Clinical Director - Community Service

Clinical Director - Community Service

Are you a visionary clinical leader passionate about transforming care delivery? Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is seeking a Clinical Director to lead our innovative service, providing high-quality, hospital-level care to patients in their own homes across East and North Hertfordshire.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a triumvirate leadership team alongside a Nursing Lead and an Operational Lead. Together, you will shape and deliver a responsive, safe, and effective service that supports early discharge, prevents unnecessary hospital admissions, and enhances patient experience.

The role is initially offered as a secondment or fixed-term contract, whilst awaiting Royal College approval for consultant applicants. Once approval is received, the post will be advertised as a substantive position. We are happy to have a discussion about substantive employment whilst waiting for approval.

The Clinical Director will work 5-10 sessions per week, with flexibility to accommodate clinical commitments and service needs.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical oversight and strategic direction for the service
• Lead on clinical governance, quality improvement, and patient safety
• Collaborate with system partners to develop integrated care models
• Support workforce development and clinical supervision
• Champion innovation and evidence-based practice

About You

We're looking for a dynamic and experienced clinician (e.g. Consultant, GP, or senior specialist) with:

• Proven leadership in community or acute care settings
• Strong understanding of virtual wards and hospital-at-home models
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Commitment to patient-centered care and service transformation

About us

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Job responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES / ACCOUNTABILITIES:

To provide senior professional clinical leadership within the triumvirate, provide leadership to the Service and contribute to developing the strategic direction of the service.

To provide strategic advice and leadership and contribute on medical and clinical matters to the working groups.

To be accountable for clinical governance within the service in partnership with the Lead Nurse.

To support the recruitment, retention and professional development of clinical staff including induction, job planning, appraisals, clinical supervision and organising teaching & training sessions.

To drive transformation in care delivery, including proactive care models and integration across the community and urgent emergency services.

To contribute to the development of innovative and effective ways of working to create strong partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders within the system.

To support team members in delivering on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate.

To build and sustain effective communications with all members of the multidisciplinary team, and the wider clinical teams across the community service.

To represent at various fora developing partnerships, sharing best practice and integrating this knowledge in service improvement.

To ensure there is clinical engagement in the day-to-day activities of in performance improvements and service developments, working with the leads in other services across the Trust.

Person Specification Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• GMC Registered Consultant with MRCP or equivalent or GP with significant leadership experience
• Evidence of clinical governance, service transformation, audit and quality improvement
• Understading of NHS Frameworks including GIRFT and CQC standards
• Evidence of robust clinical leadership
• Experince in a community or virtual ward setting
• Evidence of partnership development and joint working

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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