Job summary
- Main area
- Darzi Fellowship
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Starting August 2024)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-MED-442
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust HQ
- Town
- Southall
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Darzi Fellow in Clinical Leadership
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
We are delighted to offer a Darzi Fellowship in collaboration with London South Bank University (LSBU). The Fellowship combines work-based experience, a Fellowship Challenge and a bespoke programme of academic study leading to a PGCert Leadership in Health (Darzi) with LSBU over the 2024/25 academic year.
The Darzi Challenge at West London NHS Trust will be to lead a system wide review of development opportunities for SASG and Consultant grade doctors across the Trust and generate strategy to deliver sustainable improvements in key areas including recruitment, retention, workforce experience & engagement, inclusion and in the health & well-being of the medical workforce.
Working with a Senior Medical Manager as Sponsor, you will be supported to relate to all levels of the Trust’s management structures, our medical workforce & external stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
The Darzi Fellow will:
- Provide leadership for agreed projects.
- Liaise and engage with the organisation & external stakeholders.
- Provide timely and effective advice and leadership working with managers and staff in relation to the Fellowship Challenge.
- Provide written reports on Challenge progress, including risks and issues.
- Attend all educational modules, development opportunities and undertake self-managed study hours associated with the Fellowship.
- Attend the relevant coaching and learning sets.
- Participate in all aspects of the Fellowship scheme and its evaluation.
- Contribute to capacity building through leadership and organisational skills development for trainee doctors and other healthcare professionals within the organisation based on their learning in the Fellowship.
- Act as an ambassador for the Fellowship and promote medical leadership
They may additionally undertake up to three supervised clinical sessions a week according to their development needs.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with relevant professional body, e.g. GMC, GDC, NMC, HPC, GPC, HPCP
- Undergraduate Degree
- Minimum training level or experience of: ST4-6, CT3, SAS, GPST3/4, Band 7/8a or equivalent, from a recognised specialty school training programme
- Satisfactory progression through training, as evidenced by satisfactory outcomes in relevant specialty examination, e.g. RITA, ARCP, Prep CPD/Practice
- Where applicable, (e.g. for medical trainees) meets ‘out of programme experience’ (OOPE) requirements or other required permission
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree or management qualification
Experience and Achievements
Essential criteria
- Previous co-ordination or management or leadership experience either at undergraduate or postgraduate level, within or without health care
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of clinical excellence e.g. prizes, presentations papers
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Some knowledge of organisational development or management or leadership development theory, principles or programmes
- Understanding of current issues and challenges within health care delivery across the wider NHS
- Some understanding of quality improvement/safety improvement/ clinical governance principles application within clinical settings
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Teaching and training
- Ability to work with, and lead others, across professions
Desirable criteria
- Critical appraisal skills
- Ability to develop educational programmes
- Development of evaluations / audit protocols / grant applications
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Understands self and impact of behaviour on others
- Evidence of continual personal learning and development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Claire Dillon
- Job title
- Director of Integrated Community Health Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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