Job summary
As a Medical Director at Care Fertility, youll be more than
just a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine/Fertility Specialist, youll also
have the opportunity to shape the experience for your patients and your team.
Youll lead the journey in your clinic.
The experience our patients receive is critical to us and
the patient centred treatment you provide is paramount to their
experience. Youll optimise this by
corresponding and communicating with patients in ways other than face to face
(e.g. phone, video, email, letter). You have the professional gravitas that
provide them with the confidence they need that youre the expert, while
remaining approachable and consultative.
As a Fertility Specialist, youll perform all routine IVF
procedures, manage, plan and undertake patient treatments, providing an
exceptional consultation service. Youll manage the assessment of emergency
admissions, arrange appropriate onward referral where appropriate, or provide
clinical support to nursing staff providing emergency telephone advice, as
required.
Your impact wont be just felt by our patients, youll be
empowered to suggest improvements to current policies and procedures. Youll act
as a Care Fertility ambassador, promoting services through media interviews and
educational meetings.
We can offer you the opportunity to gain greater experience
which will allow you to diversify your knowledge because, due to our leading
position, we can uniquely offer training on more complex treatment pathways
Main duties of the job
About you:
Youre either a Medical Director already, or youre an
experienced Consultant in Reproductive Medicine/Fertility Specialist, however
youve reached the ceiling where you are but youre ambitious for your next
move. One with an organisation behind it that
has the governance, scientific, and medical expertise that will allow you to drive
your career forward. You may already have a lot of leadership experience, or
maybe youve stepped in and deputised frequently.
Youre driven to continue your personal development, well actively
encourage you to pursue research interests, to contribute to the advancement of
the clinical programmes and to the success of Care Fertility.
Youre flexible,
youre able to independently judge potential situations, identify and take
alternative courses of action without putting the client or business at risk
We can offer you a chance to
be part of a collective, where everything is well discussed, meetings are
inclusive and changes are made accordingly following discussion. Were not
autocratic, there is an inclusive and supportive culture where expertise is
shared across clinics.
Your qualifications
include:
- MBBS, or
equivalent medical qualification
- Full
registration and licence to practice with the GMC
- MRCOG,
or equivalent
- ATSMs in
Subfertility and Assisted Conception, or equivalent
Its essential to be
competent in scanning, however, a qualification is highly desirable.
About us
Location and Benefits:
This is a part-time role working 4 days a week, based at 24-26 Glen Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield S7
1RA.
In a company where hard work and great results are
recognised, you can look forward to a supportive culture of collaboration where
we value each other.
- Competitive salary
- 33 Days annual leave (inc. public holidays)
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- A range of other benefits including retail discounts, a wellbeing hub,
holiday trading.
About us:
Were Care
Fertility, the largest private provider of IVF and fertility treatment in the
UK.
We draw on
the knowledge of our wider team of over 600 dedicated doctors, embryologists,
nurses and support teams who all work together to ensure our patients get the
very best fertility treatment.
We are leading the future of fertility healthcare and we help our
patients through the most innovative science supported by exceptional and
intuitive digital experience.
We dont just care, we are Care.
Click APPLY now to join Care Fertility
A relocation package is on offer (subject to HMRC rules).
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a key member of the Clinics senior management team and will have overall responsibility for the medical management of the Clinic. They will provide leadership to clinical staff and will support the Clinic Director in the operational running of the Clinic. They will actively contribute to the research, service development and scientific ethos of the Care group. They will work to ensure that the Clinic is compliant with the standards set out by all regulatory bodies.
Reporting to the Care Manchester Clinic Director and the Group Medical Director UK the post holder will contribute to the development and implementation of Cares key objectives to deliver services that promote optimum patient care, ensure efficient use of resources and promote a culture that is progressive and inclusive.
As a member of the Care Family, you will carry out your roles in a way that supports and delivers our shared values. You are caring, patient focused and committed to do your best.
Role accountabilities and duties:
Specific Duties/ Responsibilities:
Be a highly visible clinical leader ensuring staff receive timely and regular communications and are involved and engaged in the delivery of clinical services.
Lead and develop the clinical team, managing the clinicians to maximise team and individual clinician performance.
Demonstrate leadership and motivation within the Clinic and promote team working across all disciplines to ensure the continuous development of high quality, innovative care.
