your GMC Registration number
* If applicant is a Consultant they need to be on specialist register or eligible to be included on the Specialist register - CCT / CESR expected within 6 months of interview date
Experience
* Undertaken a Clinical Lead / Care Group Director or senior leadership role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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