Required Qualifications
* A practicing clinical professional or consultant
* Knowledge of the NHS, its infrastructure and the recent reforms
* GMC Registration
* CCT Specialist Registration
* Postgraduate management / further study qualification, experience of working in the NHS within a large teaching hospital department
* Recent experience in managing clinical services
* Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance gained from experience of working with such systems
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of change management; see management as an open, involving and participative process
* Good insight and ability to handle constructive criticism
* Proven collaborative ability to work in partnership with managers and other clinicians
* Demonstrate tenacity in dealing with issues
* Demonstrate the ability to hold clinical colleagues to account; have the capacity to analyse problems in a logical and structured way, generating optional and innovative solutions and adapting approaches to problem‑solving to achieve sustainable outcomes
* Be able to anticipate problems, understand the driving forces behind problems and potential problems, and be able to identify and use levers to achieve change
* Be skilled in influencing and negotiating internally and externally and using these skills to gain the best deal for the Trust and the clinical services
* Can understand and interpret clinical decisions for others and make informed judgements concerning clinical priorities
* Be articulate and skilled in presenting ideas to others
* Have the proven ability to operate and think laterally at operational and strategic levels, with good analytical skills; be articulate with practiced and developed communication and presentation skills
* Be innovative and responsive to change; be industrious and versatile; be tactful, diplomatic and at ease with all kinds of people; demonstrate an understanding of quality assurance activity
* Must have appropriate UK professional registration
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS 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. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and Horton Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we build with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, focusing on compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
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