Medical Director | NHS England
The Elective and Emergency Care Improvement (EECI) group consists of five teams focussed on clinical and operational improvement. The teams are:
Elective Improvement Support Team
Emergency Care Improvement Support Team
Mental Health Improvement Support Team
Community Improvement Support Team
Programme management and analytics team
The teams are formed of senior staff with clinical and operational backgrounds. They have a focus on improving the care and experience of patients and staff, translating policy into improvement activity, working alongside frontline teams and their management structures.
Clinical leadership is integral to the group, with clinical leaders embedded within the teams. The medical director works alongside the director of the EECI group, providing leadership and strategic direction of the group as part of the group senior leadership team.The medical director has a close working relationship with, and is professionally accountable to, the national clinical director for UEC. The role involves interfaces with a range of NHSE teams as well as external bodies.
We are keen to recruit an individual with experience of senior leadership roles, with a relevant clinical background to provide clinical leadership across the group, supporting the lead clinicians within individual teams, clinical directors and clinical associates to best deliver their roles and responsibilities.
The post-holder will lead on professional engagement on behalf of theDirector of Elective and Emergency Care Improvementandlead onclinical effectiveness toimprovethe quality ofcare for patients
This role will be key in supporting theDirector of Elective and Emergency Care Improvement toprovide clinical oversight and building medical leadership capacity and capability.
The post-holder work with the other UEC and Elective Care teams across NHS England to apply evidence based clinical practice, service design, commissioning and provider support to secure improvements in services for patients and gains in health outcomes.
They will also provideclinical leadership on key programmes designed to improvethe clinical effectiveness of NHS care.
The postholder will deputise for theDirector of Elective and Emergency Care Improvementwhere appropriate, including covering periods of absence.
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose 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.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS willbe offered on a secondment basis only, agreementshouldbeobtainedfromtheiremployerpriortosubmittingtheapplication.
This advert closes on Monday 7 Oct 2024