Clinical Director Low Secure & Community Forensics

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The Wells Road Centre is a high performing low secure hospital that prides itself on patient involvement and inclusivity, ensuring patients are at the centre of their own care. It is part of the IMPACT East Midlands provider collaborative, and offers male mental health, womens and male intellectual disability care-streams.

The community services include a countywide community forensic service; a community forensic intellectual developmental disability (CFIDD) service; an Assertive Transitions Service (ATS); a criminal justice liaison and diversion (L&D) service and Notts Mentalisation-based therapy (MBT) service.

There are close links with stakeholders in the criminal justice system, CCGs, ICS and third sector agencies.

The Clinical Director will be a focal point for clinical leadership for the Directorate, responsible for providing Clinical and strategic direction, as well as having a meaningful clinical role. Working alongside the General Manager, the Clinical Director will ensure that the performance and leadership of the hospital is consistent with a high quality, inclusive care environment.

This post is for a 3 years’ fixed term with a review at the end of term and opportunity to extend to 5 years. The post holder can reapply for the Clinical Director post after this date if they wish to continue.

The Clinical Director will provide leadership and strategic vision for hospital, to ensure the effective delivery of healthcare to patients. They will act as an advisor to the Clinical professionals on matters and be responsible for leading the Directorate Management Team and its staff, for quality and performance. The post holder will also contribute to the development of the Divisions strategy.

The Clinical Director will also actively contribute to the development of the Trust’s long-term integrated planning activity.

The Clinical Director will have a significant role in creating and developing strong partnership working relationships and networks with the range of local, regional and national partners and stakeholders and be part of the provider collaborative/ ICS.The Clinical Director will have a pivotal role in the integration of provider collaborative principle and work with other providers to ensure the best care is received for the patients.

In partnership with the General Manager, the Clinical Director will be responsible for scrutinising Directorates clinical performance, resource utilization, governance, clinical safety and standards of patient care, ensuring that standards are raised, managed and governed within the hospital, with issues escalated appropriately via the forensic divisional senior management team

There is a role in supporting and coaching new aspiring managers and Clinical Directors.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people – our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Adele Fox Job title: Deputy Director : Forensic Services Email address: adele.fox@nottshc.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01777 247693

Dr Mark Taylor, Associate Medical Director

mark.taylor@nottshc.nhs.uk

01159691300 ext 10762