A Vacancy at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
We are seeking to appoint a Divisional Medical Director for Surgery, Anaesthetics and Cancer.
The post holder is operationally accountable to the Chief Operating Officer and professionally accountable to the Medical Director. The post holder will be a member of the Medical Leadership Team.
The Surgery, Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Cancer Divisional Medical Director is responsible for the strategic clinical leadership of the Division, for driving continuous service improvement and ensuring the effective delivery and productivity of clinical services.
The post holder will be professionally and managerially responsible for all other medical staff within the Division and overall lead for appraisal, job planning and professional development for the Division. The post holder will ensure that clinical regulatory targets and compliance for clinical quality, risk and governance standards are met.
To assist the Director Divisional Director of Operations in supporting the Trust’s role as a key player in providing high quality health services in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid-Wales and to help guide the Trust in maximising its commercial opportunities and strengthening its collaborative partnership working.
The Divisional Medical Director (Divisional MD) will work with the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO) and Divisional Director of Nursing/Midwifery, AHPs and Quality (DDNM) in a triumvirate management structure.
The Divisional MD is expected to take accountability for the Division, working jointly with the triumvirate including the delivery of agreed local and national quality and performance standards within budgetary and resource availability.
The Divisional MD will also have responsibility for the strategic development of clinical services within the division and with colleagues, the delivery of that strategy. The Divisional MD will ensure that services adopt a continuous improvement approach.
Together with the other members of the triumvirate, the Divisional MD will provide clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that all clinical staff are aligned with the Division's and Trust's objectives and are working in effective multi-disciplinary/multi-professional teams. The Divisional MD will work with the DDNM to ensure that robust systems for clinical governance are implemented and maintained for all services.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east.
The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin);and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
Please refer to the attached Job Pack for full main duties and responsibilities, below is a snippet of the roles and responsibilities of this post.
Leadership
• Provide overall leadership and management to all of the Division’s
medical staff including doctors in training within the Division.
• Ensure that the Trust’s strategic vision, objectives, policies, values and behaviours are embedded and upheld by all medical staff within the Division.
• Provide strategic advice and input to the Divisional Director and Divisional Board to support the development of robust Divisional Plans.
Clinical Leadership
• Take responsibility for medical leadership within the Division, at all levels and within all services.
• Embedding effective systems of job planning, objective setting and appraisals.
• Support the development of other clinical leads in the division, including clinical directors and speciality leads.
This advert closes on Friday 7 Feb 2025