Medical Director in Hereford

This is an opportunity to take on a defining clinical leadership role within Taurus Healthcare, helping to shape the future of innovative, high-quality care across Herefordshire.

As a member of the Executive Team, you will provide strategic leadership for clinical services, quality, patient safety and professional standards, ensuring our services remain safe, effective and focused on the needs of patients and communities.

Working closely with the Board, clinical leaders, practices and partners across the health and care system, you will influence the development of new models of care, strengthen clinical governance, support workforce development and help deliver our ambition of providing accessible, compassionate care closer to home.

This role offers a unique opportunity to combine strategic influence with meaningful impact, helping to shape services that improve outcomes for local people while supporting the sustainability and resilience of primary care.

Selection Day: 2 November 2026

Location: Nelson House, Hereford

Main duties of the job

As Medical Director, you will provide visible clinical leadership across the organisation, ensuring high standards of quality, patient safety and professional practice.

You will work closely with colleagues and partners to shape strategy, support service improvement and drive the development of innovative models of care that meet the needs of the population we serve.

You will play a key role in strengthening clinical governance, supporting organisational learning, developing the future clinical workforce and fostering a culture where colleagues feel empowered to speak up, learn and continuously improve.

The postholder will also work collaboratively with general practice, system partners and multidisciplinary teams to ensure services are clinically effective, sustainable and responsive to changing healthcare needs.

About us

We are proud to be part of Herefordshire General Practice. We provide the infrastructure, expertise and workforce needed to deliver services at scale while remaining closely connected to the practices and communities we serve.

Our work spans urgent access, preventative care, community-based services, neurodiversity services, clinical education and innovative new approaches that bring care closer to home.

We are an organisation driven by a clear purpose: working together to keep people well. Our values of Accountability, Respect and Compassion, and Collaboration underpin everything we do and shape the way we work with colleagues, patients, practices and partners.

You will join a supportive and ambitious team that values clinical leadership, innovation and continuous improvement. We encourage honest conversations, shared accountability and collaborative working, creating an environment where people are trusted, respected and empowered to make a difference.

In return, you will have the opportunity to work at executive level, influence the future direction of healthcare services across Herefordshire, and contribute to an organisation that is committed to improving outcomes for patients, developing its workforce and strengthening general practice for the future.

Employee Benefits:

• 33 to 38 days annual leave -incl bank holidays.
• Vivup benefits: 24/7 counselling, salary sacrifice schemes, retail discounts.

Job responsibilities

A full Role Profile and Candidate Information Pack are attached to this advert

Main Responsibilities include:

• Providing executive leadership for clinical services, clinical quality, patient safety and professional standards across Taurus Healthcare.
• Acting as the senior clinical adviser to the Board, contributing to organisational strategy, performance, risk management and workforce planning.
• Holding executive responsibility for the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of clinical services.
• Leading and strengthening clinical governance, quality assurance, audit, risk management and organisational learning.
• Driving clinical input into service redesign, pathway development, new models of care and digital transformation.
• Providing professional leadership for medical staff and advanced clinical practitioners, including appraisal, revalidation, workforce development and succession planning.
• Building strong relationships with practices, commissioners and system partners to support integrated, patient‑centred services across Herefordshire.
• Supporting a culture of learning, improvement, innovation and collaboration that enables colleagues to deliver their best work.

Areas You Will Lead

• Clinical Services & Performance - Providing strategic oversight of clinical service delivery, performance improvement and service transformation.
• Quality, Safety & Clinical Governance - Ensuring robust governance arrangements, regulatory compliance, clinical effectiveness and organisational learning.
• Medical Leadership & Workforce Development - Leading medical and advanced clinical practitioners through professional development, appraisal, revalidation and workforce planning.
• System Partnerships & Service Innovation - Working collaboratively with practices and partners to develop sustainable services and improve outcomes for local communities.
• Regulatory Assurance & Professional Standards - Providing oversight of statutory and professional responsibilities, including Registered Manager, Responsible Officer and Caldicott Guardian functions.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong understanding of general practice, including current challenges, opportunities and emerging trends.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• High levels of professionalism, integrity and ethical leadership.
• Ability to engage, motivate and enable others to perform at their best.
• Strong financial awareness and commercial acumen

Experience

• Substantial experience of working across primary care and community health services.
• Proven experience of leading, inspiring and empowering diverse multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven track record of delivering results through others.
• Experience of managing budgets and optimising income streams.
• Experience influencing and working across organisational boundaries within an integrated health and care system.
• Experience building effective partnerships with external stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Medically qualified and currently registered with the GMC
• Experience as a GP

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.

£130,000 to £150,000 a year£130,000 to £150,000 FTE (37.5hrs per wk)

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