Medical Director - Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (3 or 4 days per week)
Are you a practising GMC-registered Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Acute Medicine or Anaesthetics, or General Practitioner, and do you have experience of leadership/ management? Are you passionate about Urgent and Emergency Care and do you want to play a leading role in shaping and reshaping these for the 5 million people who live in Yorkshire and The Humber? Do you share our values of Kindness, Respect, Teamwork and Improvement?
The Medical Director has a key leadership role in an anchor organisation working across the 3 Integrated Care Systems of the Yorkshire health economy. At Yorkshire Ambulance Service we set ourselves the highest standards, creating a culture shaped by compassionate leadership, common values and a shared vision. The postholder, as a Board member, will challenge and eliminate all forms of discrimination, disadvantage and inequality.
Jointly with the Chief Paramedic, the Medical Director will provide expert clinical advice to the Board of Directors, Chief Executive, and Executive Team on all professional clinical issues in relation to the services provided by the Trust, including clinical strategy, clinical standards, appropriate treatment regimens, statutory duties with regard to clinical care, and clinical leadership in major incident situations. The Medical Director will drive improvements in patient care and develop new and innovative approaches to service delivery in urgent and emergency care, through strong evidence-based practice and by working collaboratively with ICBs across Yorkshire, and with ambulance sector providers across the UK.
Main duties of the role
1. Provide expert clinical advice to the Board of Directors, Chief Executive, and Executive Team.
2. Drive improvements in patient care and develop new and innovative approaches to service delivery in urgent and emergency care.
3. Develop clinical leadership and support engagement with the Trust’s clinical workforce, maximising opportunities for the contribution of clinical professionals to the shaping of Trust and wider system clinical strategy and priorities.
4. Share (with the Chief Paramedic) clinical responsibility for the development and delivery of the Trust’s clinical strategy, ensuring that it supports effective and efficient models of service delivery and high quality patient care and provide strong and effective leadership on clinical issues throughout the Trust across all aspects of service delivery.
5. Fully participate as a member of the national forum of Medical Directors of Ambulance Trusts, and other national fora in the ambulance sector, influencing the development of both national strategic policy and direct clinical practice in the ambulance sector (including JRCALC) and more widely in urgent and emergency care.
6. Develop strong external system engagement and visibility in clinical networks nationally, regionally and across Yorkshire and bilaterally with clinical leadership in other ambulance trusts and in acute, community, mental health and primary care providers.
7. Be the medical Responsible Officer for the Trust and provide clinical and managerial leadership for all medical staff within the Trust, maintaining appropriate process to support appraisal and revalidation of medical professionals.
8. Actively promote Research and Development relevant to the delivery of urgent and emergency care.
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Closing Date: 8 April 2025
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