Senior Medical Director

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title:Senior Medical Director NHS and Ambulance TrustsLocation: Home based Occasional National Travel Salary: Competitive Contract Type: PermanentHours: Full Time or Part Time

About Us

The new Optima Health is the UK market leader in the provision of Occupational Health and Wellbeing services. Formed by the combination of three leading businesses (Optima Health, TP Health and Healthwork), the new Optima Health is more than the consolidation of the individual legacy businesses, our combined and complementary capability means we can offer unrivalled clinical expertise and industry leading tailored solutions to our clients. Our aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the UK workforce by supporting healthy high performance in our client organisations, helping them to achieve their full potential through their people.

We established Centres of Excellence to bring together the expertise we now have. This role leads the NHS work stream. In addition to building and developing our services for the NHS you will also be responsible for reviewing our clinical standards and ensuring we deliver high quality clinical services.

As a clinical leader you will need to deliver clinical services for which we offer a structured induction and training programme One of our core values is One Team and growing and developing together is our key commitment.

Role Summary

To deliver and develop services in an OH Centre of Excellence.

You will work with clients across a business sector to understand their health risks, develop and deliver high quality services to meet their needs, lead the team of physicians and other professionals, develop their sector specific knowledge and skills to provide best in class services for our clients. You will ensure that clinical practice meets the highest standards within the Centre of Excellence.

You will help to build our reputation as the supplier of choice, thereby growing our business in line with our core values.

The minimum commitment is 0.8 FTE, 0.4 of which will be undertaking clinical activity relevant to that sector which will be billable. The balance of your time will be dedicated to working with clients and cross functionally.

The role reports to the CMO and you will be an essential part of the Medical Leadership team.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Clinically Lead your Centre of Excellence:

• Work with Client Services Managers and Associate Directors and BD to understand and prioritise the health risks in the sector.
• Develop, refine and deliver OH services to meet these risks for customers within agreed performance targets, contribute to policy development.
• Identify and develop the necessary subject matter expertise required for the Centre of Excellence you lead.
• Lead and supervise by coaching and mentoring the employed and associate occupational physicians working in the sector.
• Establish network groups and organise sector specific training and development.
• Manage the OHA Sector Lead for the Centre of Excellence.
• Work with the SL to establish an effective cross functional clinical governance forum in your sector to oversee clinical standards and quality in the allocated sector quality standards achieved, and risks minimised.
• Work with other OHA & allied professional Clinical Performance Managers to ensure excellent services to the client. Undertake audit to meet quality assurance requirements.
• Maintain and update knowledge of Occupational Health and Wellbeing issues in the allocated sector, proactively participating in industry networks as required.
• Provide clinics as requested by the Resource Optimisation team

Work with the CMO and your SMD colleagues to deliver quality OH services across Optima

• Work with the CMO to ensure a high quality OH services across Optima.
• Be an active contributor to the Sectors Leadership Team, taking accountability for the delivery of defined targets and objectives and being responsible as part of the Leadership Team for delivery of the Sectors Business Plan overall.
• Liaise with the other SMD's to ensure a co-ordinated and consistent approach to the maintenance, monitoring and enhancement of professional standards.
• Undertake any ad hoc responsibilities as and when requested by the Chief Medical Officer.
• Represent Optima Health effectively at all levels within client organisations and the wider industry as required, promoting Optima Health and enhancing its reputation
• Act as a role model for the one team' approach, working with other clinical teams and internal stakeholders to ensure clinical risks and issues are managed effectively, providing proactive support to colleagues as required.
• Demonstrate your personal commitment to the Optima Values.
• Ensure understanding of Quality Policy & ensure compliance with all aspects of the Quality Management system.

Provide commercial support to your Centre of Excellence

• Work with the Clinical Performance Managers to meet recruitment, retention and performance targets.
• Work with Business Development to attract new business and support Client Service in retaining current customers.
• Participate in the quarterly Strategic Sector Business Task Force alongside BD, Propositions and Client Services providing intelligence on
  1. Clinical patterns, risks and challenges for the sector
  2. Identify best practices among clients.
  3. Provide an update on the External state of the nation.
  4. Input health Data for network groups that you participate in.
• Work with transitions to ensure our teams are fully ready for new customers and services.
• Maintain links with appropriate professional networks, FOM / SOM / ARIOPS / ALAMA etc
• Work with Clinical Performance Managers to optimise the efficient delivery of the service. (Quality and Productivity)
• Provide clinical assurance to sales, accounts and solution teams and represent Optima Health at bid presentations and other client meetings as required

Experience, skills and knowledge required for the role

• An accredited specialist in Occupational Medicine, licensed by GMC and actively undergoing revalidation.
• Substantial experience in a senior clinical role in the NHS
• Experience of building, leading, and managing teams delivering Occupational Health services.
• Able to identify and address clinical performance issues.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills including negotiating and influencing skills.
• Sound understanding of the role and commitment to clinical governance.
• Track Record of establishing, influencing and maintaining customer relationships.
• Well-developed negotiating and influencing skills with strong commercial and business awareness
• Flexible and innovative approach to delivering high quality Professional services within a fast-moving business environment
• IT literate in the range of IT platforms used in OH.
• A pragmatic approach to solving problems, excellent task management skills with coordinating multiple activities to meet deadlines
• Willingness to work out of hours if needed
• Willingness to travel as required by the business Desirable Criteria
• Full Driving Licence

What We Can Offer you

• A competitive Salary and Bonus Scheme
• Car Allowance
• CPD training and development support

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Share save scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care test vouchers
• Annual flu jabs
• Perkbox retail reward and discount scheme
• Life assurance

Optima Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender or gender expression, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief or sexual orientation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• DipOccMed
• AFOM/MFOM/FFOM

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in Occupational Health within the NHS

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Optima Health

Address

1st Floor, Grosvenor House

Prospect Hill

Redditch

Worcestershire

B97 4DL

Employer's website

https://www.optimahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)