Regional Clinical Lead System Improvement

NHS England; Taunton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare organization seeks a Regional Clinical Lead for Improvement and Transformation in Taunton. This role involves providing clinical leadership in mental health, influencing systems across the South West, and driving quality improvements in patient care. The ideal candidate has a strong clinical background, experience in strategic leadership, and a proven ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact healthcare delivery within NHS England.

Qualifications

• Clinical background in mental health is essential.
• Experience in a leadership role is required.
• Track record of quality improvement delivery is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical leadership and support across systems.
• Put in place a clinical work plan meeting objectives.
• Monitor performance against national standards.
• Facilitate regional community of interest network.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Critical thinking

Mentoring

Education

Clinical background in mental health

Experience working in system or place leadership

Job description

The Clinical Improvement and Transformation team are based within the Medical Directorate in NHS England South West Region. Our team comprises both clinical and operational leads and supports systems and providers across the South West to improve and transform services.

We are looking for a strategic medical lead with a clinical background in mental health to complement our team to provide clinical leadership across a wide portfolio of work, including for example, Learning and Improvement Networks for Urgent and Emergency care and mental health and our frailty improvement programme. The priority areas of work and deliverables require a team of teams approach across multiple directorates regionally and nationally.

As a Regional Clinical Lead for Improvement and Transformation, the post holder will work collaboratively with clinical and operational leaders across South West organisation, influencing and supporting work aligned to the 10 Year Health Plan for England, the medium-term planning framework to improve the quality of care for our populations. The post holder will be a clinical critical thinker and systems leader. They will have experience of working in a leadership position at system or place, with a proven track record of demonstrable delivery of quality improvements and improvement clinical outcomes.

• Act as a conduit for dissemination of information to all colleagues as appropriate.
• Provide strong clinical leadership and support across systems.
• Put in place an agreed clinical work plan that meets the directorates or programme objectives.
• Monitor clinical improvement performance against agreed national standards.
• Ensure links at strategic level to implement clinical change.
• Provide a healthy challenge across the region with the common aim of improving patient care, experience and staff experience.
• Undertake clinical engagement with health professionals and relevant stakeholders to ensure wider clinical engagement.
• Support and provide leadership to STP/ICS clinical and operational leads across the region.
• Undertake where required, regular and appropriate mentoring and mentorship to ensure a strong individual performance and team relationship.
• Provide clinical leadership as part of any future re-procurement process.
• Chair meetings of clinical and operational leads as appropriate.
• Facilitate regional community of interest network.
• Work collaboratively with clinical Practitioner/s and operational managers as part of the end-to-end pathway redesign national programme.
• Share best practice and innovation, supporting improved outcomes across the region.

Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.

Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

We Lead The NHS In England By

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money

Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.

If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vinay Takwale Job title: Medical Director Email address: [e-mail]