Overview
To provide clinical leadership to the nursing and AHPs staff with the outpatients remit across the multiple site and balancing the challenges of providing safe services with excellent outcomes and in a way that delivers efficiencies and meets the expectations of patients and the public.
Responsibilities
* To provide clinical leadership to nursing and AHPs in delivering person-centred, safe and effective care and develop the leadership capability of others. To maintain a highly visible presence as a role model to staff, patients and visitors by working a minimum of 20% time in clinical practice across the range of services relevant to the role.
* To hold professional accountability for patient safety and effective care with a particular focus on the strategic priorities excellent services to our patients and carers, effective resource management and have appropriately trained staff and a robust training plan to meet the service requirements to meet the other care groups demands.
* Ensuring the provision of high quality, safe, effective care that meets the expectations of patients and the public. To provide high support and challenge clinical teams using our resource, aware of the ways of working and the outpatient’s expectation of them to achieve an outpatient session for patients and to ensure efficiency of services that meets their goal. To maintain credibility and flexibility as a competent practitioner in an ever-changing environment. To ensure full outpatient utilisation and productivity.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It\'s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025
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