Senior Clinical Lead

Transformationunitgm; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Main area Senior Management Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Out of Hours) Job ref 267-CH6948467

Employer Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Abingdon Community Hospital Town Abingdon Salary Dependant on Experience Closing 14/04/2025 23:59

Senior Clinical Lead

Band 8b

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion. If you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, which is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, including people with disabilities, men from all socio-economic backgrounds, people from diverse ethnic backgrounds, and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Job overview

Are you a registered clinician with a passion for patient centred care, service delivery and looking for a short term change and challenge?

We are looking for a dynamic leader to complement our team to work alongside the wider clinical leadership team in driving forward change for same day care.

You will also have responsibilities for governance, budget, performance management and working in tandem with the Service Manager across the Minor Injury Units as well as the GP Out of Hours Service. Physical presence on site including in the out of hours period and weekends is key in this role as is being part of the on call rota.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate experience of project work, to be proactive in delivering change whilst ensuring the team around you are fully immersed in driving forward our services and supported with change. You will be involved with systemwide working as well as alignment with Senior Clinical Leads in other pathways, so experience of cohesive working, as well as appropriate delegation, is essential.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical Leadership and Management
• Service Planning and Development
• Quality and Performance Management
• Financial and Resource Management
• Communication

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application. You are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current registration as a registered adult trained nurse with NMC
• Clinical qualification at post graduate/masters level
• Evidence of continued professional development including leadership

Experience, Knowledge and skills

• Nursing leadership experience at Matron level
• Experience of effective working partnership with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated success in leading and implementing significant programmes of change in multi-disciplinary teams/services
• Knowledge & understanding of CQC regulations, health policies and national priorities and implementing them
• Quality improvement training
• Coaching or mentoring
• Knowledge & Experience of ensuring robust Quality Governance arrangements including patient safety and patient Experience embedded within a service.

Analytical, Judgement, aptitude and skills

• Capable in the development of the workplace as a learning environment
• Ability to present complex and sensitive information to teams and individuals
• Capable of building positive relationships with all stakeholders

Personal Qualities

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible, and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.