Clinical Lead Cardiology

Clinical Lead
Fixed term appointment - 1 year 
1 Programmed Activity per week

As part of revised clinical leadership arrangements, the Unscheduled Care team is seeking to appoint to the following Clinical Lead role: 

Clinical Lead, Cardiology

These posts will form a team of five clinical leads to support the Clinical Director in Medical Unscheduled Inpatient Care to deliver a whole system approach to person centred care.  

The post holders will have responsibility for taking a clinical overview of their services and working with management to support the clinical management of the medical workforce, including trainees, so that organisational priorities including the local delivery plan, the quality, healthcare and other strategies are delivered. As well as ensuring trainees training needs are met they will ensure trainees compliance with local policies including with the Junior Doctors Contract. 

As a member of the Directorate Management team, the Clinical Lead will work collaboratively to provide support in the day to day running of his / her area of responsibility. 

Key results areas will include performance management, clinical leadership, clinical quality, risk management and service management.  Specifically, the Clinical Lead will:

provide leadership in conjunction with Clinical Director / Service / Operational Managers  and Specialty Leads.  

take joint responsibility for the delivery of clinical governance, working closely with    colleagues to ensure agreed SPA objectives are monitored 

 work collaboratively to ensure effective multi disciplinary working within the service    to deliver improved

-    Clinical performance
-    Financial performance
-    Operational performance 

 ensure the annual job planning process is supported and that team discussions are    prioritised  

 in conjunction with the Clinical Director / Service Manager / Operational Manager,    ensure that all clinical staff have a Personal Development Plan and annual         appraisal and    are in turn supported to meet revalidation requirements.

 Take responsibility for junior doctor contract of employment compliance 

This is a fixed term post and will be subject to annual review, during which discussion job description content will be reviewed. 

Enquiries should be directed to Dr Karen Adamson, Associate Medical Director, or Dr David Watts, Clinical Director.

Applications in the form of a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and a written statement in support of your application should be submitted to the following email address fv.medicalworkforcerecruitment@nhs.scot by the closing date of: 23:59, 
Thursday 31st October 2024

Interviews to be scheduled week commencing TBC

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.