To work collaboratively and oversee the third-party Consultants who satellite into the clinic or provide anaesthesia services.
Ensure that Care and its mission, programs, products and services are consistently presented in a strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders by conducting all external relationships effectively and to the benefit of Care.
Maintain and develop organisational culture, values and reputation in its markets and with all staff, customers, suppliers, partners and regulatory/official bodies.
Support a multi-skilled, multi-disciplined and diverse workforce to work as a cohesive operational group delivering first class treatments to patients.
Attend and contribute to the Clinics operating management meetings and Clinic meetings.
Work collaboratively with other Medical Directors and the Group Medical Director to ensure that Care and national objectives are met.
Attend and contribute to the regular organisational meetings with other Medical Directors, Laboratory Managers, governance groups and speciality groups on an alternate meeting basis with the Clinical Director.
Report to the Group Medical Director UK and Executive Management team on all aspects of patient care, clinical performance and medical workforce issues.
Work closely with and support the Clinic Director to support a robust clinical governance and quality framework.
Support the Clinic Director with commercial decisions and changes as and when required
Driving Excellent Clinical Quality:
Work collaboratively with the Clinic Director, Group Medical Director and the Care CG & Q team to deliver the agreed governance and quality systems.
Ensure that appropriate audit tools are implemented and findings and concerns are acted upon where appropriate. Work with the local team to ensure the annual clinical audit programmes is undertaken and reported to the corporate team according to timescale.
Implement within the Clinic all Care policies, protocols and pathways as agreed at corporate governance and speciality meetings to ensure Care best practice is adhered to.
Leadership and Development of Medical Workforce:
Specifically, the Medical Director will be responsible for:
Providing a service as the primary liaison to the medical staff at the Clinic.
Overseeing the recruitment of good quality, competent clinical staff and ensuring that there are robust systems in place for their competency assessment and induction. Undertake probationary assessments of all new medical appointees to the Clinic.
Ensuring there is Continuing Professional Development for all medical staff. They will support staff to provide the necessary documentation for appraisal and revalidation which is compliant with the guidelines of the GMC and the relevant Royal College.
Support all medical staff employed within the Clinic to undertake enhanced appraisals consistent with GMC guidance annually to enable re-licensing and re-certification.
Supporting systems of peer review and reflective practice locally for medical staff.
Providing appropriate support to medical staff within the Clinic, including the identification of opportunities for supervision and training.
Undertaking effective Care performance reviews of all Clinic medical staff on an annual basis to ensure best use of their skills.
Ensuring that all annual leave/ CPD leave for medical staff is managed effectively and complies with Care policies.
Ensuring that weekly medical rotas are in place and provide adequate cover of service for the Clinic.
For the management of medical disciplinary issues in liaison with Responsible Officer, Deputy Group Medical Director (North) and HR Director.
Clinical Duties:
The post holder will be expected to undertake clinical duties as a member of the medical team of the Clinic. The allocation of time to undertake clinical duties will be agreed by the Clinic Director and the Group Medical Director.
The post holder will:
Consult and assess patients and plan and undertake patient treatments.
Undertake the assessment of emergency admissions, arranging appropriate onward referral where appropriate.
Provide clinical support to the nursing staff, who give emergency telephone advice, when on call.
Correspond/liaise with general practitioners/referrers/other specialists regarding patients.
Correspond and communicate with patients professionally (e.g. by phone, email, video-conferencing)
Ensure the consenting of all patients is undertaken prior to treatment.
Work to ensure there is effective communication with other team members.
Attend clinical and team meetings as appropriate.
Work in theatre, carrying out egg collection, embryo transfers and other fertility-related procedures.
Carry out the supervision and training of other staff from all disciplines.
Complete clinical notes and documentation (including financial documentation) in accordance with Care protocols and policies.
Participate in audit, clinical risk assessment and clinical governance in accordance with Care protocols and policies.
Participate and contribute in the regular review and updating of clinical procedures, protocols and patient documentation.
Be involved in promotion and marketing of the Clinic and its services.
Liaise with the marketing team to agree the marketing plan for the Clinic and to work with the media on advertising campaigns, news stories, etc.
Follow Adult Safeguarding policy and requirements.
Present at Patient Information Evenings and other educational events for patients.
Providing clinical cover at other Care clinics as and when needed.
