Job summary
We are seeking a dynamic forward thinking Medical Director. The role will be 4 sessions per week (16 hours) with flexible working as required by both parties - employed post based at Cudmore House, Truro and the salary will be agreed in line with the Medical Director market remuneration.
The Medical Director will be a key member of the executive team and supporting the clinical workforce across the different range of services being offered including, but not limited to Integrated Urgent Care Service, Community Falls Response Service, School Aged Immunisation Service, Primary Care Training Hub, Special Allocation Service and Ambulance/ ED Activity Validation Service.
As Medical Director you will provide:
- System engagement and clinical representation
- Clinical oversight and leadership
- Governance, risk and quality oversight
- Workforce planning and service development advice
You will be a registered medical practitioner who commands strong clinical and personal credibility.
Demonstrating interpersonal, political, conceptual, and public relations skills you will represent the organisation at a senior level to stakeholders, demonstrating awareness of benefits of quality improvement methodology and clinical governance in improving the quality of care provided to patients and ensure this is embedded in medical practice.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide clinical leadership at Kernow Health CIC. This includes but is not limited to:
-Working with the Board and Executive Directors to deliver the Organisational strategies, operating plans, regulatory and contractual requirements.
-Deputise for the Chief Executive Officer, where appropriate and requested.
-Clinical engagement internally and externally to drive patient safety and continuous service improvement.
-Proactively engage with system partners for collaborative delivery
-Clinical voice in key business decisions, representing KHCIC and service users.
-Lead for clinical membership interaction and relationship building
-Responsible for the delivery of any clinical services provided by KHCIC.
-Lead for Controlled drugs (licence holder)
-Clinical lead Director for CQC
-Clinical assurance, structure and delivery
-Service growth
The Medical Director will be a key member of the executive team and supporting the clinical workforce across the different range of services being offered including, but not limited to Integrated Urgent Care Service, Community Falls Response Service, School Aged Immunisation Service, Primary Care Training Hub, Special Allocation Service and Ambulance/ ED Activity Validation Service.
About us
Kernow Health CIC (KHCIC) is a high quality, high performing organisation which currently delivers health care services to a population of over 1/2 million across Cornwall.
Responsive, adaptable, and continually evolving, KHCIC has a reputation for delivery of safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient services which result in high levels of patient satisfaction.
KHCIC operates out of our head office in the city of Truro in Cornwall delivering contracts of over £15 million, deploying a team of more than 380 including healthcare professionals, management and administration support staff and a central corporate services function delivering finance, HR, payroll, rostering, governance, IT, and communications, all supporting our community and primary care services as well as our urgent care/out of hours service.
KHCIC is a not-for-profit community interest company and is governed by a Board comprising four non-executive Directors and five Executive Directors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
System engagement and Clinical representation
- To develop effective working relationships and champion the values and vision of Kernow Health CIC with key stakeholders.
- Proactively engage with senior medical colleagues within the system such as community health, acute trusts, ICS, social care and promote primary and urgent care and the value it brings to the wider system.
- To provide clinical leadership for contractual and business discussions with stakeholders.
- To attend key meetings as the clinical representative for Kernow Health CIC.
- To engage in clinical networking and collaboration at a national level.
Clinical oversight and leadership
- To provide clinical leadership for the strategic direction of Kernow Health CIC.
- As a member of the Senior Leadership Team develop all staff through training.
- To attend Kernow Health CIC board meetings.
- Set the clinical strategy for the organisation.
- To oversee the delivery of service contracts from a clinical aspect.
- To have an understanding of the financial costs of services provided.
- To provide strategic oversight and clinical input to the development of the digital and analytical work.
- To support Kernow Health CIC clinical workforce and provide mentorship.
- To support the organisations Caldicott guardian.
- To ensure all Kernow Health CICs activities benefit primary care and the patients of Cornwall.
Governance, Risk and Quality
- To encourage opportunities for research and education and ensure that these are balanced with the need to fulfil service agreements.
- To assist and deputise for the Caldicott Guardian for the organisation.
- To set and review the relevant formulary for all services.
- To assure and approve the clinical governance structure, ensuring safe delivery and quality of services
- To provide clinical advice in the investigation and management of complaints, serious and untoward incidents and other associated matters as required.
