Job summary
We are looking for an exceptional individual to join us as our Director of General Practice. This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to join our team of Directors and play a major role in the leadership team.
PML provides a number of valued health services to diverse local communities within Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. Whether working directly with patients and clients or as part of the behind the scenes team, our staff strive to provide a professional, caring and excellent service.
Working at PML can be immensely rewarding, whatever role you are in. Everyone counts and is valued for the part they play in making the company a successful provider of primary care and community services. We aim to support and develop employees in their role so that they feel confident to undertake the responsibilities placed upon them, and we are continually looking for motivated and innovative staff to join our teams.
The new Director of General Practice will be joining a fast-paced and hugely supportive team working within a highly rewarding environment. We hope you are excited by the challenges and opportunities that this role presents and that you will be inspired to join the PML team.
PML is a Not-For-Profit Organisation and therefore do not operate using NHS Agenda For Change pay bands, however, for the purposes of this advert we found that Band 8c-8d lines up with the FTE salary for this position.
Main duties of the job
- Operational Management
- Care Quality
- Management of Resources
- Workforce
- Performance Monitoring and Management (corporate responsibility shared with Director of Finance and Performance and Director of Quality)
- Strategic
About us
PML is a successful not-for-profit, GP-led organisation providing various NHS community and primary care clinical services to patients across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. We have evolved as a NHS healthcare provider since 2004 and in the last few years have grown significantly, now employing around 300 staff with a turnover of circa £16m. PML holds GMS contracts, as well as being a GP Federation representing circa 50 GP practices covering approximately 650,000 patients.
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and circumstances and people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full and detailed Job Description, please see the Candidate Information Pack that is attached to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full and detailed Job Description, please see the Candidate Information Pack that is attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Car driver
- Able to work flexibly to be able to participate in and lead short notice regulatory reviews and operational pressures
- Can participate in oncall duties
- Meets the CQC fit and proper person test standards
- Meets the standards required by companies house to become a Company Director
- Meets the standards to become a CQC registered manager
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or equivalent qualification
- Managerial qualification
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant senior management experience gleaned in the NHS
- Significant operational service management experience including the delivery of financial, quality and KPIs targets
- Extensive knowledge and expertise in delivering successful strategic and operational performance
- Experience of leading significant change
- Significant experience of leading and developing business continuity processes and procedures
- Highly developed skills in leading and motivating clinical and non-clinical staff across a range of services
- Significant experience of regulatory and compliance processes including CQC
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- The post holder will require excellent communication skills, including conflict resolution in instances where there are significant barriers to acceptance. Skills of persuasion, diplomacy and negotiation will also be required from the post holder particularly when there are barriers to understanding, a difference of opinion or information is highly contentious, complex or emotive.
- Significant financial awareness and successful management of a large budget over a series of service lines
- Ability to work to tight timescales, think on feet, problem solve, work calmly, professionally, and positively in a busy and evolving environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Able to prioritise and work accurately to meet tight deadlines.
- Analytical ability; process and act on a range of complex and diverse information and using it to make decisions
- Acts in a way that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures and abide by the Trust Health and Safety policies
- Able to work with others to deliver all operational targets
- Able to demonstrate strong levels of personal resilience
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Car driver
- Able to work flexibly to be able to participate in and lead short notice regulatory reviews and operational pressures
- Can participate in oncall duties
- Meets the CQC fit and proper person test standards
- Meets the standards required by companies house to become a Company Director
- Meets the standards to become a CQC registered manager
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or equivalent qualification
- Managerial qualification
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant senior management experience gleaned in the NHS
- Significant operational service management experience including the delivery of financial, quality and KPIs targets
- Extensive knowledge and expertise in delivering successful strategic and operational performance
- Experience of leading significant change
- Significant experience of leading and developing business continuity processes and procedures
- Highly developed skills in leading and motivating clinical and non-clinical staff across a range of services
- Significant experience of regulatory and compliance processes including CQC
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- The post holder will require excellent communication skills, including conflict resolution in instances where there are significant barriers to acceptance. Skills of persuasion, diplomacy and negotiation will also be required from the post holder particularly when there are barriers to understanding, a difference of opinion or information is highly contentious, complex or emotive.
- Significant financial awareness and successful management of a large budget over a series of service lines
- Ability to work to tight timescales, think on feet, problem solve, work calmly, professionally, and positively in a busy and evolving environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Able to prioritise and work accurately to meet tight deadlines.
- Analytical ability; process and act on a range of complex and diverse information and using it to make decisions
- Acts in a way that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures and abide by the Trust Health and Safety policies
- Able to work with others to deliver all operational targets
- Able to demonstrate strong levels of personal resilience
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.
