Interim Deputy Medical Director

This is a six month interim post for a senior role reporting directly to our Executive Medical Director/Chief Medical Officer (EMD/CMO) and will play a key role in driving forward our vision to deliver outstanding mental health, learning disability and autism services and shaping our inclusive culture in line with our Trust values.

Through highly visible medical leadership, you will play a lead role in the development of activities specifically in areas of Research, Quality Improvement, patient safety, appraisal and revalidation, development of clinical leadership, supporting workforce development and embedding a culture of leadership and innovation through all levels of the organisation.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of #Pennine Care People and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

As part of the senior leadership team you will be committed to developing an open and inclusive culture with a focus on employee health and well-being as well as equality, diversity and inclusion.

You will be a highly visible, proactive and compassionate clinical leader with extensive senior management/professional leadership experience; a highly skilled communicator with abilities and experience to develop effective partnership working with a range of agencies and other stakeholders.

This is an excellent opportunity to bring your leadership experience to a value-based organisation with big ambitions for those we serve.

The post holder will also hold a clinical post within the organisation. For those who may be applying internally, you will already be holding a clinical post; for those applying externally, we have a variety of clinical posts which will complement this role across Older Age, CAMHS, Working Age and Rehabilitation services. For discussion about best fit posts, please contact Dr Simon Sandhu, Medical Director or Deborah Walker, PA as below.

The role will be based in one of our existing Trust locations within the Trust footprint.

If this role sounds exciting to you and you have the skills and experience described as well as sharing our values then we would welcome your application. If you wish to discuss this further, please contact Dr Simon Sandhu on  to book a mutually convenient time.

• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register
• Qualified Medical Professional with MRCPsych
• Evidence of Continuing professional and personal development
• Teaching or leadership qualification

• Experience of medical management in a senior leadership position of a complex organisation
• Experience of contributing to the corporate development of an organisation including the development of its strategy and business plan
• Experience of leading and managing service transformation and change with a proven track record of achieving improvement in quality and safety
• Experience of providing professional leadership and…