Job overview
The Clinical Director will be accountable to the Divisional Director for the operational performance of the Clinical Directorate. This is a key operational role within the Division and the post holder will lead the Clinical Directorate and will be accountable for ensuring services are patient focused and for achieving national and local targets and standards.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide visible leadership to all staff within the Clinical Directorate and support the Divisional Director in delivering the strategic plan for the Division.
The post holder will work with the Divisional Director to ensure the Clinical Directorate meets its requiredobjectives. They will be expected to work closely with all the Clinical Directors and Clinical Leads responsible for surgical services that access the JR West Wing theatres and SEC.
The Clinical Director will initially lead a Directorate leadership team comprising the CD, Directorate Manager (DM) and Directorate Matrons from the two services. They will work with the Division to establish a dynamic leadership team able 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 Medical Director and Deputy Divisional Medical Director to help deliver high quality patient care and a strong culture of safety and Clinical Governance with the Directorate.
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 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 .