Deputy Clinical Director for Specialised Medicine Clinical Group
Closing date: 20 July 2026

Job summary
This Deputy Clinical Director (DCD) role is a clinical leadership position designed to allow the development of senior clinical leadership skills with the benefit of mentorship and coaching from the existing Clinical Directors within the Medicine Division. The postholder supports operational delivery within the clinical group while receiving support from experienced colleagues where required. It is anticipated that the applicant will be in a position to apply for a full CD role within the first 12 months.

Main duties of the job
A. Operational Leadership & Day-to-Day Delivery

• Provide daily operational oversight across services.
• Working in the triumvirate team in the Medicine Division
• Support Divisional Managers to coordinate staffing, flow, escalation and pressure management.

B. Performance & Improvement

• Support delivery of RTT, cancer, diagnostics and flow standards.
• Facilitate improvement huddles and performance reviews.
• Use data to support identification of issues and improvement opportunities.

C. Quality, Safety & Governance

• Support management of incidents, complaints and risks.
• Inform Medicine Division governance reviews and triage of escalated concerns.
• Lead allocated quality improvement actions.
• Ensure embedding of risk controls and governance processes.

D. Workforce Leadership & Culture

• Support workforce planning, PDR/appraisal, recruitment and wellbeing initiatives.
• Promote positive working culture aligned to BWC values.
• Participate in job planning and deployment discussions with support.
• Support leadership development of clinical service leads

E. Finance & Resource Management

• Develop understanding of budget management with mentorship.
• Support quality impact assessments and delivery of CIP programmes.
• Participate in reviews of productivity and efficiency.

F. Service Improvement & Transformation

• Lead specific improvement projects.
• Support adoption of digital systems.
• Learn QI and transformation methodologies.

As per JD

About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Details
Date posted: 06 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: Depending on experience, pro rata (based on existing medical or AFC payscale)
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 3 years
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 284-26-8059606-DPBC
Job locations: Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6NH, United Kingdom

Job description
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification
Essential

• Leadership experience
• Experience of dealing with challenging situations and occasional conflict
• Ability to rapidly analyse issues, develop response strategy and engage wider teams
• Experience of leading teams and/or projects in a senior responsible capacity
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills demonstrated across all staff groups and service users

Desirable

• Prior operational experience

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: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6NH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Divisional Director of Operations, Matthew Train
Email: matthew.train1@nhs.net
Phone: 07786250949

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.