Medical Director

Job responsibilities

Key deliverables

1. Professional leadership and standards/clinical performance
2. Quality, Safety and Governance
3. Developing and delivering clear clinical vision across all services
4. Development and delivery of strategic plans
5. Relationships and reputation
6. Medicines management
7. Health inequalities

Main Duties & Responsibilities

(For ease, where trust is identified below, it refers to both NCH&C and CCS)

Be a highly visible leader, particularly of the medical and dental workforce. Taking specific responsibility and professional leadership of the medical and dental workforce at all levels.

Contribute to the corporate management of the Trust, particularly the formulation of Trust strategies, targets and priorities and be accountable for their delivery jointly with the whole Executive Team.

To provide advice and guidance to the Trust Board on all patient care and medical and dental issues, ensuring the achievement of NHS targets, and delivering the highest quality and safe care, and ensure that the voice of clinicians is heard at Board.

Take a lead role in the shaping of clinical services strategy across the Trust, and within the relevant integrated care systems that the Trust works within.

Engage with GPs, local Authorities, place representatives, Integrated Care Systems, local Acute and other provider organisations, local safeguarding boards and other external agencies to ensure an integrated health and care approach.

Provide assurance to the Board on clinical quality and take specific responsibility for ensuring safe medical and dental practice, including leading on medical workforce strategy and compliance, succession planning and professional standards such as revalidation.

Provide necessary, accurate and timely data to trust board to assist its decision making and continue to develop real time data and information. Produce data in a way that enables the trust to make improvements.

Assist in ensuring that the trust meets its statutory financial obligations each year and targets are met in accordance with the overall Trust strategy and annual operational plan.

Comply with the trusts standing financial instructions, standing orders, policies and the code of conduct for NHS managers.

Manage professional conduct and capability issues as well as statutory requirements, relating to the medical and dental workforce in partnership with the Director of HR.

Work with other key Directors to implement clear accountability and quality management systems within the trust, ensuring that data on quality is open and transparent.

Work with other key directors to ensure that each service has a clear clinical strategy, annual planning arrangements and strong and effective financial and workforce plans in place and regularly monitor outcome of these. Ensure quality and clinical sign-off of all cost improvement pans.

Take responsibility as the Trust Board Responsible Officer for doctors revalidation, working with the Director of HR to ensure systems, processes and monitoring are in place to meet statutory requirements.

Work with the deanery to support the provision of medical training and education and provide leadership and guidance to the lead for medical education within the Trust and support specialty grade doctors and trainees in their continuing education and professional development. Develop and maintain links with local academic institutions.

To be the organisational lead for medicines management within the trust, providing strategic oversight. To be the identified Controlled Drugs Accountable officer and Chief Clinical Information Officer.

Work with other executive colleagues to enhance the reputation of the trust as a good employer, enhancing performance along with effective resource and skill utilisation. To take the lead role on specific issues/topics, as agreed with the CEO/ trust board annually.

To be the organisational lead for learning from deaths.

Participate in executive on-call rota, as appropriate.

Specific CCS requirements

to act as the trusts Caldicott Guardian

Health and Safety

Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon them under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), to ensure the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees and visitors.

To ensure that the Trusts Health and Safety Policies are understood and observed and that procedures are followed.

To ensure the appropriate use of equipment and facilities and the environment is maintained in good order.

To take the necessary precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of themselves, patients, staff and visitors, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.

To undertake appropriate Health and Safety training to support safe working practice including, where appropriate, its management.

General

All staff are required to respect confidentiality of all matters that they learn as a result of the employment with the Trust, including matters relating to other members of the staff and members of the public/patients.

Maintain appropriate patient and clinical records in line with the Trusts policies and procedures, and in line with the agreed service specification.

The post holder will be expected to participate in an annual appraisal of their work where the job description will be reviewed and objectives set. In line with the annual personal development plan the post holder will be expected to undertake any training or development required to fulfil their role.

Ensure that all patients, clients and colleagues are treated at all times in an equitable manner, respecting diversity and showing an understanding of diversity in the workplace.

The post holder must carry out their responsibilities with due regard to the trusts Equality and Diversity Policies, Procedures and Schemes and must ensure that equality is promoted at all times.

The trust is committed to supporting their voluntary workforce and all apprentices, and all staff are expected to welcome and support volunteers and apprentices in their teams.

Code of Conduct

The post holder is required to adhere to the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers.

This job description is not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder. The post holder will be required to undertake any other duties as may be required for the effective performance of the post.

Qualifications

Essential

• Senior doctor with current GMC registration and appropriate specialist qualification / accreditation
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of leadership development

Desirable

• General qualification at masters level which includes management or business

Experience

Essential

• Experience of dealing with doctors whose performance is giving cause for concern
• Experience of contributing to corporate strategy outside field of expertise
• Significant experience of managing large and complex services, including exposure to operational, financial and HR matters in NHS Trust provider services
• Extensive experience of leading and directing change in clinical practice with evidence of successful outcomes in a Provider Trust
• Experience of targeting national improvement projects
• Demonstrates relevant experience and skills on continuous improvement techniques which has led to sustained service improvement and improvement in patient quality
• Experience of leadership in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Highly developed leadership and influencing skills
• A commitment to improving patient services through a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
• Possess the ability and political acumen to network effectively, internally and externally, at a senior level
• Demonstrate ability to assess and make effective decisions under pressure in complex situations
• Have the capacity to build and instil trust and confidence amongst colleagues, internally and across organisations
• Possess excellent communications skills with the ability to be clear and persuasive in speech and writing; and to handle difficult and sensitive situations
• Ability to have a high level of work organisation, self motivation, drive for performance and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Ability to produce high quality coherent reports and present at Board level
• Demonstrable evidence of preparing and leading change management programmes and proven record of successful delivery in a Provider Trust
• Proven ability to influence and a strong commitment to the development of others.
• Ability to inspire others

Desirable

• Experience of working in community services

Skills

Essential

• High level of understanding and knowledge of financial, clinical and corporate governance factors for an organisation operating in a regulated environment. Clear understanding of NHS and Public Sector regulatory frameworks.
• Sound understanding of the current NHS political landscape
• Sound understanding of governance processes, risk management and stratification, financial controls
• Ability to think strategically, anticipate change, collate complex knowledge and intelligence into vision for required changes to the strategy or positioning of the organisation

Communication

Essential

• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and media skills

Personal Attributes/Behaviours

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate compassionate leadership at all levels of the organisation
• Strong understanding and belief in the value of equality, diversity and inclusion to deliver the Trust's aims and objectives
• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.

Other

Essential

• Must meet the requirements of the Director Fit and Proper Person Test
• Must be able to participate in on call rota
• Valid driving license

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).