Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an ambitious organisation serving a population of more than 440,00 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and with tertiary services serving the Lancashire and South Cumbria population of 1.7 million.
Following a Review Of Our Services And Divisions, We Now Have 3 Vacancies For Divisional Medical Directors Within The Following Areas
Division One – Surgery, Women's and Children's leading elective and emergency surgery, theatres, critical care and women and children's services.
Division Two – Neighbourhood Care leading community and diagnostic services, patient flow, discharge and reablement, and strengthening local health and care.
Division Three – Medicine and Emergency Care leading urgent and emergency care, acute medicine and integrated hospital pathways.
This is an exciting opportunity for aspiring and motivated clinicians to join us here as a Divisional Medical Director. We are looking for someone with a passion for real change who will work closely with the Associate Divisional Director of Operations and the Associate Divisional Director of Nursing to lead and manage the division in a unified and collaborative way. The successful candidate will be a clinician with the drive to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and experience of all our patients. You will possess the necessary skills and experience to successfully lead, and line manage Heads of Department within the division.
Once sufficient numbers of applications have been received then we will close the advert.
The Divisional Medical Director (DMD) is a key senior clinical management and leadership position and is expected to work as a triumvirate with the Associate Director of Operations (ADoP) and the Associate Director of Nursing (ADoN) to ensure that the Division is well managed, developed and directed to ensure delivery of high quality, safe, efficient and effective patient care. The post holder is responsible and accountable for performance delivery within the Division, and for ensuring that all clinical activity is of a high quality and delivers the necessary performance and activity levels agreed to under the Divisional Financial Management Framework.
As such, the DMD is required to ensure that programmes for performance management and business development are consistent with the Trust's need for clinical effectiveness, flexibility, value for money, high staff morale and improving patient care.
This role's responsibility includes the day-to-day line management of the Heads of Department (HoD) ensuring that the HoDs deliver high quality patient care, clinical effectiveness and the activity and performance levels required by the Trust.
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This role is open to Consultant and SAS Doctors. The job will be based upon a time commitment of 6 PA's and will include a responsibility payment of £15k.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further details of job description and main responsibilities.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a resident population of approximately 330,000 and the 12 million holidaymakers who visit the area every year. The Trust comprises Blackpool Victoria Hospital which is a large busy acute hospital and a smaller community/ rehabilitation hospital - Clifton Hospital. Outpatient services are also provided in Blackpool, Fleetwood and Lytham Hospital. The Trust is also responsible for the provision of a wide range of community healthcare services, including District Nursing, Community Matrons and therapy services.
The organisation provides specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. We also have specialised Cardio-thoracic Surgical and Sleep Medicine services (including polysomnography) and provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrea Cobb Job title: Executive Assistant to Medical Director Email address: Telephone number:
To arrange an informal discussion with Dr Neil Hartley-Smith, Chief Medical Officer, please contact Andrea Cobb on