- Ensure the appropriate engagement of service users and carers in the development and delivery of the highest possible standards of clinical care.
- To contribute to the leadership of medicines management in the organisation, ensuring the development and maintenance of a safe and effective framework for delivery and statutory compliance.
Workforce Planning and Service Development
- To develop and review workforce plans for clinical staff and advise on the skill mix, deployment, and utilisation consistent with national and regulatory body standards and requirements.
- To advise on appointments, performance, competence, discipline, attendance, and health issues of medical staff, including effective and efficient job planning.
- Lead the recruitment and retention strategy for clinical staff.
General
- This job description is not exhaustive, the post holder is expected to deliver all reasonable requests made of them.
- All employees and teams are expected to:
- Respect each other and be courteous and sensitive to everyone's needs and concerns
- Be accountable for your work
- Be flexible about job and task assignments
- Be willing to help each other instead of displaying an its not my job attitude
- Ask for help when needed
- Work safely together
- Be open to constructive feedback without being defensive or negative
- Be self-motivated and reliable
- Share ideas for improvement
- Be cheerful, positive, and encouraging to other team members
- Actively contribute to the Organisations values and behaviours ensuring that relevant processes are open and transparent and encourage the confidence of staff, patients, partner organisations, the public and other agencies.
- Promote a positive organisational image.
- Promote own personal and others health, safety, and security, taking the appropriate action to report risk in accordance with policy.
- Ensure that equipment and resources are managed effectively to reduce waste and promote cost efficiency.
- Ensure the safe keeping and maintenance of equipment in accordance with policy, reporting defect or loss.
- Maintain personal development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in an annual appraisal and appropriate training activities.
- Ensure compliance with all Kernow Health CIC statutory and mandatory training requirements, policies and protocols.
- Take appropriate responsibility to ensure that your objectives are aligned with the core team and organisational objectives.
- To demonstrate agility through adapting to the needs of the organisation by working flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements and priorities.
You will be expected to carry out any other duties that may reasonably be required in line with your main duties, as directed by your line manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
System engagement and Clinical representation
- To develop effective working relationships and champion the values and vision of Kernow Health CIC with key stakeholders.
- Proactively engage with senior medical colleagues within the system such as community health, acute trusts, ICS, social care and promote primary and urgent care and the value it brings to the wider system.
- To provide clinical leadership for contractual and business discussions with stakeholders.
- To attend key meetings as the clinical representative for Kernow Health CIC.
- To engage in clinical networking and collaboration at a national level.
Clinical oversight and leadership
- To provide clinical leadership for the strategic direction of Kernow Health CIC.
- As a member of the Senior Leadership Team develop all staff through training.
- To attend Kernow Health CIC board meetings.
- Set the clinical strategy for the organisation.
- To oversee the delivery of service contracts from a clinical aspect.
- To have an understanding of the financial costs of services provided.
- To provide strategic oversight and clinical input to the development of the digital and analytical work.
- To support Kernow Health CIC clinical workforce and provide mentorship.
- To support the organisations Caldicott guardian.
- To ensure all Kernow Health CICs activities benefit primary care and the patients of Cornwall.
Governance, Risk and Quality
- To encourage opportunities for research and education and ensure that these are balanced with the need to fulfil service agreements.
- To assist and deputise for the Caldicott Guardian for the organisation.
- To set and review the relevant formulary for all services.
- To assure and approve the clinical governance structure, ensuring safe delivery and quality of services
- To provide clinical advice in the investigation and management of complaints, serious and untoward incidents and other associated matters as required.
- Ensure the appropriate engagement of service users and carers in the development and delivery of the highest possible standards of clinical care.
- To contribute to the leadership of medicines management in the organisation, ensuring the development and maintenance of a safe and effective framework for delivery and statutory compliance.
Workforce Planning and Service Development
- To develop and review workforce plans for clinical staff and advise on the skill mix, deployment, and utilisation consistent with national and regulatory body standards and requirements.
- To advise on appointments, performance, competence, discipline, attendance, and health issues of medical staff, including effective and efficient job planning.
- Lead the recruitment and retention strategy for clinical staff.
General
- This job description is not exhaustive, the post holder is expected to deliver all reasonable requests made of them.
