Associate Director, Access And Assessment Clinical Directorate
Isle Of Wight Nhs Pct
Newport, Isle Of Wight, United Kingdom
Prior to this appointment the organisation was looking at restructuring the clinical directorates. It was my structure proposal that was accepted and following this I was appointed to manage the innovative Access and Assessment Directorate. Access and Assessment’s unique structure was designed to deliver patient care in the most appropriate setting, at the right time, by the right health professionals with the benefits of delivering high levels of patient and staff satisfaction and value for money. It was designed to ensure patients were treated as close to home as possible and to act as the gatekeeper to the acute hospital. Access & Assessment was a complex directorate that had functions that spanned from primary care through to secondary care including; Ambulance, Emergency Department, Beacon Centre, Pharmacy, Diagnostic Imaging, Pathology, Bed Management, MAAU, District & Community Nursing and Podiatry. •Joint Venture: Whilst managing the Access and Assessment Directorate, I was responsible for setting up the joint venture (Beacon GP practice) between the Provider arm of the Isle of Wight PCT and the GP consortium, Lighthouse.