Medical Director (18.75 hours)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Mehefin 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £44,000.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £44000.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Birmingham, B24 0DF |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | B0060-25-0020 |
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Job title: Medical Director Department: Executive Management Team Hospice band: £88,000 pro rata for 18.75 hours (£44,000 per year) plus on- call allowance Reports to: CEO Responsible for: Medical Team DBS required Enhanced Job purpose To have medical responsibility for safe and effective medical care of all patients referred to Birmingham Hospice. To share in the management and leadership of the hospice as a member of the Executive Management Team, contributing to strategic planning and direction and providing positive, visible, dynamic challenging and empowering leadership in the day-to-day clinical operational management of the hospice. Accountable to the Trustees, the Medical Director shares responsibility equally with the Clinical Services Director for the overall clinical direction of the hospice, ensuring that policies are in place and support for appropriate management and supervision of medical colleagues, including doctors in training. Main duties and responsibilities General Lead and direct the hospice medical team to provide safe and effective medical services for the hospice Provide professional advice to the CEO and Board of Trustees relating to general medical services and professional standards within the specialty of palliative medicine Together with the Clinical Services Director, lead on clinical strategy development for the hospice, reporting directly to the Board of Trustees Work in partnership with the Executive Management Team, actively contribute to the management and governance of the hospice by attending and contributing to EMT, Board and Committee meetings Maintain effective professional management and leadership of the hospice medical team, motivating them to work to the highest possible standards To manage accountable budgets for all aspects of medical staffing and effectively help the hospice meet its annual financial and non-financial objectives Lead of maintaining a culture which embeds all aspects of clinical quality, governance and effectiveness of the hospice; specifically participating in the regular monitoring and updating of clinical policies and guidelines, investigations into complaints and clinical incident monitoring (with specific attention to prescribing issues) To lead and manage the Hospice medical team, developing them as individuals and as a team to provide excellent care, ensuring external clinical appraisals and internal performance reviews are carried out for all direct reports annually To be responsible for appraisals and meetings of reviews within the medical team Relationships and Partnerships Working with the Director of Clinical Services, oversee a high standard of clinical practice across the hospice, ensuring services are safe and clinically effective. Providing an adequate and effective programme of clinical audit, research and development across the hospice Work closely with colleagues in both hospital and community teams, agreeing ways in which we can work together to meet the needs of the local population. To promote close links with General Practices and other external health and social care providers and key stakeholders To represent the hospice at external bodies Quality and Governance Ensure that robust clinical governance systems are in place with the active participation of all medical staff in order to ensure high standards of patient care To actively participate in quarterly Clinical Governance meetings, attending subgroups as required Alongside appropriate members of the Executive Management Team, manage serious incidents with responsibility for identifying and sharing organisational learning Clinical Ensuring the safe and effective standard of medical care for patients, taking account of emotional, social and spiritual needs and to promote and refine the multi professional approach Ensuring the needs of individual patients, their families and carers are met, leading the MDT, Ward Rounds, family meetings and case conferences Overall continuing clinical responsibility for patients admitted to the inpatient unit Develop and provide medical input into the non-inpatient clinical services Ensure there is medical on call cover available 24/7 and to participate in the on-call rota With the People Team, lead on the recruitment of medical staffing Work collaboratively with the locality Specialist Palliative Care Team General duties Confidentiality All employees are required to uphold the confidentiality of all information records in whatever format, encountered in the course of employment and after it. All employees are bound by the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations when, in the course of their employment, they deal with information records relating to individuals. Equality and Diversity The hospice is committed to promoting an environment that values diversity. All staff are responsible for ensuring that they treat individuals equally and fairly and do not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. The hospice expects all staff to behave in a way that recognises and respects diversity in line with the appropriate standards. Health and safety All employees have a responsibility under the terms of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to protect and promote their own health and that of others in the workplace. All employees must comply with all hospice health and safety procedures infection control. The prevention and control of infection is the responsibility of everyone who is employed by the hospice. Employees must be aware of infection control policies, procedures and the importance of protecting themselves and their clients in maintaining a clean and healthy environment. Information governance All employees are responsible for ensuring they undertake any training relating to information governance, read the hospices policies, procedures and guidance documents relating to information governance, and understanding how this affects them in their role. Professional development All employees must participate in an annual appraisal and develop a personal development plan with their line manager. All employees are responsible for maintaining their statutory and mandatory training. Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults The hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All employees and volunteers are expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment pandemic or major incident. In the event of a pandemic or major incident, the post holder may be asked to undertake other duties not necessarily commensurate to the banding of this role. This could include duties in any part of the hospice. Prior to undertaking any duties, the member of staff will have full training and induction. We wont ask any member of staff to undertake duties for which they are not competent or where they feel unsafe in their environment or could put patients or themselves at risk. The job description is not exhaustive and may be amended following appropriate consultation in the light of business needs.