The Deputy Medical Director (Workforce & Professional Standards) is responsible for supporting the Medical Director to provide clear leadership and direction in respect of Medical and Dental colleagues clinical and professional behaviours.

This role will have delegated authority from the Medical Director and will be the named Responsible Officer for the organisation and is the nominated lead for the organisation on General Medical Council (GMC) revalidation, Consultant Appraisal (including 360 feedback).

Responsible Officers play a key role in improving the quality and safety of patient care. They do this through their statutory duties which are described in terms of:

Evaluating fitness to practice of doctors (regulatory functions)

Monitoring the conduct and performance through clinical governance functions.

The Deputy Medical Director (Workforce & Professional Standards) is the Trust Job Planning and E-Rostering Champion. Job planning is an important way to link best use of resources with quality outcomes for patients and is useful element in service redesign. When this is combined with E-Rostering software, it enables effective planning and deploy of workforce.

In common with all members of our team, the Deputy Medical Director is expected to advocate, exemplify and consistently act as a role model by championing our NNUH Vision and exhibiting our values, including providing constructive challenge to behaviours at all levels that do not reflect our values.

Main duties of the job

To provide professional, inclusive, and compassionate leadership for medical and dental and other clinical staff across the Trust through effective role modelling and professional development activities.

To act as the mandatory training champion for medical and dental staff and support and input into leadership development programmes and succession planning.

Work with Human Resources to harmonise medical workforce guidelines and practice across all three acute providers.

Help to improve the training and development of medical leaders and managers.

To actively promote diversity, including race and gender diversity, in the delivery of the Trust's medical and dental services, and the recruitment, management and development of medical and dental staff.

To foster effective relationships with the University Medical and Dental Schools to provide a supportive and effective teaching environment.

To contribute to developing effective working relationships with education providers and other professional bodies to ensure that there is appropriate correlation between service and training needs

To represent the organisation at regional and national levels on professional medical, dental and corporate issues, developing partnerships, sharing best practice and integrating this knowledge within the Trust.

About us

At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All - being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK with over 10,000 staff, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N& N Hospitals Charity

Job description
Job responsibilities

For further information about this post please read the detailed job description for Deputy Medical Director (Workforce and Professional Standards) post attached

Person Specification
Qualifications, Skills, Attitude
Essential

• Unblemished registration with GMC
• Significant clinical and managerial leadership experience
• Strong decision making skills with the ability to take decisions and make recommendations upon analysis of opinions
• Excellent standard of documentation and record keeping
• Clear analytical skills to allow explanation, evaluation and interpretations of information and opinions

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

234-MS2255