Divisional Director - Medical / Dental | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Are you passionate about improving access, experience and outcomes for patients across Planned Care services? If so, we are seeking a medical or dental Divisional Director to shape and develop our broad and diverse, largely outpatient-based, offer to the 1.3 million people that we serve in Sussex. This is an exciting opportunity to further transform our pathways of care for patients working closely with our clinical and operational leaders to address unwarranted clinical variation, use a data driven approach to identifying and tackling health inequity, develop virtual consultations and enhance personalised care. You will provide strategic direction and leadership within our new planned care triumvirate to our child development centres, dental services, talking therapies, clinical support services and rehabilitation medical services. The role assumes responsibility for:

• Leading, co-ordinating and ensuring excellent clinical standards and a patient-centred approach is delivered equitably for all service users, families and carers of our Planned Care services.
• Ensuring the voice of the patient is heard and this can be demonstrated in improvement.
Ensure patients are supported throughout their journey utilising waiting well methodologies, alongside timely access to assessment and treatment, and where required follow up. Developing a supportive and compassionate culture of learning and quality improvement within the Division
• Ensuring patient outcomes are maximised through the development and implementation of evidence-based care pathways and the reduction in unwarranted clinical variation
• Ensure safe staffing is delivered and lead the recruitment and retention within clinical services within portfolio.
• Create, with the Divisional AHP Director, a strong, open, learning safety culture within the services.
• Ensure continuous improvement, professional and leadership development and research are a core component to the clinical services within remit.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children. Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services. Why work for us?
• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff