Clinical Director - Community Health Services inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED
MON 6 JAN 2025
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust rPExmVG6
The ideal candidate should be a registered medical practitioner with experience in community health services, possessing strong leadership, innovation, and stakeholder engagement skills. The position requires a commitment of one day per week and involves joint accountability for financial performance and the quality of care provided to service users. The Trust is dedicated to promoting equal opportunities and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds, particularly underrepresented communities.
In conjunction with the Assoc Medical Director, accountable for the clinical strategic direction of CHS, delivering operational plans and performance which meet contractual expectations and delivers system wide transformation in line with the transformation plan .
Working alongside the CHS Associate Medical Director, Executive Director and Head of Nursing, the Clinical Director will with the support of the Directorate Leadership Team, be accountable for the strategic clinical leadership of health service delivery and the effective governance of the diverse range of clinical services provided in CHS. This is a part time post and will require the individual to work across all of the services in CHS.
About us
Job Overview
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust provides a range of community health services for both physical and mental health conditions, as well as a range of specialist services supporting people of all ages including family and young people services, mental health, learning disabilities and physical health community and inpatient services.
We operate from over 150 different locations across the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (‘LLR’) region with over 5,500 dedicated staff providing care through three clinical directorates:
- Adult mental health and learning disability services
- Families, children and young people’s services
- Community health services
We are now seeking to recruit a Clinical Director to lead our Community based services. Working collaboratively with the Head of Service, you will be jointly accountable for strategic planning and decision making; financial performance, exceptional care of service users, business processes and performance. You will have a key role is the analysis and transformation of existing services and in the development of enhanced patient care pathways.
The role requires one day per week and skills in leadership, innovation and stakeholder engagement. As a registered medical practitioner with experience in community health related service delivery we will provide you with opportunities to provide inspirational leadership to achieve our strategic vision to “create a high quality, compassionate care and wellbeing for all.”
Contact Details:
Samantha Leak
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
Working alongside the CHS Associate Medical Director, Executive Director and Head of Nursing, the Clinical Director will with the support of the Directorate Leadership Team, be accountable for the strategic clinical leadership of health service delivery and the effective governance of the diverse range of clinical services provided in CHS.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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