Medical Director

SELDOC Healthcare; Greater London; On-site; GBP 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate bonus scheme

Defined contribution pension

Five weeks annual leave + bank holiday

Study leave

Job summary

SELDOC is seeking an experienced Medical Director to shape our clinical direction and support the development of our urgent care services. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will join the Executive Leadership Team and Board with responsibility for clinical safety and effectiveness across the SELDOC Group.

You will balance governance with external engagement to raise the group’s profile and create opportunities for new services.

Qualifications

• Must be a practising GP with GMC registration and no restrictions.
• At least five years' clinical service with urgent care/UTC experience.
• Proven leadership in governance and service improvement.
• Ability to develop partnerships with commissioners and providers.

Responsibilities

• Shape clinical strategy with executive colleagues to drive growth and quality.
• Lead Clinical Governance and Quality to assure safety and performance.
• Develop services and partnerships with NHS trusts and providers.
• Lead clinical assurance using outcomes and data to guide priorities.
• Oversee policies, safeguarding, information governance and risk management.

Skills

Urgent care

Clinical governance

Strategic leadership

Commercial awareness

GMC registration

Change management

Education

MB BS or equivalent

Postgraduate qualification

Royal College membership

GMC registration in good standing

Job description

SELDOC is seeking an experiencedMedical Director to shape our clinical direction and support the development ofour services.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, youwill join our Executive Leadership Team and Board, with overall responsibilityfor clinical safety and effectiveness across the SELDOC Group.

As Medical Director, you will giveequal focus to clinical governance and external engagement: ensuring safe,effective care while building relationships with competitors, GP federationsand other providers to raise SELDOC Groups profile, develop partnerships andcreate opportunities for new services.

You will bring clinical judgement tostrategic decisions, helping identify opportunities, develop services and buildpartnerships that improve patient care and support sustainable growth. Leadingthe Clinical Governance and Quality team, you will ensure effective oversightand provide the Board with clear assurance on quality, performance and risk.

Main duties of the job

You are a practising GP and experiencedMedical Director with a strong understanding of urgent care and the governancethat underpins safe, appropriate and timely services.

You enjoy the pace ofUrgent Treatment Centres and understand their contribution to patient flow andfour-hour Emergency Department performance.

You combine clinical credibility withstrategic thinking and commercial awareness. You are motivated by developingbetter care within a sustainable business that benefits patients, colleaguesand wider stakeholders.

You work well in a small, supportiveExecutive Team where accountabilities are clear and challenges are addressedtogether. Approachable and collaborative, you lead by example, takeresponsibility and bring a low-ego approach to decisions and relationships.

You must hold a primary medicalqualification and a relevant postgraduate qualification, have at least fiveyears clinical service, and hold GMC registration and Medical Performers Listinclusion, both without restrictions. Your experience will include urgent careand UTC management and clinical delivery, quality improvement,multidisciplinary leadership and organisational change.

About us

Established in 1996 as a GPcooperative, SELDOC provides urgent and primary care. Group services spanUrgent Treatment Centres, out-of-hours and community care, home visiting,remote clinical services and workforce solutions.

PatientFirst | Compassionate | Competent | Empowering | Adaptable

Job responsibilities

Medical Director

Contract: Permanent Salary: £150,000 per annum, pro rata Working pattern: Three days per week On-site commitment: 60% of your contracted working week Anticipated start: January/February 2027 Base: The Smith, 145 London Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 6SR

Lead clinical strategy. Shape our next chapter.

Building on 30 years of GP-led care, SELDOC is seeking an experienced Medical Director to shape our clinical direction and support the development of our services.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will join our Executive Leadership Team and Board, with overall responsibility for clinical safety and effectiveness across the SELDOC Group.

As Medical Director, you will give equal focus to clinical governance and external engagement: ensuring safe, effective care while building relationships with competitors, GP federations and other providers to raise SELDOC Groups profile, develop partnerships and create opportunities for new services.

