Deputy Medical Director

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Medical Director to join the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership to provide visible, dynamic, effective clinical leadership and direction as a core member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Fife Health and Social Care Partnership is one of the larger Health and Social Care Partnerships in Scotland, serving the diverse Kingdom of Fife on Scotland’s stunning East coast. We provide health and social care to a population of more than 380,000 people and lead a workforce of around 7,000 staff. We support a Team Fife approach with NHS Fife, Fife Council, the independent and voluntary sectors.

You will become a member of the Senior Leadership Team and report directly to the Director of Health and Social Care with Professional Accountability to NHS Fife Medical Director. You will provide professional advice and support to the Director of Health and Social Care, Senior Leadership Team and all medical staff within the Partnership.

The Deputy Medical Director will:

• Share corporate leadership responsibility with the Health and Social Care Partnership’s Senior Leadership Team for the strategic planning, operational delivery and quality and effectiveness of the Partnership’s Senior Leadership Team; taking a lead on specific projects or areas of work as necessary.
• Act as the professional lead for all medical staff working within the Health and Social Care Partnership services and provide highly visible clinical leadership across Health and Social Care Partnership clinical sites.
• Act as Caldicott Guardian for the IJB and deputy CG when appropriate on behalf of the Medical Director who is the NHS Fife CG
• Provide professional advice to the Director of Health and Social Care Partnership
• Provide professional leadership to the Associate Medical Directors for HSCP
• Ensure effective and clear clinical governance systems and processes are in place across the Health and Social Care Partnership
• Promote a just culture and embedding Quality and Clinical Governance processes which monitor and drive learning and improvement.
• Act as the deputy Responsible Officer for Doctors

The job plan for this post is comprised of 5 sessions allocated to Deputy Medical Director role. This will be agreed in discussion with the Director of Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Fife Medical Director.

What we are looking for:
In joining us as a Deputy Medical Director, you will have the opportunity to make a career-defining impact within Health and Social Care in Fife. We’re looking for someone who brings:
• Proven senior leadership experience in a complex public sector environment.
• Deep expertise in corporate governance, internal control, and risk management.
• Strong clinical leadership to drive forward Quality and Clinical Governance agenda.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
• A commitment to ethical standards and continuous improvement.
• A driven and inspiring individual who has the ability to manage and lead complex transformation and deliver wide ranging and sustainable service improvements.

The recruitment pack provides fuller details of these service areas and the vision for how we will work across traditional boundaries and portfolio areas to develop systems leadership and provide joined up care for the people of Fife within localities and our communities. By choosing to join Fife Health and Social Care Partnership, you are choosing to make a real difference.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to participate in a range of assessment activities including behavioral profiling, a real play exercise (with stakeholders), delivering a presentation and a values /competency based interview. These activities will all contribute to testing candidate competence.

If you have the skills, values, knowledge and experience to provide leadership then we would welcome your application.

For an informal discussion with either Professor Chris McKenna, Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive NHS Fife or Lynne Garvey, Chief Officer and Director of Health and Social Care, please contact Sarah.Hourston@nhs.scot

This post is available on NHS Fife Terms and Conditions.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.