Job Summary
The Associate Medical Director works in partnership with the Associate Director of Operations to provide senior medical leadership and joint accountability for clinical governance, quality, safety, clinical effectiveness and financial management across the designated service portfolio. The role ensures that evidence-based, high-quality multidisciplinary clinical care is delivered in line with professional standards and Trust strategy, while supporting service transformation, development and innovation. The postholder provides medical leadership assurance to the Executive Medical Director and represents the service internally and externally on clinical matters.

Main Duties of the Job
The Associate Medical Director leads clinical governance within the service area, including setting quality objectives, monitoring clinical outcomes, overseeing incidents, complaints and learning, and ensuring service user and carer feedback informs improvement. The role oversees the management of clinical leads and the medical workforce, including job planning, appraisal, supervision and performance management, ensuring alignment with service priorities. Working jointly with operational leadership, the postholder contributes to budget setting, financial oversight and contract delivery, and provides clinical leadership for service improvement and transformation. The role also strengthens clinician-to-clinician engagement with primary care, commissioners and partner organisations, contributes to corporate clinical strategy, and provides clinical advice to the Executive Team and Trust committees.

About Us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Experience as senior medical leader within mental health services
• Experience in supervising and mentoring others

Desirable

• Evidence of successful leadership at service or divisional level

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Excellent understanding of clinical governance and the process of developing and implementing evidence-based practice
• Able to work as part of an SLT to provide strategic leadership and support joint decision making and action delivery
• Ability to work present complex information, working across corporate services to gather information for presentations and reports

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development.

Additional Information
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.

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).

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

Employer Details
Employer name: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Uffculme Centre, 52 Queensbridge Road, Birmingham, B13 8QY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Contact for questions about the job:
Executive Medical Director, Dr Fabida Aria, fabida.aria@nhs.net, 07738256784