The post holder will provide leadership to facilitate smooth operation, delivery and high quality of all medical services within their designated area of responsibility. The post holder will take line management responsibility for operational and professional issues for doctors within the service area. The post holder will work collaboratively with Clinical Directors, Deputy Clinical Directors and the Service Managers to ensure service delivery is in line with Trust Strategy and performance objectives. The post holder will be a key member of the Service Stream Management Group and will contribute toward business planning, strategy attainment, service redesign and performance achievement.
Main Duties of the Job
Leadership
To provide strong medical leadership – this complements and supports the work of Service Manager, Divisional Director and the Clinical Director. To strive to achieve the delivery of targets to improve performance within the service area.
Strategy
To support the Clinical Director in the strategic work of the service area.
Patient Care and Treatment
To support the Clinical Director, Divisional Director and Service Line Leaders, ensuring that proper procedures are in place for assessment, care and treatment of patients. To support Clinical Director, Divisional Director and Service Line Leaders in ensuring the achievement of all quality standards and protocols and monitoring their application. Such protocols include referral pathways, confidentiality, safeguarding, maintenance of supervision and dealing with complaints, etc. To ensure medical staffing levels and clinical cover are adequate at all times, to carry out job planning of consultants and SAS doctors, aligning the job plan and the job plan objectives with the objectives of the Division and the organisation as a whole, paying particular attention to the business plan, issues of safety, effectiveness, service user‑experience, efficiency and key performance indicators. Proposed Job Plans must then be agreed and signed off by the Clinical Director. To appraise medical staff and agree personal development plans as appropriate and in accordance with the Trust's policies and procedures. To actively support continuous professional development of staff. To manage any disciplinary or performance situations which might arise, including exercising discretion in matters such as sickness and compassionate leave. To be responsible for the line management of medical staff within designated area of responsibility, including junior staff.
Qualifications
* Primary Medical Degree
* MRCPsych (or equivalent – as evidenced by inclusions on the Specialist Register if trained overseas)
* Full registration with the GMC and licence to practice
Desirable Criteria – Professional & Leadership Skills
* Project Management experience
* Training as an investigator, sufficient experience as a consultant psychiatrist (minimum 1 year)
* Managing time and ensuring deadlines are met
* Experience of budgetary control/management
* Proven track record of achieving healthcare targets
* Experience of participating in or leading programmes of change within the public sector
* Excellent communication skills, written and oral
* Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations
* Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
* Negotiating skills and ability to manage conflict
* Ability to build successful teams
* Ability to present complex data
* Ability to promote and market services
* Proven negotiating skills, ability to see strategic picture and understand the importance of service alignment to Trust vision and values
* Problem‑solving skills
* Business focused
* Sensitivity to clinical and political demands
* Objectivity
* Critically analyse complex financial and clinical data sets
* Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change
* Good organisational skills, record of proactive performance management
* IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management
* Excellent personal integrity, personal effectiveness and self‑awareness
* Maintains personal training and development
* Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom; ability to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship if required
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying we were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our staff say they feel supported through a great development, wellbeing and work‑life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values‑driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional.
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