Hospital Medical Director (HMD)

Job summary

To apply for this role, please send your CV to recruitment@uhb.nhs.uk

Are you an aspiring or current Medical Director? Are you looking for a new challenge in the Birmingham and Solihull area?

As part of our journey to a more local, hospital-based operating model, we are now recruiting to four Hospital Medical Director roles.

If you have a passion and commitment to the delivery of safe and high-quality patient care, relish the challenge of leading the development of a hospital's clinical strategy, and share our values of Kind, Connected and Bold, we want to hear from you.Part of our journey to move to a new hospital-based operating model includes the creation of a local leadership team, of which the Hospital Medical Director role will be pivotal.

Main duties of the job

The HMD will be responsible for the safe and efficient functioning of the Hospital and its accompanying clinical strategy. They will work in tandem with other Hospital Medical Directors within the Group, with a professional reporting responsibility to the Group Chief Medical Officer, and day-to-day operational reporting to the Hospital Executive Director.

The HMD key responsibilities will encompass:

*Have oversight of and ensure excellent running of staff education and wellbeing, and scrutiny and assurance around decision making

*Maintain integrity of their site -- ensuring sufficient flow, and access to urgent and emergency, and specialist pathways by ensuring relevant CDG's are working together and efficiently;

*Develop assurance, risk and reporting systems to provide the necessary assurance to the Hospital Management Board and its Committees;

*Support the Hospital Executive Director in the effective budget management of medical services

*Line manage the CDG Medical Leads

Excellent communications skills will be essential, ensuring that key lines of communication are established and maintained with your team(s).

Finally, the successful candidates will need to live, breathe and uphold our Trust values of Kind, Connected and Bold; contributing to the overall vision and working constructively with the Hospital Executive Director and Group Exec team.

Please indicate in your supporting information your preferred hospital site

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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