Chief Clinical Strategy Officer
Job Description
Job summary
We are inviting applications for the Chief Clinical Strategy Officer (CCSO) position at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and innovative clinician to lead the development of strategic partnerships within our community, shaping the future of care pathways and ensuring the best possible services for our local population.
As a senior executive, you will lead the Trust's Strategy, Planning, and Improvement Office, focusing on strategic development, clinical partnerships, and improvement methodologies. You will drive innovation and research to enhance patient care and health outcomes. Additionally, you will work as part of The Foundation Group, collaborating with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital, and South Warwickshire University Foundation Trust.
Please read letter to applicants from Stephen Collman (Managing Director) that can be found in the supporting information section of the advert.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with our Chief Medical Officer, you will help enhance services by focusing on quality and patient experience. Your leadership will foster a values-driven culture, empowering clinically led transformation. A proven track record of innovative and effective clinical leadership at or near Board level will be key to your success in this role.
We seek a visionary leader who can drive our clinical strategy, working collaboratively across systems to improve health outcomes. You will be motivated by the chance to innovate and empower our colleagues to meet the growing demands of both emergency and planned care. Your role will span professional and organisational boundaries to ensure our population's acute health needs are met, with developments rooted in the highest standards of patient care and clinical excellence.
The ideal candidate will be values-driven, a strong team player, and an inspiring leader capable of driving change and innovation. You will be dedicated to developing the talent of our medical workforce and clinical services to meet the evolving needs of our communities.
For an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact Lisa Wilkes (PA to Stephen Collman), [email protected].
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The Chief Clinical Strategy Officer (CCSO) is responsible for the overall development and leadership of the Trust Strategy, Planning and Improvement Office, with executive accountability for the Trust improvement methodology and clinical partnerships across the county, regionally and nationally.
The post holder will lead and facilitate our relationship with partners across Hereford and Worcestershire, The Foundation group and wider. With a focus on research, innovation, and improvement the post holder will influence clinical teams and services to ensure that pathways and outcomes are aligned to the health needs of our population, ensuring that services provide the best value for money and best quality outcomes.
The post holder will contribute to the leadership of a professional, inclusive and values led culture that nurtures improvement and prioritises the best health outcomes for our population.
Key Working Relationships:
The post holder will be an integral part of the Trust Board and Executive team, fostering a particularly strong working relationship with Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer to ensure that our collective clinical voice is heard and well represented in external relationships.
Key relationships will include but are not limited to: Commissioners, Public Health, NHS England, Local Higher Education Institutes, Primary Care, Senior clinicians, Managers, and all other staff.
The post holder will collaborate closely with external partners to ensure that Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust optimises our role as a lead provider, positively influencing the health outcomes of the local population.
Key Duties:
General Duties:
Contribute to promoting and reinforcing our vision, values and behaviours, ensuring our obligations to patients and stakeholders are understood and met.
Lead our strategic plan to realise the trust vision and mission.
Lead our annual business planning cycle and setting our corporate objectives.
Commit to a collective leadership approach in the delivery of our corporate objectives, never knowingly allowing a colleague to fail.
Lead key quality activities alongside main role objectives.
Ensure robust mitigating actions are in place to manage key strategic risks within the Board Assurance Framework, for which you are nominated Executive Director.
Adhere to the Nolan Principles, promoting the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance in line with best practice and statutory requirements.
Comply with our established health and safety policies. In particular, by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using our risk and incident reporting systems.
Practice at all times in accordance with infection control standards specified in our policies and procedures and with the Health Act 2006 code of practice for the prevention and control of health care associated infections.
To participate in the Executive on call rota.
Responsibilities specific to this post:
Directorate Leadership:
Lead the strategy, planning and improvement teams promoting the highest possible professional standards throughout the directorate.
Set high standards of performance for the organisation and involve all staff in the work of other directorate management teams to deliver the corporate objectives.
Promote multidisciplinary team-working by creating the environment and resources that enable teams to identify real issues and create innovative solutions to problems.
Ensure the training and development needs of team members identified through the annual appraisal process are met.
Utilise the Trust improvement approach in the review and development of systems and processes within the directorate to improve quality and reduce cost.
Ensure there is an effective succession plan within the directorate to maintain continuity of business.
Strategic Leadership
To lead our strategic development, advising on future strategic development opportunities and assist board members with understanding of changes in the NHS and provider landscape.
To lead effective collaborative working with external stakeholders (health and social care), within the integrated care system to ensure coherence in strategic and service improvement planning across the population we serve.
To establish productive strategic relationships with existing and prospective stakeholders, Commissioners, Specialist commissioners, GPs and primary care networks, local authorities, regulators, patients, and representative groups, in order to identify new strategic and improvement opportunites.
To lead the development of highly effective strategic partnerships with tertiary and quaternary provider organisations to ensure the Worcestershire population is well served by specialist services.
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