Medical Director

Working as part of a triumvirate, this post is one of three key leadership roles who will be working together to provide senior strategic, visible, clinical and professional leadership. The post holder will lead and manage services and will be jointly responsible and accountable for:

• The delivery of quality services around the core dimensions of safety, effectiveness and patient experience.
• The development of strategic plans in line with overall Trust strategy.
• The performance management of all services in line with local and national performance targets and standards.
• Ensuring clinical engagement, taking responsibility for good governance, safety and risk management.
• Taking a commercial and business approach to services which recognises and adapts to the needs of our customers.
• Providing leadership, support and advice to their leadership teams, managers and staff.

The triumvirate approach represents a very different way of working for managers and clinicians and is one that will demand much from the incumbents of those posts, who are expected to work together to make it a success.

Responsible for ensuring good working relationships with others and across the Trust and for being proactive in ensuring that safety, effectiveness and patient experience and a corporate approach is at the forefront in dealing with any cross-boundary issues.

Recognise your wider responsibilities and accountability to the Trust and acknowledge that on occasion this may override the priorities.

The Medical Director will be an experienced clinician to show strong leadership within NSFT. You will demonstrate leadership and be skilled at coaching individuals to enable them to deliver their very best. Working closely with the Director of Operations and Director of Nursing and Quality, you will enable associate medical directors and their teams to establish themselves as fully functioning service lines.