Medical Director Specialised Commissioning

NHS ENGLAND; Fulbourn; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Fulbourn is seeking a Medical Director for Commissioning and System Improvement. This part-time leadership role involves driving clinical service quality across the East of England, engaging with clinical leaders, and ensuring system resilience. The ideal candidate will be medically qualified, have proven senior leadership expertise, and possess a successful track record in quality improvement projects. A commitment to enhancing patient outcomes and reducing health inequalities is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven senior level leadership experience in an NHS organization.
• Track record of delivering quality improvement projects.
• Experience engaging with clinical leaders across healthcare systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide system leadership and clinical improvement advice.
• Engage with clinical leaders across commissioning organizations.
• Work closely with Strategic Clinical Networks to support commissioning.

Skills

Senior level leadership

Clinical improvement expertise

Collaboration skills

Knowledge of commissioning requirements

Education

Medical qualification with current licence to practise

Job description

Overview

The NHS England, East of England, Medical Directorate wishes to appoint a Medical Director for Commissioning and System Improvement. This is a key leadership role in the regional health system. In conjunction with other leaders, from across the professional spectrum, the key responsibility of the post is the delivery of high-quality clinical services for the population of the East of England. The post comprises two part-time roles: one covering Commissioning, Specialised Services, Health and Justice, and one covering Medical Director, System Improvement (approximately 0.5 WTE per role, negotiable). The NHSE, East of England regional team supports local Integrated Care Systems (ICS) who play a major leadership role in the geographies they serve. Our role is to assure the care provided, support system transformation and to secure ongoing improvement in clinical outcomes and patient experience. The post holder will be accountable to the Regional Medical Director (RMD), who is also the Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO). The post holder will provide professional and clinical leadership to regional and local networks of clinicians. They will support local health systems to achieve improvements in care and, in collaboration with the regional Nursing team and other Directorates, provide assurance of the safety and quality of services. We are seeking an exceptional candidate who is medically qualified with a current licence to practise. The successful candidate will demonstrate proven senior level leadership experience, having served as a board director or equivalent within an NHS organisation. They will also have a track record of delivering quality improvement projects or programmes.

Main duties of the job

• This job comprises one part-time role covering Commissioning, Specialised Services, Health and Justice, and one part-time role covering Medical Director, System Improvement (Approx 0.5 WTE per role, negotiable).
• Providing system leadership and clinical improvement advice to support local healthcare system resilience, with a focus on patient safety and high-quality care.
• Engage with clinical leaders across commissioning organisations in the region, to ensure a whole pathway approach to optimising overall clinical outcomes and resource use.
• Engage with clinical leaders across providers in the region to improve outcomes through collaboration and through ensuring providers understand commissioning requirements and can inform future commissioning priorities.
• Work closely with the Strategic Clinical Networks, the Senate and Operational Delivery Networks across the region to ensure that their resources and clinical leadership capacity are appropriately used to support and inform direct commissioning.
• Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms - enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where people can develop and make a difference.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care.
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation.
• Delivering value for money.
• To ensure appropriate public health advice is sought in respect of direct commissioning.
• Provide clinical leadership for a range of other relevant functions and support the quality improvement of health and healthcare, including research and development, innovation and evidence-based practice.
• Support the RMD/CCIO and Regional Chief Nurse in the delivery of regional quality surveillance and assurance for NHS healthcare providers and the independent sector.
• Support the RMD/CCIO in working with the regional Chief Operating Officer in the oversight, planning and delivery of regional planned and unplanned care.
• Provide professional and clinical leadership including addressing professional performance issues including complaints, untoward incidents and poor performance, whilst promoting whole system working.
• Work collaboratively with the multi professional members of the medical directorate.
• Provide support to the Regional Gold on call rota.
• Provide medical oversight for ICS through Regional System Co-ordination functions.
• Supporting the region effectively with specific areas of work requiring a secondary care perspective and clinical leadership.
• Supporting effective system leadership across the region within secondary care and supporting the development of clinical leadership skills.
• You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.