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EXECUTIVE MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Full Time: 40 hours per week (Permanent)
Location: Flexible Location (your NES Office location will be agreed upon appointment)
Salary: Medical Director Terms and Conditions (Management Fee Level 3) PCS(MD)2008/1
DO YOU WANT TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTH AND CARE OUTCOMES AND THE QUALITY OF SERVICES ACROSS SCOTLAND?
This is an outstanding opportunity reporting to Chief Executive Karen Reid, to lead nationally on the strategic direction, development and delivery of postgraduate medical education and training to GMC standards for the medical workforce in NHS Education for Scotland (NES). As a member of the NES Board and Executive Team, this role contributes to improved health and care outcomes and the quality of services across Scotland by reshaping the health and social care workforce through education, workforce development and training, technology enhanced learning and practice, and workforce analysis and planning to support service design and innovation including new approaches, models and locations of care.
WHO WE ARE
NHS Education for Scotland is the national health board with statutory functions for providing, co-ordinating, developing, funding and advising on education and training for the NHS and social care staff. We are the leader in educational design, delivery and quality assurance and provide wide-ranging support to workforce development. We are the official provider of workforce statistics for NHS Scotland and support national workforce planning. We design and develop digital technologies supporting innovation and transformation. Our purpose is to drive change by ensuring the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time and to make a significant contribution to improving population health, reducing inequalities and enabling economic development.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Work in partnership with the Scottish Government, the NHS, Scottish Funding Council further and higher Education, Royal Colleges, national professional organisations, BMA and trade unions, regulatory bodies and a wide range of strategic partners across Scotland, and at UK and international levels to influence and inform medical education, training, revalidation and clinical practice and governance.
Influence at strategic and policy levels, engaging, enabling and collaborating to ensure NES leads the way in educational design, delivery and quality assurance to deliver a medical workforce that meets the needs of citizens in Scotland while contributing to broader objectives to improve wellbeing and societal outcomes.
At corporate level in NES, lead substantive change programmes to secure best value, efficiency, effectiveness and improved outcomes.
Have a substantive role in driving strategic change and direction in the development of and planning for the medical workforce in Scotland, taking into account redesign of services, innovation and technological advances, shifting locus of care and developments in skill mix and development of new roles and responsibilities.
Recognise the opportunities for using data and intelligence for workforce planning, service redesign, transformation and innovation to inform and address population needs and reduce inequalities.
Have the credibility, rigour and integrity to operate effectively at the highest level in clinical, policy and strategic environments, demonstrating acumen and acuity.
Demonstrate an ambition to secure beneficial change by supporting and developing people from a variety of backgrounds to overcome barriers to entering medical careers, underlining the importance attached to attraction strategy, retention, new career pathways and models and new routes into medicine. Central to this will be demonstrating a commitment to the wellbeing of those entering and progressing in the medical profession.
Be collaborative, outward focused, ambitious for change and adept at working in partnership with key stakeholders.
Understand the importance of innovative approaches for ensuring equitable access to high quality, sustainable services across urban, remote and rural settings.
Have knowledge of emerging practices in artificial intelligence, automation and technology including how they will inform clinical practice and the future of medical education and training.
Have credibility in demonstrating the values and behaviours championed by NES and in addressing issues of equality and diversity.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
The Executive Medical Director will be collaborative, outward focused, ambitious for change and adept at working in partnership with key stakeholders. We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate: -
Extensive experience at a senior level of medical management and medical education in the NHS with developed knowledge of the Scottish system
Demonstrable experience of leading and delivering transformational change.
Experience of dealing with a range of complex issues within a politically sensitive and multi stakeholder environment.
Experience of influencing strategy and policy at national level
Understanding the complexities of health policy development at national level and how it translates to delivery at national, regional and local levels
A commitment to the wellbeing of those entering and progressing in the medical profession.
A NOTE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
'As a member of my Executive Team and as an Executive Director, you will share our ambitions to drive change, be innovative and collaborative, working directly with government, the NHS, academia, professional organisations, regulators and wide range of strategic partners. You will understand the opportunities which arise from the redesign of services and their location, increasingly via digital solutions, and in the skill mix of multidisciplinary teams, including new professional and support roles.
Crucially, you will have credibility based on your values, skills and experience. You will be an authentic, resilient leader with significant senior level experience in medical education and leadership in large, complex organisations. You will combine keen political awareness and acumen with creative and innovative approaches which deliver practicable, sustainable and beneficial change using recognised quality improvement methodologies. Additionally, you will understand the complexities of developing and implementing government policy as it relates to medical education and training. Embedding equality, diversity and inclusivity will be evident in all that you do.' - Karen Reid, Chief Executive NHS National Education for Scotland
WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU
Life-work balance - with good opportunities for flexible working and remote working
Generous NHS pension scheme
Annual Leave - 41 days inclusive of statutory holidays
NHS discounts and more
If you are passionate in wanting to make a real difference to the people of Scotland and those working hard to support their health and care, and have the skills and experience outlined, we would be delighted to receive your application. Please see the job pack for full details of the role.
We actively encourage applications from a range of backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, religion, race, sexual orientation, disability or belief.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply via Eden Scott
Informal enquiries may be directed to Sarah Gracie: sarah.gracie@edenscott.com
M: 07999 421314
For further information about NES, please contact ceo.nes@nhs.scot
Closing date for applications is 23:59 hours on 15th August
Assessment Centre wk/c 30th August
Panel interview 15th September