Associate Medical Director - Quality, Safety and Mortality

Job summary
The Associate Medical Director for Quality, Safety and Mortality will be a substantive consultant or senior doctor within the Trust. The post holder will report to the Director for Safety, and Medical Director, and in addition work closely with the Chief Nursing Officer. The post holder will be administratively supported by the officer of the Medical Director.

This Trust strives to embrace quality improvement as a central tenet of our desire to remove unwarranted variation and to standardise care models across our hospitals. This Trust continually strives to strengthen and systematise quality improvement within the organisation and build on the QI capability developed through in-house training and local QI activity. The post-holder will act as a role model and leader who expects high standards of performance whilst motivating, growing talent, and developing a trust wide service.

Main duties of the job

• To lead in defining, developing, and implementing the Trust-wide infrastructure required to support the quality and safety improvement strategy, initiating and implementing organisational changes to respond to service delivery needs.
• Represent the Trust and present its work to wider audiences both nationally and internationally
• Develop strategic and collaborative partnerships with universities and other partners to develop our academic links and consider accreditation of QI.
• Work with Care Groups and Governance teams on agendas related to PSIRF, GIRFT, NICE, NCEPOD and various national audit outputs to become business as usual and drive change.
• Re-fresh and evolve the quality strategy with colleagues across the Trust.
• The post holder will lead the delivery of the Trust Quality Improvement Programme, supporting the Chief Nursing Officer and senior medical leaders, ensuring the key milestones are achieved.
• The post holder will develop external bids for funding, awards, and support for QI, in line with local plans and strategies.

About us
We are a large organization providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475 in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognized as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.

Job responsibilities
Thank you for your interest in this position. Please see job description attached for further information and details.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• GMC registration

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Have the leadership ability to lead for the Medical Director and represent the Trust in a challenging and competitive environment as well as in collaborative external settings.
• Have the ability to work collaboratively with nursing and other colleagues.
• Have the leadership skills to make direct decisions and design strategy for the Trust.
• Provide strong professional and clinical quality improvement leadership across the organisation, overseeing the quality improvement agenda in the organisation.

Clinical/Experience
Essential

• Significant experience at Consultant or SAS level

Personal Attributes
Essential

• A commitment to continuous improvement is essential, including a willingness to tackle difficult issues firmly but sensitively
• The post-holder will build a wide range of contacts with respect to quality, safety and mortality both within and beyond the Trust

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.