Job summary
We have an amazing opportunity to join the dynamic and experienced team of professionals at TFP Oxford Fertility, the flagship clinic of the TFP Group. We are looking for a driven, dynamic, and hands-on Medical Director and Person Responsible who will lead the clinic alongside the General Manager and the clinic leadership team to new and exciting levels to become the leading clinic in the UK and Europe.
The Medical Director is responsible for delivering and maintaining the highest standard of clinical and patient care within the clinic, alongside supporting its commercial success.
As we continue to grow the business, identify new and exciting opportunities and expand the research and teaching programme with the University of Oxford, for the highly acclaimed MSC course. The role holder will be responsible for managing this key partnership that creates impact for our business, our patients and the team.
If you are an ambitious, forward thinking and dynamic clinician that is looking for your next challenge in a role where you can make an impact, then please, remain curious and read on!
Main duties of the job
This role is a combination of Clinical expertise, mentoring and coaching, leadership and management, patient care and service, and supporting the GM in running the business against KPIs and being part of an amazing leadership team.
The clinical element will be hands on, being fully involved in the roster to cover egg collections, Embryo transfers, IUIs, transvaginal ultrasound scanning, Initial and follow up consultations. Manage situations in the clinic that are not covered by SOPSs. There will be participation in the on-call roster for out-of-hour queries and weekend sessions.
We are looking for a hands-on team player who can help to lead and guide the clinical teams in clinic, working together to achieve the groups vision, mission, and strategy into best practice to ensure excellent patient satisfaction and feedback, with the objective to continuously grow the pipeline into Oxford and its satellites.
It is important to understand the patients needs and expectations as well as emerging trends in the fertility space to continuously develop and optimise best practice.
The relationship with The University of Oxford is a long standing one, incorporating lecturing, research projects, examination board, but we have the opportunity to expand on this and work even more closely with them in the future, so an interest in expanding this affiliation and relationship is a key part of the Medical Directors role.
About us
We, TFP, are looking for brilliant minds and passionate hearts to help us shape the future of fertility health. We are one of the largest fertility service providers with 11 IVF clinics operating in the UK, Poland and The Netherlands.
At TFP, we offer all our patients the care, understanding and expertise that help to bring dreams to life. We are passionate about what we do, which reflects our commitment to creating lives and changing lives.
Science research and innovation are key to how we work and have led to us pioneering fertility treatment for more than 33 years. Many of our clinicians are internationally renowned specialists and we regularly share knowledge across our clinics to further improve our success.
Job description
Job responsibilities
There are multiple elements of management involved in this role including day to day management of the clinical team, productivity and efficiencies, change management, HR elements, representing the clinic and TFP in the media as the face of the clinic, and managing relationships with Satellite partners, our governing body and NHS commissioners.
The GM and Medical Director will work closely together with the rest of the leadership team to manage the business, the teams and the results to ensure Oxford leads the way.
Experience and knowledge
- Appreciation of the complexities and characteristics of IVF treatment and patient pathways
- Well networked within the UK Fertility sector
- Have strong knowledge and experience of working within a large IVF clinic with multidisciplinary teams
- An understanding of, and ability to apply, quality assurance and monitoring of clinical performance
Skills and abilities
- Analytical and data interpretation skills
- Strong judgement leading to effective decisions and solutions
- Good communication skills, including the ability to explain terminology and concepts not familiar to others across all levels of the business
- Organised and self-motivated
- Be able to collaborate well across different parts of the business and manage stakeholder expectations
- Be energetic and passionate about our products and services
- Be organised and methodical
- Appropriate level of supervisory skills
- An understanding of prevailing legislation
Job description
Job responsibilities
There are multiple elements of management involved in this role including day to day management of the clinical team, productivity and efficiencies, change management, HR elements, representing the clinic and TFP in the media as the face of the clinic, and managing relationships with Satellite partners, our governing body and NHS commissioners.
The GM and Medical Director will work closely together with the rest of the leadership team to manage the business, the teams and the results to ensure Oxford leads the way.
Experience and knowledge
- Appreciation of the complexities and characteristics of IVF treatment and patient pathways
- Well networked within the UK Fertility sector
- Have strong knowledge and experience of working within a large IVF clinic with multidisciplinary teams
- An understanding of, and ability to apply, quality assurance and monitoring of clinical performance
Skills and abilities
- Analytical and data interpretation skills
- Strong judgement leading to effective decisions and solutions
- Good communication skills, including the ability to explain terminology and concepts not familiar to others across all levels of the business
- Organised and self-motivated
- Be able to collaborate well across different parts of the business and manage stakeholder expectations
- Be energetic and passionate about our products and services
- Be organised and methodical
- Appropriate level of supervisory skills
- An understanding of prevailing legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical degree
- GMC registration
- Subspecialty trained
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical degree
- GMC registration
- Subspecialty trained
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.
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).
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.
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).
