Executive Medical Director

Executive Medical Director

Consultant Core Salary: £111,430 to £148,064 per annum

Plus management fee of £47,682 per annum

We are seeking an exceptional leader who shares our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of the residents of Lanarkshire. You will provide professional, clinical and managerial leadership across the organisation as it tackles new challenges and will continue to develop NHS Lanarkshire's reputation for progress and success in delivering high quality and safe healthcare, working with our communities, staff and partners to achieve excellence whilst building our Healthcare Strategy, Our Health Together;
Living our best lives in Lanarkshire.

Reporting to and working closely with the Chief Executive, and as an Executive Member of the Board, you will provide professional, clinical and managerial leadership across a wide range of strategic and operational responsibilities. The role of Medical Director is a pivotal position and will require you to apply expertise and influence in several key areas including Quality, Patient Safety, Research & Innovation, Clinical Governance, Integration and re-design of Clinical Services and Risk Management.

Your medical leadership skills will be crucial to the development of an achievable strategy for the region. You will use your experience of senior medical management in the NHS to support an environment of continuous improvement. As a GMC-registered practitioner, you will use your outstanding leadership skills to guide the medical professionals under your remit, looking for ways in which we can continue to work collaboratively with key stakeholders.

As Executive Medical Director you will be the Responsible Officer to the GMC for the professional standards and registration of approximately 1,200 doctors working across the Acute Division and North & South HSCPs and including General Practitioners in 102 GP Practices. You will also have responsibility, through the Director of Medical Education for the delivery of safe, high quality postgraduate education for approximately 420 doctors in training.

Applicants will have a strong clinical background relating to their specialist qualifications but will also demonstrate experience working across Acute Services and Health & Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) and Public Health Medicine with strong credentials as a senior clinical leader working across primary and secondary care and with strategic partners. You will be skilled in the management of and diverse situations and possess the interpersonal and negotiation skills required to operate and influence effectively in a politically sensitive environment.

We have an opportunity to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 652,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

We would love to hear from you!

If you require any additional information or wish to discuss the role, informal enquiries are welcomed by Louise Long, Chief Executive, NHS Lanarkshire. This should be arranged through contact, in the first instance, with Sharon Brophy, on or alternatively email at .

For more information on the role, the organisation and the selection process for this post, please see our Recruitment Pack:

to view: NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Pack - Executive Medical Director