The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust are looking for our next Medical Director. Are you a dynamic leader with a forward-thinking, improvement driven approach to the delivery of services and able to show how you have modernised the medical workforce? Transforming how we deliver care aligned to the anticipated 10-year plan with a real focus on Hospital only when required and community first, if so, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the professional leadership of the medical and dental workforce, advise the Board on key medical issues and share collective responsibility with other Directors including the Chief Nurse and Chief Operating officer for Board decisions and their implementation in line with the Trust values.

You will champion the quality of care to our patients and wellbeing of colleagues and have a key role in improving our workforce diversity and leadership as well as improving public health inequalities, ensuring the Trust is a Centre of Excellence for all patient care across the medical and dental workforce.

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.

As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.

Please click below to view our EDI page: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (dgft.nhs.uk)

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council on the Specialist Register and hold a current Licence to Practise.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Knowledge and Training

• Understanding of what the NHS constitution means to you and your responsibilities to the public, patients, and colleagues.
• Experience in delivering revalidation, appraisal, and medical management.
• Understanding of NHS regulatory requirements of the NHS operating framework.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management, and workforce information systems.
• IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.

Experience

• Significant recent experience at a senior level, with responsibility for operational delivery including clinical quality, people management, budget responsibility and successful delivery of performance targets within strict financial controls.
• Significant leadership development with a track-record for delivery.
• Partnership working and credibility at a senior level, including significant workforce and service transformation.
• Proven history in modernising the medical workforce and working across professions.
• Evidence of working across the wider healthcare system.
• Lead and demonstrate advanced project management skills.
• imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working to meeting patient care and service needs.

Communication & Relationship Skills

• Coaching and values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst colleagues and stakeholders, and developing high performing teams.
• A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training, and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences, and resolve conflicts.

Analytical & Judgement Skills

• Analyse complex data and information, including preparing responses to complex reports and policies, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales. Resolving complex problems, be solution focused demonstrating a high level of persuasive and influencing skills in a fast-moving environment.

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.

£100,000 to £200,000 a yeardependant on experience