This sessional Associate Medical Director post sits in the Medical Directorate of the Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB cluster, running for three years at 2 PA. The postholder gives senior clinical leadership and advice on a portfolio, either Medicines or Clinical Policies, shaping commissioning and service change across the system. Sessions may be shared between several clinical leads, so applicants state the sessions they want. Applicants must be registered clinicians with degree-level clinical training and leadership beyond a single team.
What the job involves
- Give credible, evidence-based clinical leadership and constructive challenge to inform commissioning, service transformation and improvement within the Clinical Policies or Medicines portfolio
- Work within the Medical Leadership Team to provide authoritative clinical advice on system priorities and commissioning decisions
- Lead clinical engagement and build partnerships across primary, community, acute, mental health, local authority and wider system services
- Influence clinical strategies, pathways and service models to improve quality, safety, patient experience and outcomes
- Champion prevention, population health, reduced health inequalities and more integrated care closer to home
- Support innovation, digital transformation, productivity and effective use of system resources
- Lead or contribute to clinical programme groups, governance arrangements and system-wide improvement priorities
- Work with fellow clinical leaders to turn strategic ambitions into measurable improvements for patients and communities
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree-level education in a clinical or clinically based scientific discipline
- Membership or Fellowship of a relevant professional body or Royal College where relevant
- Evidence of continuing professional development and good professional standing
Registration & licences
- Registered clinical practitioner with GMC, NMC, GPhC or HCPC
Experience
- Substantial experience as a senior clinician with leadership beyond an individual team or service, and in the clinical field for the post
- Leading or influencing change across organisational or professional boundaries, including service development, pathway redesign or transformation
- Working with senior clinical, managerial and executive stakeholders, and addressing performance, quality, safety or clinical effectiveness issues
Skills & knowledge
- Analysing complex, incomplete or conflicting information and using data to inform decisions
- Communication, influencing, negotiation and facilitation skills
- Building trusted relationships and clinical consensus, with constructive challenge
- Understanding of NHS commissioning, provision and system partnership working
- Understanding of population health, prevention, health inequalities, quality, safety and evidence-based practice
Other
- Commitment to reducing health inequalities, inclusive leadership and anti-discriminatory practice
- Ability and willingness to attend sites across the cluster, with reasonable adjustments
- Able to work autonomously, make independent clinical recommendations within delegated authority and elevate material risks
- Visible, credible and compassionate clinical leadership with high personal integrity and resilience
Nice to have
- Experience of formal clinical leadership within an ICB, ICС, provider collaborative, NHS provider, primary care or comparable complex environment
- Experience of leading research, evaluation, innovation or quality improvement across organisational boundaries
- Experience of system-level commissioning or strategic planning
- Knowledge of the Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull health and care landscape
What’s offered
- Opportunities to develop and work with partners on system change