Deputy Medical Director
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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is looking for a strategic and compassionate leader to join our Senior Leadership Team as a Deputy Medical Director, joining another Deputy Medical Director and Associate Medical Director in our Medical Directors office.
Candidates will already be a senior NHS leader with an excellent track record of delivering improved quality of care to patients and will also be a champion of the workforce delivering that care.
Main duties of the job
Deputy Medical Director
Working for our organisation
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Reports to: Medical Director
Accountable to: Medical Director
Key Relationships
Medical Director, Deputy Medical Director, Chief Executive, CHFT Executive Team, Deputy Directors, Directors of Operations, Divisional Directors, Clinical Directors, Clinical Commissioning Groups; Clinical Teams and External Partners
The Deputy Medical Directors (DMDs) will support the Medical Director to deliver effective clinical care and quality improvement at CHFT and in partnership with other health and social care providers. Effective working with the other Deputy Directors, members of the Executive Team, corporate and divisional teams will be important and, in all aspects of leadership and care for patients, the Deputy Medical Director will personally demonstrate and role model 'one culture of care'.
The DMD will have significant experience in leading senior teams and will possess leadership ability to deal with complex issues, proactively leading on solutions and action plans in support of both the Chief Executive, Medical Director and other members of the Executive Team in the delivery of corporate objectives and performance targets. It is anticipated that the post-holder will aspire to a full executive role in the future.
The Deputy Medical Director is a permanent role and a job plan will be developed in partnership with the Medical Director to allow the post holder to continue to work clinically and also deliver the role of DMD.
The DMD will have one of two key portfolio areas: Workforce and Operations, or Quality and Governance as outlined in the Medical Director's Office structure (see below). These portfolios will rotate at an agreed point so that experience across the Medical Director portfolio will be gained during the performance of the role.
Applicants must be on the General Medical Council Specialist Register. Applicants must continue to hold a License to Practice.
This post requires a flexible working practice, recognising the importance CHFT places on strong colleague engagement and leadership visibility.
The post holder will help to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others.
The DMDs will deputise for the Medical Director during periods of absence.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration within the GMC Specialist Register, GP Register, or holding an equivalent clinical professional status.
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification, MBA or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding and appreciation of diversity
- Key issues and complexity and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, assess and describe impact on services.
- Principles and impact of the NHS Constitution
Desirable criteria
- Sound knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems
- Sound knowledge and understanding of complex governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy
Skills
Essential criteria
- Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff 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.
- Solve complex problems, and be solution focused demonstrating a high level of persuasive and influencing skills
- Analyse complex data and information, including preparing responses to complex reports and policies, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales.
- Lead clinical activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls
- Cope with competing priorities and a heavy, demanding and complex workload
- Deal with uncertainty and complexity in a political environment
- Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations daily
Desirable criteria
- Research complex information, together with audit skills, applying findings to influence practice and develop business cases/plans.
- Lead and demonstrate advanced project management skills
- IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems.
- Imaginative and innovative in developing new ways of working to meeting patient care and service needs
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- Deputy Medical Director JD&PS (PDF, 610.7KB)
- Deputy Medical Director Candidate Brief (PDF, 586.7KB)