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Job summary

Main area
Medical Directorate
Grade
Band 8d OR Consultant Grade
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 7.5 hours per week
Job ref
173-15725-MED
Employer
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Marys House
Town
Leeds
Salary
£88,168 - £101,677 Per Annum Pro Rata (8d or Consultant Grade)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Deputy Medical Director - Clinical Leadership, Research & Improvement

Band 8d OR Consultant Grade

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Job overview

We are seeking a passionate and experienced clinical leader to help us drive quality improvement, research and innovation in the Trust through robust integrated clinical leadership.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to ensure that our clinical services can improve the quality of care that they provide by creating conditions that allow quality to flourish and by identifying and then addressing areas for improvement.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. 

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work collectively with others to achieve this but will hold particular responsibility for ensuring:

  • We have a sustainable Clinical Lead role in LYPFT and a strategy that underpins sustainability, interdependence and the desired outcomes for the role.
  • We have a highly efficient improvement and knowledge service that is able to effectively support improvement priorities throughout LYPFT.
  • We have a high degree of integration with R&D leadership within the trust, such that a multi professional research agenda is supported.
  • Clinical leads benefit from a development program that optimizes their potential within clinically led and operationally enabled clinical services. This will include ensuring that Clinical
  • Leads and their supervising Clinical Directors are trained in the fundamentals of quality improvement and in delivering their leadership in a way that fits with the Trust values and strategic ambitions.
  • Clinical Leads are enabled to systematically address quality in a way that is aligned with the

LYPFT Quality Strategic Plan by developing them to:

· Harness quality reporting systems that identify how their services are doing.

· Build conditions that allow quality to flourish in clinical services.

· Link to QI, innovation, and research resources.

· Appropriately prioritise areas for improvement focus.

  • That LYPFT is part of a systemwide integrated effort to improve the health and fortunes of the population of Leeds and beyond. As such, the post holder will be encouraged and expected to build networks across the system that bring Clinical Leads together and allow those with the responsibility of developing clinical leadership to benefit from the approach taken in LYPFT.

The role will be delivered in very close collaboration with the other Clinical Directors, Deputy

Medical Directors and Chief Pharmacist. The Clinical Directors will be line managed by the post holder and who will in turn line manage the Clinical Leads. The post holder will be expected to add direction through their leadership to the Clinical Director group and ensure a consistency of approach that is aligned with LYPFT strategy and priorities. While the postholder will ensure that the infrastructure to develop clinical leads and to address cross cutting quality issues is in place, the other CDs will be responsible for ensuring that the Clinical Leads are engaging with that infrastructure.

The post holder will also line manage the deputy director of Improvement and Knowledge services and the head of research and development.

That close collaboration with the other Clinical Directors will be part of a wider commitment to a collective senior leadership group who will be responsible for quality improvement, assurance, and delivery. As such, the post holder will work collectively with other Deputy Medical Directors, CDs, the DDoN, and DCOO and others at the deputy executive level to ensure Clinical Leads, Heads of Operations and Heads of Clinical Governance are leading on ensuring: · Quality improvement · Robust clinical governance · Service development and delivery · Adherence to all service and professional regulatory requirements including quality & equality impact assessment.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • The candidate must demonstrate extensive experience in leading clinical services at a strategic level within a complex healthcare setting. This includes setting direction, managing senior clinical staff (such as Clinical Directors or Heads of Service), and contributing to organisational change and transformation. Evidence should include successful delivery of service improvement, development of leadership frameworks, and alignment of clinical priorities with organisational goals. Essential Evidence: • Roles held involving leadership of multidisciplinary teams. • Strategic planning responsibilities. • Examples of system-level collaboration or integrated care efforts.
  • The candidate should show a proven track record of using quality improvement methodologies to lead service enhancements and improve patient outcomes. This includes developing and implementing governance systems, responding to regulatory requirements, and translating complex quality data into actionable improvements. Experience supporting and training others in QI principles is highly desirable. Essential Evidence: • Involvement in QI projects or clinical governance initiatives. • Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (e.g., CQC, NICE). • Experience developing or evaluating clinical policies, safety processes, or learning systems.
  • Candidates must have active engagement in research or academic activity relevant to clinical care. They should demonstrate an ability to integrate research and innovation into service development and have experience in supporting or leading multidisciplinary research agendas. A post-graduate degree (doctorate level or equivalent experience) and active clinical practice are required.Essential Evidence: • Published research or involvement in formal R&D projects. • Leadership in innovation or evidence-based service redesign. • Collaboration with academic or NHS research bodies.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWhite RibbonAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Chris Hosker
Job title
Medical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07980958821
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