Medical Divisional Director Unplanned Care / Consultant Geriatrician

NHS; Brighton; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Divisional Director within the NHS to enhance community urgent care services in Sussex. You will lead a team dedicated to improving patient pathways and outcomes, ensuring excellence in clinical care across varied community settings. This strategic role is vital for shaping integrated services, particularly for those with complex health needs, providing unparalleled leadership within the healthcare system.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Wellbeing networks

Qualifications

• GMC registration and experience in medical management essential.
• Strong understanding of NHS systems and community healthcare.
• Ability to engage with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate clinical standards and patient care.
• Maximize patient outcomes through evidence-based pathways.
• Ensure effective staffing and recruitment within services.

Skills

Effective clinical skills

Excellent communication

Decision making

Leadership

Clinical governance knowledge

Education

Full GMC Registration

MRCP/FRCP/MBBS

Certificate of Completion of Training in Geriatric Medicine

Job description

Job summary

Are you passionate about urgent and emergency care provision in the community?

If so, we are seeking a medical Divisional Director to shape and develop our community out of hospital offer to the 1.3 million people that we serve in Sussex.

This is an exciting opportunity to further transform integrated pathways of care for patients, particularly those living with frailty, working closely with both Primary Care and our Acute clinicians to improve admission avoidance and early supported discharge.

You will provide strategic direction and medical leadership within our new unplanned care triumvirate to our virtual wards, urgent community response services, urgent treatment centres, minor injury units, intermediate care bedded units, One Call, palliative care single point of access ECHO and overnight services across Sussex.

Main duties of the job

The Divisional Medical Director aspect of the role (5 PAs) assumes responsibility for:

Leading, co-ordinating and ensuring excellent clinical standards and a patient-centred approach is delivered equitably for all service users, families and carers.

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

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 Nursing 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.

The direct clinical care aspect of the role (4 PAs or less) will deliver intermediate care bedded unit MDTs and a complex fall clinic.

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

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year PA pro rata + Management Responsibility Payment £10,000 PA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

150-GM1777-UPC

Job locations

Brighton General Hospital

Elm Grove

Brighton

BN2 3EW

Job description Job responsibilities

Applicants must hold Full GMC Registration and a Licence to Practice. Certificate of Completion of Training in GeriatricMedicine or equivalent and Inclusion on the GMCSpecialist Register (or within 6 months at time ofinterview)

Please refer to attached Job Description for full details.

Job description Job responsibilities

Applicants must hold Full GMC Registration and a Licence to Practice. Certificate of Completion of Training in GeriatricMedicine or equivalent and Inclusion on the GMCSpecialist Register (or within 6 months at time ofinterview)

Please refer to attached Job Description for full details.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• al Registration MRCP/FRCP/MBBS (or equivalent)
• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• Certificate of Completion of Training in Geriatric Medicine or equivalent and Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months at time of interview)

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
• 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

• al Registration MRCP/FRCP/MBBS (or equivalent)
• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• Certificate of Completion of Training in Geriatric Medicine or equivalent and Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months at time of interview)

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
• 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)