General Requirements:
The post holder will be required
Maintain a GMC licence to practise and maintain registration on the GMC Specialist Register, complying with Continuing Professional Development requirements and revalidation with the GMC.
Actively participate in Cares performance management processes and competency assessment processes, in addition to annual appraisal in line with GMC requirements as outlined above.
Comply with the GMC Good Medical Practice guidance and Care clinical protocols and guidelines.
Comply with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authoritys Code of Practice, the Care Standards Act 2008, the Care Standards Regulations 2010, General Data Protection Regulation 2016 and the Data Protection Act 2018, with special reference to patient confidentiality.
Comply with the Health and Safety policies with particular reference to procedures to be followed in the event of a fire and to report all accidents and untoward incidents to the Health and Safety officer.
Undertake mandatory training as and when required.
Comply with all Care policies and procedures
Job revision:
The key accountabilities, responsibilities and duties of the role are inclusive but not limited to the detail included in this job description. Role requirements continually evolve. It is the practice of this Care Fertility Group Limited to periodically examine an employee's job descriptions and to update it to ensure that that it represents the role that is being performed.
The process of role review is jointly conducted by each manager in consultation with the employee. We will strive to reach agreement to implement reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible management reserves the right to mandate changes to the job description commensurate with the employees level in the organisation following consultation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a key member of the Clinics senior management team and will have overall responsibility for the medical management of the Clinic. They will provide leadership to clinical staff and will support the Clinic Director in the operational running of the Clinic. They will actively contribute to the research, service development and scientific ethos of the Care group. They will work to ensure that the Clinic is compliant with the standards set out by all regulatory bodies.
Reporting to the Care Manchester Clinic Director and the Group Medical Director UK the post holder will contribute to the development and implementation of Cares key objectives to deliver services that promote optimum patient care, ensure efficient use of resources and promote a culture that is progressive and inclusive.
As a member of the Care Family, you will carry out your roles in a way that supports and delivers our shared values. You are caring, patient focused and committed to do your best.
Role accountabilities and duties:
Specific Duties/ Responsibilities:
Be a highly visible clinical leader ensuring staff receive timely and regular communications and are involved and engaged in the delivery of clinical services.
Lead and develop the clinical team, managing the clinicians to maximise team and individual clinician performance.
Demonstrate leadership and motivation within the Clinic and promote team working across all disciplines to ensure the continuous development of high quality, innovative care.
To work collaboratively and oversee the third-party Consultants who satellite into the clinic or provide anaesthesia services.
Ensure that Care and its mission, programs, products and services are consistently presented in a strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders by conducting all external relationships effectively and to the benefit of Care.
Maintain and develop organisational culture, values and reputation in its markets and with all staff, customers, suppliers, partners and regulatory/official bodies.
Support a multi-skilled, multi-disciplined and diverse workforce to work as a cohesive operational group delivering first class treatments to patients.
Attend and contribute to the Clinics operating management meetings and Clinic meetings.
Work collaboratively with other Medical Directors and the Group Medical Director to ensure that Care and national objectives are met.
Attend and contribute to the regular organisational meetings with other Medical Directors, Laboratory Managers, governance groups and speciality groups on an alternate meeting basis with the Clinical Director.
Report to the Group Medical Director UK and Executive Management team on all aspects of patient care, clinical performance and medical workforce issues.
Work closely with and support the Clinic Director to support a robust clinical governance and quality framework.
Support the Clinic Director with commercial decisions and changes as and when required
Driving Excellent Clinical Quality:
Work collaboratively with the Clinic Director, Group Medical Director and the Care CG & Q team to deliver the agreed governance and quality systems.
Ensure that appropriate audit tools are implemented and findings and concerns are acted upon where appropriate. Work with the local team to ensure the annual clinical audit programmes is undertaken and reported to the corporate team according to timescale.
Implement within the Clinic all Care policies, protocols and pathways as agreed at corporate governance and speciality meetings to ensure Care best practice is adhered to.
Leadership and Development of Medical Workforce:
Specifically, the Medical Director will be responsible for:
Providing a service as the primary liaison to the medical staff at the Clinic.
Overseeing the recruitment of good quality, competent clinical staff and ensuring that there are robust systems in place for their competency assessment and induction. Undertake probationary assessments of all new medical appointees to the Clinic.
