Medical Head of Service - Chailey Clinical Services

a) The Chailey services Medical Head of Service will demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and provide medical advice across the services within their portfolio. Acting in support of the Planned Care Divisional Medical Director, the post holder will be a key member of the Divisional leadership team and work as a triumvirate with the Clinical, Health Care Science and Operational Head of Service.

b) The post holder will support the Divisional Medical Director to continually improve equitable patient care, experience, access and outcomes for their service and assist with the implementation of national and Trust initiatives working closely with the Operational, Healthcare Science and Clinical Head of Service.

c) The postholder will play a key role in developing the service to meet the population's needs at locality and regional level and will have a service development portfolio and clinical leadership role. They will ensure services provide safe, effective, personalised and evidence-based clinical interventions and holistic care.

d) The post holder will demonstrate highly visible clinical and professional leadership behaviours, which are underpinned by the values of the Trust, and be a role model for leadership, training, coaching, and facilitating staff development at all levels. The post holder will be expected to provide a medical perspective to Divisional planning and decision-making, interpreting national guidance in relation to all aspects of clinical care delivered by the Trust and advise on implementation within the modernisation and changing environment of all service areas.

e) The post holder will be required to be/become skilled in improvement methodology and practice, role modelling leadership for improvement behaviours, supporting the building of Quality Improvement capability and capacity in the Division and using information to initiate and deliver improvement programmes which result in improved outcomes for patients, efficiency and productivity.

f) Working with the Operational Head of Service, the post holder will support medical recruitment and retention, measuring and improving standards of care and patient experience in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints.

g) The postholder will, working with the Operational Head of Service and other clinical Heads of Service, be responsible for clinical governance including the identification, reporting, management and mitigation of risk and patient safety.

Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Paediatrics (or expected within 6 months of the interview date or Entry on the GMC GP Register and inclusion on the NHS England GP Performers List (England) or Meet the minimum contractual entry requirements for the Specialty grade or Meet the minimum contractual entry requirements and Generic Capabilities Framework for the Specialist Grade.