Job summary

We are offering a challenging and exciting opportunity for a medical leader for the Specialist Medicine Division in the role of Divisional Associate Medical Director.

We have now moved to a new model of Divisional leadership across the 4 Divisions that make up the Royal London & Mile End Hospitals, where we appoint equivalent triumvirate roles as the Divisional Associate Medical Director, the Divisional Associate Director of Nursing and the Divisional Director of Operations. We will then manage a process where the Divisional Director, a Hospital Executive Board role, is selected from these three roles to be 'first amongst equals'.

These roles, as the Medical Divisional lead, accountable for professional issues, safety, standards and benchmarking, offering advice & guidance to the Divisional triumvirate, and the Divisional Director (if not selected as the eventual DD) will be respectively responsible for the clinical services, safety and medical workforce across our tertiary medical services for North-East London, including Renal & Transplantation, our planned Inflammatory Medicine Centre of Excellence, our Regional Pathology service and the Metabolic, Cardiac, Respiratory in-patient wards

Main duties of the job
The post holder will:

• provide professional support and leadership to the Divisional Director
• act for all medical professionals, accountable for matters including Divisional support for revalidation, continuous professional development, team & individual job planning, on-call rotas and shift patterns, rota design & rostering and other aspects of medical productivity. Will be responsible for recruitment, resident doctor rostering, rota design and professional wellbeing
• support and assist teaching & training, trainees in difficulty, GMC and NHSE surveys and feedback and act to improve the working conditions of resident doctors within the Division
• lead on clinical audit, GIRFT reports, productivity and outpatients, and the implementation of national audit recommendations
• lead on patient safety and support Divisional governance and risk
• Carry responsibility for in-patient flow, rounding, diagnostics, admission and discharge; be responsible for theatre efficiency & productivity, deteriorating patients, duty of candour and complaints; undertake to transform outpatients and drive forwards the digital agenda across the hospitals
• Act for SDEC, virtual wards and as a connector to our Place obligation with Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and our increasing out-of-hospital offer to Tower Hamlets

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Date posted
11 June 2026

Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade
Consultant

Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year P.A pro rata

Contract
Fixed term

Duration
36 months

Working pattern
Part-time

Reference number
259-MED8077770RLH

Job locations
Royal London Hospital Whitechapel Rd. London E1 1FR United Kingdom

Job description
The full job description and the person specification provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, outlining the qualification, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Person Specification

Experience
Essential

• Working at a Consultant level for a significant number of years.
• Experience of leadership and management
• Experience of clinical governance and of the measures to ensure patient safety
• A record of partnership working
• Track record of innovation
• Track record of managing and developing staff
• Track record of addressing poor performance
• Track record of achieving financial targets

Desirable

• Establishing and sustaining effective strategic direction
• Whilst experience of Hospital management is desirable, this role offers an opportunity to build on and develop this skill if required

Skills
Essential

• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Able to think and act strategically and to articulate a clear vision and sense of direction
• Ability to define and implement policy development at directorate level
• Communication skills, verbal and written Interpersonal skills, able to influence and motivate
• Able to prioritise and manage competing demands
• Able to lead continuous change and improvement in services, encouraging the use of new clinical and service technologies with a multidisciplinary team.

Knowledge/ Qualifications
Essential

• Medical graduate.
• Higher medical professional qualification.
• Post graduate medical qualifications.
• Unblemished registration with GMC. Postgraduate qualifications in either medical education or clinical governance
• Employed substantively in clinical practice within Barts Health NHS Trust
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• A good understanding of the current context of health and social care, and of clinical learning and research
• An understanding of the healthcare issues in East London
• A broad understanding of the systems for primary care, social care and commissioning
• Knowledge of the Trust priorities

Attitudes and Values
Essential

• Understands and supports the vision and values of the Trust
• Acts as a role model for senior as well as more junior colleagues
• Team player, able to develop a culture that values colleagues and enables them to engage in problem solving and decision making
• Motived for the role
• Provide a role model for clinical leaders

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Barts Health NHS Trust
Address: Royal London Hospital Whitechapel Rd. London E1 1FR United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
CEO Neil Ashman neil.ashman1@nhs.net

This 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.