Lead Operational Excellence. Drive Transformation. Improve Lives.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional leader to join our Leadership Team as Medical Director.
This is a rare opportunity to make a lasting difference for the people of Sandwell and West Birmingham, leading a large and diverse portfolio of acute, community and specialist services.
Working closely with the Director of Nursing, executive colleagues, clinical leaders and system partners, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of services for our population whilst contributing to the development of our wider NHS Group model.
Why join us?
At Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, our values of Ambition, Respect and Compassion underpin everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can belong, contribute and succeed.
This is an opportunity to:
Join an ambitious and forward-thinking Leadership Team.
Help shape the future of healthcare delivery across Sandwell and West Birmingham.
Lead significant improvement and transformational programmes.
Influence system-wide service development and integrated care.
Work as part of a growing NHS Group and Provider Collaborative.
Make a meaningful difference to patients, staff and local communities.
If you are an inspirational leader with the vision, resilience and determination to help shape the future of healthcare delivery, we would love to hear from you.
As a member of our Leadership Team, you will provide visible leadership across the organisation, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, responsive and financially sustainable services. You will be responsible for the professional leadership of the medical and dental workforce and ensure the provision of safe, compassionate, and innovative care to patients is at the heart of Trust services.
You will be an experienced leader with a strong track record of delivering excellence within a large and complex healthcare organisation. You will have successfully led transformational change, delivered quality and safety improvements, developed high-performing teams and built strong relationships with clinicians, staff and external partners.
You will bring:
Significant senior leadership experience within the NHS.
A proven track record of delivering sustainable quality and safety improvements.
Experience of leading large-scale transformation and service redesign.
Strong medical leadership credentials.
Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
A commitment to compassionate, inclusive and visible leadership.
Most importantly, you will be a leader who inspires confidence, builds trust and creates an environment where people can thrive and deliver their very best for patients.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
Corporate
Support the Group Chief Medical Officer in the discharge of statutory responsibilities.
Provide leadership for the development and delivery of the Trust's clinical strategy and corporate objectives.
Be a role model that actively promotes Trust values and improvement culture and equality, diversity and inclusion in service delivery and employment practices.
Provide expert medical and clinical advice to executives, leaders and relevant committees on medical and dental issues, statutory requirements, changes in clinical practice and the provision of clinical services.
Ensure clinical objectives are aligned with quality, workforce, operational and financial plans.
Hold the role of Responsible Officer and Caldicott Guardian for the Trust.
Accountable for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education ensuring it is aligned with regulations and standards to provide high quality education and training for doctors and medical students at the Trust.
Support the Group Chief Medical Officer in providing strategic leadership for research and innovation that improves patient outcomes.
Participate in the Director On-Call rota.
Medical Professional Leadership
Provide professional leadership to doctors across the Trust fostering an inclusive and high performing medical culture.
Provide visible, professional leadership that models the behaviours and professional standards expected of everyone.
Ensure robust governance and processes for consultant appointments, job planning, medical appraisal and revalidation, performance management and professional development.
Support productivity, workforce sustainability and service quality through effective medical workforce planning and consultant engagement.
As Responsible Officer, ensure that satisfactory governance and processes are in place for medical appraisal and revalidation.
Promote continuous improvement and excellence in clinical services through the clinical strategy.
Promote a continuous improvement culture that encourages and supports the use of initiative, individual and team responsibility and open communication.
People
Lead on medical workforce plans that provides a skilled and productive medical workforce that is clinically and financially sustainable and ensures that relationships between clinical disciplines is positive and supports clinical outcomes and the patient experience.
Promote the reduction of locum medical and agency usage within the Trust whilst maintaining safe services.
Ensure job planning processes aligns to the needs of service delivery.
Act as Chair for the Local Negotiating and Consultation Committee (LNCC).
Ensure appropriate processes are in place for annual appraisal of MDO Leadership Roles.
Governance and Quality
In conjunction with the Director of Nursing support the clinical quality and patient safety agenda to ensure effective clinical governance arrangements are in place to provide assurance on clinical care.
Ensure that quality governance and learning from incidents and complaints are embedded across the Trust.
In conjunction with the Chief Pharmacist provide oversight of medicines management governance and safe prescribing.
Provide medical oversight for Learning from deaths.
