Job vacancy: Associate Medical Director, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, Home

Job summary

Main area: Associate Medical Director
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 2 to 4 PAs
Job ref: 846-6255253-TS

Employer: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Home
Town: Home
Salary: £68,975 - £131,964 pro rata, per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/05/2024 23:59
Interview date: 03/06/2024

Associate Medical Director

NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.

All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place on the 3rd June 2024.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered on the GP or GMC Specialist Register

Desirable criteria

Qualification in Business/Medical Management or Formal Leadership training or willingness to undertake this

Experience

Essential criteria

Some experience of clinical and managerial leadership at team or practice level.
At the time of appointment have been a medical practitioner throughout the previous 2 years
Understanding of the NHS systems and agenda and strategic issues in health care and ability to interpret these in a given setting
Understanding of current clinical and other issues relating to community healthcare
Understanding of the corporate agenda including risk management and governance issues
Can demonstrate understanding of role of clinical governance in primary, secondary and community care settings.
Outline knowledge of regulations and the law as it relates to medical revalidation

Desirable criteria

Proven leadership in improvement.
Experience of cross organisational collaboration for service improvement
Line management experience

Skills, Knowledge and personal attributes

Essential criteria

Demonstrable leadership skills and potential
Excellent communication and presentational skills
Decision maker with a demonstrable strategic vision
A team player
Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
Ability to understand long term planning time frames whilst dealing with the immediacy of acute operational issues
Understands the importance of strong and effective working relationships and networks across organisational boundaries.
Demonstrable leadership skills and potential
Excellent communication and presentational skills

Desirable criteria

Commercial Awareness
Self awareness of leadership style and personal strengths
Understands and demonstrates importance of values based leadership

Other requirements

Essential criteria

Able to work as part of a team, using own and others skills and adopting a coaching style to drive individual and organisational performance Independent thinker who can contribute to decision making and strategic decisions at board level if required

Equal Opportunities

Essential criteria

A good understanding of the principles of equal opportunities as it relates to staff and patients and able to demonstrate personal commitment to challenging discrimination and promoting equalities.

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Bronze

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Jane Griffiths
Job title: Executive Assistant
Email address: [email protected]

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Associate Medical Director

NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills, Knowledge and personal attributes

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Other requirements

Essential criteria

Equal Opportunities

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

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