Ensuring there is Continuing Professional Development for all medical staff. They will support staff to provide the necessary documentation for appraisal and revalidation which is compliant with the guidelines of the GMC and the relevant Royal College.
Support all medical staff employed within the Clinic to undertake enhanced appraisals consistent with GMC guidance annually to enable re-licensing and re-certification.
Supporting systems of peer review and reflective practice locally for medical staff.
Providing appropriate support to medical staff within the Clinic, including the identification of opportunities for supervision and training.
Undertaking effective Care performance reviews of all Clinic medical staff on an annual basis to ensure best use of their skills.
Ensuring that all annual leave/ CPD leave for medical staff is managed effectively and complies with Care policies.
Ensuring that weekly medical rotas are in place and provide adequate cover of service for the Clinic.
For the management of medical disciplinary issues in liaison with Responsible Officer, Deputy Group Medical Director (North) and HR Director.
Clinical Duties:
The post holder will be expected to undertake clinical duties as a member of the medical team of the Clinic. The allocation of time to undertake clinical duties will be agreed by the Clinic Director and the Group Medical Director.
The post holder will:
Consult and assess patients and plan and undertake patient treatments.
Undertake the assessment of emergency admissions, arranging appropriate onward referral where appropriate.
Provide clinical support to the nursing staff, who give emergency telephone advice, when on call.
Correspond/liaise with general practitioners/referrers/other specialists regarding patients.
Correspond and communicate with patients professionally (e.g. by phone, email, video-conferencing)
Ensure the consenting of all patients is undertaken prior to treatment.
Work to ensure there is effective communication with other team members.
Attend clinical and team meetings as appropriate.
Work in theatre, carrying out egg collection, embryo transfers and other fertility-related procedures.
Carry out the supervision and training of other staff from all disciplines.
Complete clinical notes and documentation (including financial documentation) in accordance with Care protocols and policies.
Participate in audit, clinical risk assessment and clinical governance in accordance with Care protocols and policies.
Participate and contribute in the regular review and updating of clinical procedures, protocols and patient documentation.
Be involved in promotion and marketing of the Clinic and its services.
Liaise with the marketing team to agree the marketing plan for the Clinic and to work with the media on advertising campaigns, news stories, etc.
Follow Adult Safeguarding policy and requirements.
Present at Patient Information Evenings and other educational events for patients.
Providing clinical cover at other Care clinics as and when needed.
General Requirements:
The post holder will be required
Maintain a GMC licence to practise and maintain registration on the GMC Specialist Register, complying with Continuing Professional Development requirements and revalidation with the GMC.
Actively participate in Cares performance management processes and competency assessment processes, in addition to annual appraisal in line with GMC requirements as outlined above.
Comply with the GMC Good Medical Practice guidance and Care clinical protocols and guidelines.
Comply with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authoritys Code of Practice, the Care Standards Act 2008, the Care Standards Regulations 2010, General Data Protection Regulation 2016 and the Data Protection Act 2018, with special reference to patient confidentiality.
Comply with the Health and Safety policies with particular reference to procedures to be followed in the event of a fire and to report all accidents and untoward incidents to the Health and Safety officer.
Undertake mandatory training as and when required.
Comply with all Care policies and procedures
Job revision:
The key accountabilities, responsibilities and duties of the role are inclusive but not limited to the detail included in this job description. Role requirements continually evolve. It is the practice of this Care Fertility Group Limited to periodically examine an employee's job descriptions and to update it to ensure that that it represents the role that is being performed.
The process of role review is jointly conducted by each manager in consultation with the employee. We will strive to reach agreement to implement reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible management reserves the right to mandate changes to the job description commensurate with the employees level in the organisation following consultation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- MBBS, or equivalent medical qualification
- Full registration and licence to practice with the GMC
- MRCOG, or equivalent
- ATSMs in Subfertility and Assisted Conception, or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Its essential to be competent in scanning
- Youre either a Medical Director already, or youre an experienced Consultant in Reproductive Medicine/Fertility Specialist
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- MBBS, or equivalent medical qualification
- Full registration and licence to practice with the GMC
- MRCOG, or equivalent
- ATSMs in Subfertility and Assisted Conception, or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Its essential to be competent in scanning
- Youre either a Medical Director already, or youre an experienced Consultant in Reproductive Medicine/Fertility Specialist
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).
Additional information
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).