Medical Lead (Responsible Officer)

ADHD360 LTD; Nettleham; Remote; GBP 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Keys Health seeks a Medical Lead and Responsible Officer to provide senior medical leadership and fulfill statutory duties under GMC guidance. You will oversee appraisal, revalidation, governance and professional standards while supporting quality improvement across our services.

You will contribute clinical expertise to ADHD, autism and mental health cases and maintain ongoing clinical practice and assessment activity. A strong track record in leadership and regulatory compliance is essential.

Qualifications

• GMC-registered medical practitioner with licence to practise under the Medical Act for the preceding five years.
• Extensive post-registration leadership experience with senior medical leadership.
• Detailed knowledge of Good medical practice, revalidation, appraisal and clinical governance.
• Experience managing concerns about doctors, including performance, conduct, capability or health matter.
• Completion of Responsible Officer training or commitment to complete promptly.

Responsibilities

• Fulfil the statutory duties of the Responsible Officer and maintain prescribed-connection records.
• Ensure robust annual appraisal arrangements and provide timely revalidation recommendations to the GMC.
• Maintain clear records of recommendations and communicate outcomes.
• Identify and manage concerns about doctors in coordination with HR, governance and regulators.
• Provide visible senior medical leadership and advise on professional standards and risk.
• Lead recruitment, induction and development of doctors and ensure appraisal and revalidation teams are trained.
• Monitor standards and KPIs and provide assurance on risks and compliance.
• Oversee medical governance and clinical policy development across Keys Health.

Job description

As Medical Lead and Responsible Officer, you will provide visible senior medical leadership across Keys Health while fulfilling the statutory functions of the Responsible Officer for our designated body.

Working closely with the Clinical Director, executive team, governance functions and regulatory bodies, you will oversee medical appraisal, revalidation, clinical governance and professional standards whilst supporting continuous quality improvement across our services.

Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will contribute specialist clinical expertise to complex ADHD, autism and mental health cases and maintain clinical practice through an agreed level of assessment activity.

Main duties of the job

A GMC-registered medical practitioner with a licence to practise under the Medical Act for the preceding five years and able to remain fully registered while undertaking this role.

Substantial post-registration experience with evidence of senior medical leadership and sound professional judgement

Detailed knowledge of Good medical practice, medical revalidation, appraisal, clinical governance and the Responsible Officer regulatory framework

Experience of managing concerns about doctors, including performance, conduct, capability or health matters, and of working with HR, governance and regulatory colleagues

Experience of using clinical governance information to assess risk, support improvement and reach defensible decisions

Completion of, or commitment to complete promptly, recognised Responsible Officer training and relevant ongoing development

About us

About Keys Health Values

Our mission is simple (but mighty): to make neurodiversity something to celebrate, not hide. Help us make every patients journey the best it can be.

The Medical Lead (Responsible Officer) will follow our EPIC values which form the foundation for our high-quality service:

Excellence Accountable and intent to achieve the best in all that we do. Challenging ourselves to the highest standard of learning, development and performance.

Passion Committed and ambitious in heart and mind. Delivering the best outcomes for the people we support.

Integrity Working honestly and transparently. Sharing our results and learnings.

Caring Showing compassion and empathy. Placing the people we support at the centre of all we do and taking their feelings and wishes into account.

We're looking for a highly credible senior medical leader who combines sound clinical judgement with strong governance expertise.

Job responsibilities

ResponsibleOfficer

Fulfilthe statutory duties of the Responsible Officer in line with relevantlegislation and current GMC guidance, maintaining accurateprescribed-connection records.

Ensurerobust, quality-assured annual appraisal arrangements and make timely, fair andevidence-based revalidation recommendations to the GMC.

Maintainclear records of recommendations, decisions and supporting evidence, andcommunicate outcomes appropriately.

Ensureconcerns about doctors conduct, capability, health or performance areidentified and managed promptly, including proportionate investigation,remediation, supervision, restrictions or return-to-practice arrangements.

Liaiseand share information appropriately with the GMC, NHS England, otherResponsible Officers, employers and regulators, managing conflicts of interestand arranging alternative oversight where required.

MedicalLeadership and Governance

Providevisible senior medical leadership and advise the Clinical Director, executiveteam and Board on professional standards, clinical risk, workforce, regulatoryrequirements and service development.

Contributeto strategic planning for the Health Division, ensuring medical, clinicalgovernance, workforce and patient-safety priorities inform service developmentand delivery.

Workacross governance, patient safety, safeguarding, quality and people functionsso that learning from incidents, complaints, audit, outcomes and feedbackinforms oversight and improvement.

Leador contribute to reviews of serious concerns and support the development ofsafe, evidence-based clinical policies, pathways and prescribing standards.

Overseethe recruitment, induction and professional development of doctors and ensureappraisers and revalidation teams are trained, supported and quality assured.

Monitorstandards, key performance indicators and improvement actions; provide clearassurance on themes, risks and compliance; and maintain personal clinicalcredibility and relevant Responsible Officer development.

ClinicalPractice across Keys Health

Providesenior clinical input to multidisciplinary complex case discussions involvingADHD, autism, differential diagnosis, co-occurring conditions and commonpsychiatric presentations.

Undertakean agreed proportion of ADHD assessment work, including clinical assessment,formulation, diagnostic decision-making and recommendations within professionalcompetence and organisational pathways.

Balanceclinical activity with sufficient independence and capacity to fulfil thestatutory Responsible Officer function.

Medical practitioner with full GMCregistration and a licence to practise (Essential).

At appointment, continuously fullyregistered under the Medical Act 1983 for the preceding five years, and able toremain fully registered while undertaking the role (Essential).

Substantial post-registrationexperience with evidence of senior medical leadership and sound professionaljudgement (Essential).

Detailed knowledge of Good medicalpractice, medical revalidation, appraisal, clinical governance and theResponsible Officer regulatory framework (Essential).

Experience of managing concerns aboutdoctors, including performance, conduct, capability or health matters, and ofworking with HR, governance and regulatory colleagues (Essential).

Experience of using clinicalgovernance information to assess risk, support improvement and reach defensibledecisions (Essential).

Completion of, or commitment tocomplete promptly, recognised Responsible Officer training and relevant ongoingdevelopment (Essential).

Experience as a medical appraiser,appraisal lead, Responsible Officer, deputy Responsible Officer or seniormedical manager (Desirable).

Relevant postgraduate qualificationin medical leadership, management, patient safety, education or a related field(Desirable).

Experience in ADHD, autism, widermental health, neurodevelopmental conditions, common psychiatric presentationsor digitally delivered healthcare services, including experience ofcomprehensive ADHD and/or autism assessment and complex case formulation (Desirable).

Consultant psychiatrist with relevantspecialist registration, or equivalent senior psychiatric expertise appropriateto the clinical scope of the role (Desirable).

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A GMC-registered medical practitioner with a licence to practise under the Medical Act 1983 for the preceding five years and able to remain fully registered while undertaking this role.

Experience

• Substantial post-registration experience with evidence of senior medical leadership and sound professional judgement

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.

£160,000 a yearWould consider 30 hours over 3 days

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Home or remote working

Reference number

E0443-26-0007

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