- All employees and teams are expected to:
- Respect each other and be courteous and sensitive to everyone's needs and concerns
- Be accountable for your work
- Be flexible about job and task assignments
- Be willing to help each other instead of displaying an its not my job attitude
- Ask for help when needed
- Work safely together
- Be open to constructive feedback without being defensive or negative
- Be self-motivated and reliable
- Share ideas for improvement
- Be cheerful, positive, and encouraging to other team members
- Actively contribute to the Organisations values and behaviours ensuring that relevant processes are open and transparent and encourage the confidence of staff, patients, partner organisations, the public and other agencies.
- Promote a positive organisational image.
- Promote own personal and others health, safety, and security, taking the appropriate action to report risk in accordance with policy.
- Ensure that equipment and resources are managed effectively to reduce waste and promote cost efficiency.
- Ensure the safe keeping and maintenance of equipment in accordance with policy, reporting defect or loss.
- Maintain personal development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in an annual appraisal and appropriate training activities.
- Ensure compliance with all Kernow Health CIC statutory and mandatory training requirements, policies and protocols.
- Take appropriate responsibility to ensure that your objectives are aligned with the core team and organisational objectives.
- To demonstrate agility through adapting to the needs of the organisation by working flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements and priorities.
You will be expected to carry out any other duties that may reasonably be required in line with your main duties, as directed by your line manager.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Demonstrate an ability to lead and motivate individuals and teams
- Ability to set clear direction and articulate a compelling vision
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to anticipate and plan for change
- Strategic and operational leadership skills
- Able to meet the required IT skills for the role
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
- Effective chairing skills, facilitation, and conflict resolution ability
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a consultant or general practitioner in a leadership position
- Evidence of driving improvement and ensuring patient safety through clinical governance systems
- Experience of managing under performance and the ability to foster effective performance within clinical practice
- Good working knowledge of professional requirements and standards for healthcare professionals, including appraisals
- Evidence and experience of networking with a wide range of stakeholders including, the public, external commercial organisations and national strategic bodies
- Experience of workforce planning for medical workforce
- Knowledge of the national, regional and local policy and priorities for healthcare
Desirable
- Experience in case management and/or case investigation
- Experience in the assessment, development and delivery of clinical education
- Experience of acting in the capacity of an appraiser, case investigator for the purposes of medical revalidation
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Degree
- Current and full registration with the General Medical Council
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- A high degree of personal integrity
- Able to work with people at all levels
- Natural collaborator and team contributor
- Commitment to own personal continuing professional development
- Honesty and openness
- Self-motivated and acts on own initiative
- Demonstrate a highly visible, inclusive and flexible leadership style
- Ability to manage a range of responsibilities at the same time, giving priority to all dimensions of the role appropriately, and meeting necessary deadline
Other
Essential
- A positive recommendation for revalidation where appropriate
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Demonstrate an ability to lead and motivate individuals and teams
- Ability to set clear direction and articulate a compelling vision
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to anticipate and plan for change
- Strategic and operational leadership skills
- Able to meet the required IT skills for the role
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
- Effective chairing skills, facilitation, and conflict resolution ability
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a consultant or general practitioner in a leadership position
- Evidence of driving improvement and ensuring patient safety through clinical governance systems
- Experience of managing under performance and the ability to foster effective performance within clinical practice
- Good working knowledge of professional requirements and standards for healthcare professionals, including appraisals
- Evidence and experience of networking with a wide range of stakeholders including, the public, external commercial organisations and national strategic bodies
- Experience of workforce planning for medical workforce
- Knowledge of the national, regional and local policy and priorities for healthcare
Desirable
- Experience in case management and/or case investigation
- Experience in the assessment, development and delivery of clinical education
- Experience of acting in the capacity of an appraiser, case investigator for the purposes of medical revalidation
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Degree
- Current and full registration with the General Medical Council
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- A high degree of personal integrity
- Able to work with people at all levels
- Natural collaborator and team contributor
- Commitment to own personal continuing professional development
- Honesty and openness
- Self-motivated and acts on own initiative
- Demonstrate a highly visible, inclusive and flexible leadership style
- Ability to manage a range of responsibilities at the same time, giving priority to all dimensions of the role appropriately, and meeting necessary deadline
Other
Essential
- A positive recommendation for revalidation where appropriate
- Evidence of continuous professional development
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).
