Retrieve Clinical Director
Go back University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
The closing date is 07 June 2026
Retrieve is the South West's dedicated Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS). Commissioned by NHS England South West Specialised Commissioning, hosted by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and supported by the South West Critical Care Network. The service is recruiting a new Clinical Director to lead Retrieve over the coming years and become a core member of the Leadership Team, working closely with the General Manager and reporting to the Division of Surgery Clinical Chair and Director. This role has evolved significantly since the service's inception and is now supported by a Leadership Team as well as a larger Senior Team. We are looking for an experienced consultant in adult critical care retrieval to continue the successful leadership and development of the service. The role is remunerated at 4 PA per week plus 1.95 PAs clinical requirement. Please see attached job description for further details.
Main duties of the job
* Ensure Retrieve remains focussed on delivering its Objective and Strategy and follows its values
* Provide clinical leadership for Retrieve including the direct line management of the Consultant Leads within the service, supported by the General Manager for the service.
* Ensure the highest professional standards within Retrieve are attained
* Ensure the delivery of effective governance arrangements
* Ensure the Retrieve service delivers against all Quality Indicator targets (national and local) and meets Care Quality Commission standards for quality of service delivery
* Help maintain a constant drive to achieve the highest standards of direct and indirect care of the patient requiring transfer and inspire novel ways of working at all levels within Retrieve to achieve this
* Contribute to the introduction of new ideas, benchmarks and practices from other comparable transfer services, health organisations or economic sectors, which have a strong evidential base for improving performance
* Respond to patient feedback and develop changes in service provision to ensure the highest levels of patient satisfaction.
* Lead medical recruitment and deliver a sustainable and resilient medical workforce compliant with the national service specification and the regionally agreed Duty Consultant Fair Share Model.
* Contribute to delivering financial stability within Retrieve, operating within the agreed budget.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration with license to practise.
* Specialist register entry in a relevant specialty (e.g. Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthesia).
* Demonstrable training, competency and currency (ongoing regular exposure) to the delivery of in-hospital critical care.
* Higher qualification in retrieval/transfer medicine (e.g. Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine or international equivalent).
* Formal training or postgraduate qualification in leadership and management.
Knowledge & Experience
* Compliance with GMC Good Medical Practice, appraisal and revalidation requirements.
* NHS Consultant.
* Robust experience of working in an acute adult critical care retrieval service
* Deep understanding of the role of Adult Critical Care Transfer Services regionally and nationally.
* Clinical leadership and management experience within healthcare at departmental, divisional or higher level.
Skills & Abilities
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Strong commitment to professional and leadership/managerial development.
* Ability to manage self including self-awareness.
* Flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
* Good strategic analytical skills and awareness of internal, regional, national operating environments.
* Able to work under pressure and at pace in dynamic and rapidly changing environments with evolving targets and requirements.
* Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
* Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload.
* Effective time management and organisational skills.
* Ability to actively participate in the Retrieve rota providing Duty Consultant day and night shifts (1.95 PAs per week)
* Evidence of training in healthcare leadership and management.
* Evidence of effective leadership of healthcare team(s).
* Evidence of innovative problems solving at tactical/strategic level.
* Evidence of strategic working within healthcare leadership.
* Evidence of cross-organisational, regional and/or national working.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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