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Clinical Director - Dementia and Older Persons Mental Health Team

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Shape the Future of Mental Health Care in Cornwall

Are you a passionate and forward-thinking senior psychiatrist looking to make a real difference? Join Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a key leader in our older adults mental health team.

In this influential role, you'll collaborate with the associate medical director mental health, quadrumvirate teams and operational managers to spearhead innovation and shape the future of mental health services. Your leadership will drive transformative change, aligning with our clinical strategy and workforce development plans.

This is your opportunity to:

• Lead ground breaking initiatives to improve mental health care.
• Have your expertise recognised and your voice amplified.
• Advance your career within a dynamic and supportive environment.

Apply now and help us create a brighter future for our community,

Main duties of the job

As the clinical director for dementia and older persons mental health, you will:

Oversee of the performance of the directorate services from a quality, operational and financial perspective alongside the directorate quadrumvirate team

Engage the medical team across the directorate, delegating key responsibilities.

Provide visible and proactive clinical leadership for people across professional boundaries.

Effectively communicate with staff and promote a compassionate leadership approach.

Work with users of our services and carers in the co-production of our service transformation

Shape the Trust's dementia and older persons mental health clinical services to align to integrated care areas and build the confidence of our teams to become part of our integrated neighbourhood teams

Ensure all medical staff are regularly and effectively appraised and undertake all required elements of essential skills training.

Ensure all medical staff have agreed job plans directed to meeting the needs of the service.

Provide clinical advice and assurance as part of the senior leadership team management group of the Trust, escalate any issues and concerns to the executive team and communicate mitigating actions that the directorate has taken

About us

We are a NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Job responsibilities

Although this role is for 4 programmed activities, there is opportunity for the right candidate to take on additional clinical responsibility up to a 10 programmed activities.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Skills

• Understanding of the provision and delivery of health care services and of Government strategy and plans for modernising health care
• Thorough knowledge of the structure, functions, culture and values of the National Health Service and its inter-relationship with other agencies
• Understanding of the implications for medical staff of the modernisation agenda
• Extensive knowledge of clinical audit, Research and Development and evidence based practice

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• Medical qualification and appropriate royal college membership or fellowship
• Full GMC registration
• Responsible / approved clinician under the mental health act 1983
• S12(2) mental health act 1983 approved clinician

Knowledge and abilities

• Demonstrable track record of advancement and development of clinical interests and services, including delivery of performance targets
• Highly effective leadership skills.
• Interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications
• High analytical and numeracy skills
• High level of self-awareness and openness to self-improvement
• Insight into strengths and weaknesses
• Environmental and political awareness.
• Strong financial management skills
• High quality business and service planning skills.
• Good information technology skills

Personal Qualities

• Inspires others and leads by example. Able to make rational decisions in the face of adversity
• Capacity to work with managers and others to develop a shared vision of services for patients and standards in delivery of services. Willingness to accept that the wider interests of the Trust and/or the health community may require compromise.
• Commitment to implementation and strengthening of clinical governance
• Personal credibility, with the ability to quickly gain the confidence of others, including clinicians, managers, staff, patients, relatives and users of services.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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