Job summary
Due to the retirement of our previous Medical Director, we have an exciting opportunity at Gateshead Health Foundation Trust, for a visible, energetic and positive medical leader to help us become the best place to work and experience care within the NHS.
As part of our ambition to be a clinically lead and management supported organisation, we are looking for a colleague who can inspire and lead the organisation. Our clinical leaders tell us that they want a strong voice, a trusted leader who will represent them and ensure that decision making fosters a culture of compassion, clinical quality and safety.
We are striving for a transparent and open culture where we encourage discussion and debate. The successful candidate must be prepared and able to listen to colleagues and seek input to decision making. At a time when the NHS is facing huge operational and financial challenges, we want to ensure that the difficult decisions we need to make are grounded in a safety culture, but maintain and ambitious and innovative outlook.
We are working hard to maximise our opportunities and bring additional benefits to patients and staff by forming the Great North HealthCare Alliance with neighbouring provider Trusts, specifically, Northumbria Foundation Trust, Newcastle Foundation Trust and North Cumbria Foundation Trust.
We are delighted to welcome
shortlisted candidates to a stakeholder engagement session which will take
place on Thursday 6th June, with a panel interview on the 7th
June.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Chief Executive, and forming part of the Trusts Executive Team, the Medical Director will provide the vision and leadership for the Medical Workforce across the Trust
The Medical Director is a full Executive member of the Trust Board. All Directors share corporate responsibility for:
- Setting the Trust's strategic direction
- Achievement of the Trust's corporate objectives including compliance with CQC standards and the delivery of national targets and core
- Delivering high quality and safe care to
- Promoting a high performance
- Promoting and living the ICORE values of the Trust and fostering a culture which enables and motivates staff to deliver outstanding care to our patients
- Maintaining the financial strength of the
Working with relevant colleagues in both health and social care in Place, as well as colleagues across the wider Integrated Care System, the North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative (NENC) and the Great North Healthcare Alliance this will include clinical direction and leadership for new models of care delivery, process redesign and transformation to provide an integrated systems approach whilst also ensuring the organisation works as efficiently and effectively as possible, aligned to its core values.
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Executive Director, contribute to the development and achievement of the Trusts strategic aims and priorities including adopting a proactive role in developing and supporting the Leading and key performance indicators including quality improvement, and monitoring implementation.
Provide positive and visible leadership to promote a fair and just culture which ensures that clinical services and clinical management are responsive to the needs of the diversity of our patients, visitors and workforce.
As a Director, contribute to the development and achievement of the Trusts strategic aims and priorities.
As a member of the Executive Team, accept leadership responsibility for corporate issues outside the immediate area of responsibility.
Identify opportunities for collaboration and contribution in the development of policy with external stakeholders, commercial partners, or in the context of broader socio-economic, sustainability or technological trends.
Provide visible medical leadership and be a professional role model for all staff across the Trust
Translate national strategy and guidance to ensure that in the Boards business planning processes, consideration and advice is provided regarding professional implications relating to:
-
- The requirements to meet and develop utilisation of these resources are appropriate to deliver safe, high quality and cost effective patient care.
- Compliance with legislative requirements of the statutory authorites
Provide leadership and management of the patient experience and services agenda, continually seeking to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of services to ensure provision of outstanding patient care, aligned to the Trust vision and values
Advise the Chief Executive in the discharge of all statutory responsibilities.
Ensure that Trust performance meets and exceeds national standards where specified.
Work collaboratively with the Nursing Director and their teams to embed a culture which focuses on excellent patient outcomes and drives the patient safety agenda including mechanisms to monitor effectiveness.
Work with the Council of Governors, members, patient groups and scrutiny committees as necessary to maintain and enhance positive relationships.
External regulators, NHSE etc
Participate and where appropriate lead delivery of engagement and communication activities to ensure consistent, regular and open discussion, commitment to a common purpose and listening to the employee voice.
Play an active part in the Trusts overall transformation and organisational development programmes
The Medical Director will support the delivery of our strategic aims via the recognised Gateshead methodology, seeking to work in collaboration, with purpose and with clear intent.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Executive Director, contribute to the development and achievement of the Trusts strategic aims and priorities including adopting a proactive role in developing and supporting the Leading and key performance indicators including quality improvement, and monitoring implementation.
Provide positive and visible leadership to promote a fair and just culture which ensures that clinical services and clinical management are responsive to the needs of the diversity of our patients, visitors and workforce.
As a Director, contribute to the development and achievement of the Trusts strategic aims and priorities.
As a member of the Executive Team, accept leadership responsibility for corporate issues outside the immediate area of responsibility.
Identify opportunities for collaboration and contribution in the development of policy with external stakeholders, commercial partners, or in the context of broader socio-economic, sustainability or technological trends.
Provide visible medical leadership and be a professional role model for all staff across the Trust
Translate national strategy and guidance to ensure that in the Boards business planning processes, consideration and advice is provided regarding professional implications relating to:
-
- The requirements to meet and develop utilisation of these resources are appropriate to deliver safe, high quality and cost effective patient care.
- Compliance with legislative requirements of the statutory authorites
Provide leadership and management of the patient experience and services agenda, continually seeking to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of services to ensure provision of outstanding patient care, aligned to the Trust vision and values
Advise the Chief Executive in the discharge of all statutory responsibilities.
Ensure that Trust performance meets and exceeds national standards where specified.
Work collaboratively with the Nursing Director and their teams to embed a culture which focuses on excellent patient outcomes and drives the patient safety agenda including mechanisms to monitor effectiveness.
Work with the Council of Governors, members, patient groups and scrutiny committees as necessary to maintain and enhance positive relationships.
External regulators, NHSE etc
Participate and where appropriate lead delivery of engagement and communication activities to ensure consistent, regular and open discussion, commitment to a common purpose and listening to the employee voice.
Play an active part in the Trusts overall transformation and organisational development programmes
The Medical Director will support the delivery of our strategic aims via the recognised Gateshead methodology, seeking to work in collaboration, with purpose and with clear intent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medically qualified and currently registered with the GMC as a Consultant
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at a senior level within the Trust, leading clinical services with successful and demonstrable outcomes for patients.
- Experienced, compassionate and inclusive manager with a proven track record of outstanding leadership and management of clinical services
- Evidence of having influenced or delivered system-wide change, with the capability to work in close collaboration with clinical and service line leaders
- A credible track record in leading and developing clinical strategies in complex patient environments
- Understanding of operational, professional, risk and governance frameworks, Quality Assurance, and the NHS regulatory regime
- Demonstrable and detailed understanding of current health issues, national policy and standards, as well as best practice locally, nationally and internationally, particularly related to nursing, midwifery, AHPs patient experience, quality and safety
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medically qualified and currently registered with the GMC as a Consultant
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at a senior level within the Trust, leading clinical services with successful and demonstrable outcomes for patients.
- Experienced, compassionate and inclusive manager with a proven track record of outstanding leadership and management of clinical services
- Evidence of having influenced or delivered system-wide change, with the capability to work in close collaboration with clinical and service line leaders
- A credible track record in leading and developing clinical strategies in complex patient environments
- Understanding of operational, professional, risk and governance frameworks, Quality Assurance, and the NHS regulatory regime
- Demonstrable and detailed understanding of current health issues, national policy and standards, as well as best practice locally, nationally and internationally, particularly related to nursing, midwifery, AHPs patient experience, quality and safety
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
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).
