EOC Senior Clinical Leader

Job overview

At East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, we are committed to delivering excellent patient care and exploring opportunities for continuous service delivery improvements. As part of our Reshaping EOC,  a new role of  EOC Senior Clinical Leader was established and an exciting opportunity has become available to join the team across both Nottingham and Lincolnshire EOCs.

The role will be accountable to the EOC Head of Clinical Services but will also form a key, professional relationship with the EOC Senior Manager (Clinical).

You will be responsible for establishing and embedding a supportive, motivational and compassionate leadership culture across the station based operational teams. This is a key leadership role in supporting EMAS to deliver its vision and values.

This role will support the Trust's approach to clinical leadership, quality assurance and quality improvement and identifies priorities in the five domains of quality, aligned with the Care Quality Commission regulatory framework; caring, responsive, effective, well-led and safe.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the direct clinical development, support, supervision and leadership of a team of Emergency Operations Centre clinicians. This includes staff in a mentorship period and staff requiring additional support and / or supervision. The EOC SCL roles will be allocated to areas and groups, working closely with Clinical Workforce Managers (CWMs) to deliver the clinical and quality metrics and outcomes. The EOC SCL will be responsible for the clinical elements of the appraisal for clinical staff, working in conjunction with the CWM team as part of the EOC Clinical Leadership Team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of the Trust, which may be amended from time to time. Patient Safety is a key priority for the Trust.

It is your responsibility to ensure that you are fully compliant with EMAS policies and procedures in respect of patient safety, for example Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, but to give an indication of the main areas of activity and involvement.