Associate Medical Director roles

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wolverhampton, Birmingham; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities to influence system-wide

Flexible engagement across portfolio

Cross-organisational leadership

Job summary

Sessional senior clinical leadership roles within the Medical Directorate of Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB, for a three-year term. The work centres on providing clinical advice and leadership across an allocated portfolio, shaping commissioning, pathways and transformation across the cluster.

Portfolios span primary care governance, long-term conditions, mental health, cancer and diagnostics, urgent care, and women's and children's services, with sessions shared between leads.

Qualifications

• Substantial senior clinical leadership experience.
• Experience across system-level commissioning and transformation.
• Ability to influence across organisational boundaries.
• Evidence-based clinical governance and CPD.

Responsibilities

• Provide credible, evidence-based clinical leadership, advice and constructive challenge to inform strategic commissioning, transformation and improvement
• 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, reducing 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 across organisational and professional boundaries with commissioners, providers, primary care, local authorities and voluntary partners
• Work with fellow clinical leaders and the Medical Leadership Team to turn strategic ambitions into measurable improvements
• Lead within an allocated clinical or strategic portfolio, which may change with system priorities
• Embed clinical leadership in strategic decision‑making across the cluster

Skills

Senior clinical leadership

NHS commissioning knowledge

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Data interpretation

Education

Medical degree or clinically based scientific degree

Membership of professional body

Job description

Sessional senior clinical leadership roles within the Medical Directorate of Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull ICB, for a three-year term. The work centres on providing clinical advice and leadership across an allocated portfolio, shaping commissioning, pathways and transformation across the cluster. Portfolios span primary care governance, long-term conditions, mental health, cancer and diagnostics, urgent care, and women's and children's services, with sessions sometimes shared between leads. Substantial senior clinical experience with leadership beyond a single service is central to fit.

What the job involves

• Provide credible, evidence-based clinical leadership, advice and constructive challenge to inform strategic commissioning, transformation and improvement
• 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, reducing 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 across organisational and professional boundaries with commissioners, providers, primary care, local authorities and voluntary partners
• Work with fellow clinical leaders and the Medical Leadership Team to turn strategic ambitions into measurable improvements
• Lead within an allocated clinical or strategic portfolio, which may change with system priorities
• Embed clinical leadership in strategic decision‑making across the cluster

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree in a clinical or clinically based scientific discipline
• Professional body membership or Royal College fellowship where relevant, with CPD and good professional standing

Registration & licences

• Registration as a clinical practitioner with the GMC, NMC, GPhC or HCPC

Experience

• Substantial senior clinical experience with leadership beyond a single team or service
• Experience in the clinical field for the post
• Leading or influencing change across organisational or professional boundaries, including service development and transformation
• Working with senior clinical, managerial and executive stakeholders, and addressing quality, safety and performance issues

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding of NHS commissioning, provision and partnership working
• Understanding of population health, prevention and health inequalities
• Understanding of quality, patient safety and clinical effectiveness
• Analysing complex, incomplete or conflicting information, using data and clinical intelligence to make sound judgements
• Communication, influencing, negotiation and facilitation skills, including constructive challenge

Other

• Making independent clinical recommendations within delegated authority, managing a complex workload and escalating material risks
• Demonstrable commitment to reducing health inequalities and to inclusive leadership
• Collaborative, visible and compassionate clinical leader with integrity, resilience and flexibility
• Willingness to attend sites across the cluster as required, with reasonable adjustments where appropriate

Nice to have

• Experience of research, evaluation, innovation or quality improvement across organisational boundaries
• Formal clinical leadership within an ICB,ICS, provider collaborative, NHS provider, primary care system or comparable environment
• 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 meaningful change
• Supportive, ambitious and inclusive workplace
• Priority consideration for employees at risk of redundancy who meet the essential requirements