You will bring clinical judgement to strategic decisions, helping identify opportunities, develop services and build partnerships that improve patient care and support sustainable growth. Leading the Clinical Governance and Quality team, you will ensure effective oversight and provide the Board with clear assurance on quality, performance and risk.

Your role:

• Shape clinical strategy: Work with executive colleagues to deliver the Groups growth and development strategy, ensuring clinical quality informs business decisions.
• Develop services and partnerships: Work with commissioners, NHS trusts and community partners to review care pathways, develop services and identify opportunities across the healthcare market.
• Support business development: Provide clinical leadership for tender submissions, presentations and the design of safe, effective and commercially sustainable services.
• Lead clinical assurance: Set expectations for governance and improvement, using outcomes, patient feedback, audit and performance data to guide priorities and assure the Board.
• Develop clinical capability: Lead the Clinical Governance and Quality team and influence workforce planning, clinician engagement, recruitment, retention and professional development.

You will retain oversight of clinical policies, safeguarding, information governance, medicines and equipment, including the designated responsibilities in the job description. You will also join the Directors on-call rota, currently approximately one in four.

A little bit about you

You are a practicing GP and experienced Medical Director with a strong understanding of urgent care and the governance that underpins safe, appropriate and timely services. You enjoy the pace of Urgent Treatment Centres and understand their contribution to patient flow and four-hour Emergency Department performance.

You combine clinical credibility with strategic thinking and commercial awareness. You are motivated by developing better care within a sustainable business that benefits patients, colleagues and wider stakeholders.

You work well in a small, supportive Executive Team where accountabilities are clear and challenges are addressed together. Approachable and collaborative, you lead by example, take responsibility and bring a low-ego approach to decisions and relationships.

You must hold a primary medical qualification and a relevant postgraduate qualification, have at least five years clinical service, and hold GMC registration and Medical Performers List inclusion, both without restrictions. Your experience will include urgent care and UTC management and clinical delivery, quality improvement, multidisciplinary leadership and organisational change.

About SELDOC

Established in 1996 as a GP cooperative, SELDOC provides urgent and primary care. Group services span Urgent Treatment Centres, out-of-hours and community care, home visiting, remote clinical services and workforce solutions.

Patient First | Compassionate | Competent | Empowering | Adaptable

What we offer:

£150,000 per annum, pro rata; corporate bonus scheme; defined contribution pension; five weeks annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service; and one weeks study leave per year, pro rata.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1) Qualified doctor (MB BS or equivalent), a postgraduate qualification which may include including membership of a Royal College or equivalent, and at least 5 years clinical service.
• 2) Record of delivering service improvement
• 3) Registered on a GMC Medical Performer's List without restrictions
• 4) Evidence to demonstrate their clinical knowledge and skills through continuing professional development and agree to undertake an annual appraisal and any other measures introduced as a requirement for revalidation.
• 5) Must be a practising GP
• 6) Quality improvement experience or expertise
• 7) Understanding and experience of applying of quality improvement methodologies such as PDSA cycles and Root-Cause analysis
• 8) Experience of developing and managing risk frameworks and registers
• 9) Experience in working in primary care delivery systems including out-of-hours, unscheduled care and/or urgent care
• 10) Experience of Clinical Line Management and Mentoring
• Experience of Urgent Care and Urgent Treatment Centre management and Clinical DeliveryX
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance frameworks, NHS complaints procedure, SI framework, relevant patient safety guidance and frameworks, KPIs relevant to out-of-hours and urgent care.
• Evidence of Basic Life Support Training (within last year)
• Evidence of Safeguarding vulnerable Adults Training (within last 3 years)
• Evidence of Safeguarding Children level 3 Training (within last 3 years)
• Evidence of recent IG training (within last year)
• Postgraduate training and qualification in Management or Clinical Leadership
• Postgraduate training and qualification in education

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.