UHN Deputy Medical Director - Urgent & Emergency Care in Kettering inKettering PUBLISHED SAT 1 FEB 2025 Jump to job information section
Job description
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN) was formed in 2021 from Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital. We employ 11,000 people who deliver high quality services to the population of Northamptonshire and beyond and our combined income is £1 billion.
We are on an exciting journey of transformation and there are a number of roles within the Group Medical Directors Office that have recently been developed to support with enhancing and developing the Medical Leadership across UHN. Our Senior Medical Team will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare at UHN.
The post is designed to build on the existing operational links between the Corporate Medical, Operational, Nursing and Clinical Management teams; work alongside the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Nursing; Associate Director of Nursing (UEC); Associate Medical Director (UEC), and the wider team to ensure active Corporate Medicalsupport and leadership for programmes to improve unplanned care pathways and productivity across our services both in and out of UHN.
The post holder will be a committed, high quality medical leader wishing join and complement our existing senior clinical and operational leadership teams. You will be expected to evidence a track record that demonstrates you have the skills to successfully deliver this role and to be able to articulate how you would plan to deliver the key priorities of the role.
You will be expected to have significant experience in Medical Management and be able to demonstrate dynamic and innovative leadership, working with complexity, and have experience of working across organisational boundaries at system level. It will be essential that you are able to build effective relationships.
You will be expected to embody UHN's values and be a visible role model in your leadership behaviours and actions.
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