Medical Divisional Director Planned Care / GP Children in Care

NHS; Brighton; On-site; GBP 73,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a passionate medical Divisional Director based in Brighton to lead the development of Planned Care services for over 1.3 million patients. The role requires significant leadership prowess, focusing on improving patient outcomes, enhancing care pathways, and fostering a supportive team culture within the division. Applicants should hold full GMC registration and have proven experience in medical leadership, particularly in community healthcare contexts.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration required with immediate availability status for interview.
• Experience in medical management and understanding of NHS systems essential.
• Ability to effectively lead and communicate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead coordination of excellent clinical care for Planned Care services.
• Ensure patient outcomes are maximized through evidence-based pathways.
• Develop a learning culture and supervise staff retention within services.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Governance

Effective Communication

Patient-Centred Care

Strategic Vision

Education

Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice

Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice

Entry on the General Practitioner Performer List for England

Job description

Job summary

Are you a GP medical leader passionate about improving access, experience and outcomes for patients across Planned Care services?

If so, we are seeking a medical Divisional Director, with significant leadership experience, to shape and develop our broad and diverse, largely outpatient-based offer to the 1.3 million people that we serve in Sussex.

This is an exciting opportunity to further transform our pathways of care for patients working closely with our clinical and operational leaders to address unwarranted clinical variation, use a data driven approach to identifying and tackling health inequity, develop virtual consultations and enhance personalised care.

You will provide strategic direction and leadership within our new planned care triumvirate to our child development centres, dental services, talking therapies, clinical support services and rehabilitation medical services.

Main duties of the job

The role assumes responsibility, over 4 sessions, for:

Leading, co-ordinating and ensuring excellent clinical care and a patient-centred approach is delivered equitably for all service users, families and carers of our Planned Care services.

Ensuring the voice of the patient is heard and this can be demonstrated in improvement.

Ensure patients are supported throughout their journey utilising waiting well methodologies, alongside timely access to assessment and treatment, and where required follow up.

Developing a supportive and compassionate culture of learning and quality improvement within the Division.

Ensuring patient outcomes and productivity are maximised through the development and implementation of evidence-based care pathways and the reduction in unwarranted clinical variation.

Ensure safe medical staffing is delivered and lead the recruitment and retention within clinical services within portfolio.

Create, with the Divisional AHP Director, a strong, open, learning safety culture within the services.

Ensure continuous improvement, professional and leadership development and research are a core component to the clinical services within remit.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence --guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Details Date posted

02 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£73,113 to £110,330 a year PA pro rata plus £10,000 PA Management Responsibility Payment.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

150-CP1756-PC

Job locations

Brighton General Hospital

Elm Grove

Brighton

BN2 3EW

Job description Job responsibilities

In terms of direct clinical care, 4 sessions:

The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) providing the Initial Health Assessments (IHAs) and Review Health Assessments (RHAs) for children in care. This is a legal requirement that must be conducted within 20 working days of a child being 'looked after'. The purpose of the assessment is to identify existing health conditions, immunisation status and other health related needs. with the MDT to carry out the medical component of the assessment to cover the childrens physical health, mental well-being and developmental milestones. The post holder would be required to travel to multiple sites across the SCFT footprint and be competent in the use of virtual consultation.

Applicants must have full GMC Registration and a Licence to Practice. Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice or equivalent and inclusion on the GMC GP Register (or within 6 months at time of interview). Entry on the General Practitioner Performer List for England.

Please refer to the attached job description for further information on the role.

Job description Job responsibilities

In terms of direct clinical care, 4 sessions:

The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) providing the Initial Health Assessments (IHAs) and Review Health Assessments (RHAs) for children in care. This is a legal requirement that must be conducted within 20 working days of a child being 'looked after'. The purpose of the assessment is to identify existing health conditions, immunisation status and other health related needs. with the MDT to carry out the medical component of the assessment to cover the childrens physical health, mental well-being and developmental milestones. The post holder would be required to travel to multiple sites across the SCFT footprint and be competent in the use of virtual consultation.

Applicants must have full GMC Registration and a Licence to Practice. Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice or equivalent and inclusion on the GMC GP Register (or within 6 months at time of interview). Entry on the General Practitioner Performer List for England.

Please refer to the attached job description for further information on the role.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice or equivalent and inclusion on the GMC GP Register (or within 6 months at time of interview)
• Entry on the General Practitioner Performer List for England

Experience Essential

• Proven record in Medical Management and /or leadership
• Clear understanding of the NHS systems and agenda and strategic issues in health care and ability to interpret these in a given setting
• Understanding of current clinical and other issues relating to community healthcare
• Understanding of the corporate agenda including risk management, patient safety, budgets and governance issues
• Knowledge and practical experience of clinical governance

Skills and Knowledge Essential

• Effective clinical skills
• Evidence of caring attitude towards patients and carers
• Knowledge of regulations and the law as it relates to medical professional performance and revalidation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills Decision maker with demonstrable strategic vision
• Ability to work with long term planning time frames whilst dealing with the immediacy of acute operational issues
• Proven ability to build strong and effective working relationships and networks that interface with GPs and wider clinical leadership across the health community
• Able to work with complexity and translate this into simple strategies for staff
• Demonstrate understanding of the unique qualities and needs of a team and ability to provide a caring, safe environment to enable everyone to do their jobs effectively
• Demonstrate understanding of how health and social care services fit together and how different people, teams or organisations interconnect and interact
• Able to communicate a compelling and credible vision of the future in a way that makes it feel achievable and exciting
• Ability to involve individuals and demonstrate that their contributions and ideas are valued and important for delivering outcomes and improvements
• Able to agree clear performance/productivity goals and quality/outcome indicators for services, supporting individuals and teams to take responsibility for results and providing balanced feedback
• Demonstrate an understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion within the workforce and health care delivery

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice or equivalent and inclusion on the GMC GP Register (or within 6 months at time of interview)
• Entry on the General Practitioner Performer List for England

Experience Essential

• Proven record in Medical Management and /or leadership
• Clear understanding of the NHS systems and agenda and strategic issues in health care and ability to interpret these in a given setting
• Understanding of current clinical and other issues relating to community healthcare
• Understanding of the corporate agenda including risk management, patient safety, budgets and governance issues
• Knowledge and practical experience of clinical governance

Skills and Knowledge Essential

• Effective clinical skills
• Evidence of caring attitude towards patients and carers
• Knowledge of regulations and the law as it relates to medical professional performance and revalidation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills Decision maker with demonstrable strategic vision
• Ability to work with long term planning time frames whilst dealing with the immediacy of acute operational issues
• Proven ability to build strong and effective working relationships and networks that interface with GPs and wider clinical leadership across the health community
• Able to work with complexity and translate this into simple strategies for staff
• Demonstrate understanding of the unique qualities and needs of a team and ability to provide a caring, safe environment to enable everyone to do their jobs effectively
• Demonstrate understanding of how health and social care services fit together and how different people, teams or organisations interconnect and interact
• Able to communicate a compelling and credible vision of the future in a way that makes it feel achievable and exciting
• Ability to involve individuals and demonstrate that their contributions and ideas are valued and important for delivering outcomes and improvements
• Able to agree clear performance/productivity goals and quality/outcome indicators for services, supporting individuals and teams to take responsibility for results and providing balanced feedback
• Demonstrate an understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion within the workforce and health care delivery

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brighton General Hospital

Elm Grove

Brighton

BN2 3EW

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brighton General Hospital

Elm Grove

Brighton

BN2 3EW

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)