Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Performance Management

·         To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

·         Clinical efficiency e.g. timeliness indicators, clinical indicators and the development of ambulatory pathways.

·         Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-attendance rates.

·         Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.

·         Operational efficiency e.g. demand management.

Medical Staff Management

·         To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors’ hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.

·         To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments

·         To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.

·         To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.

·         To be engaged in the process of annual appraisal and revalidation of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/Divisional Manager.

Governance

·         To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.

·         Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.

·         To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.

·         To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.

·         To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.

·         To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

Leadership and Team Working

·         To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.

·         To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Partners as required.

·         To chair regular meetings for the specialties.

·         To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.

·         Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.