Medical Director – Inpatient Pathways, Quality & Safety

This 36-month fixed-term Medical Director post at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust covers inpatient pathways, quality and safety. The post holder leads on professional standards for inpatient care, transforms clinical pathways and gives Board assurance on safety and outcomes. Alongside clinical practice on a 4 PA portfolio, it chairs the invasive procedures safety committee and co-chairs the deteriorating patient improvement committee. Candidates need GMC registration with a licence to practise and CCT or consultant status.

What the job involves

• Provide strategic medical leadership to develop, implement and embed professional standards for inpatient medical care
• Lead transformation of clinical pathways to improve inpatient safety and quality, supporting teams to embed improvements
• Develop assurance frameworks and triangulate them against other sources of feedback
• Champion a culture of openness, learning and continuous improvement across clinical services
• Provide medical leadership for the trust-wide deteriorating patient improvement plan
• Sit on the Trust mortality steering group
• Co-chair the Deteriorating Patient Improvement Committee
• Chair the Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures Committee
• Translate national standards, incident learning, patient feedback and clinical intelligence into inpatient pathways
• Support multidisciplinary teams to deliver care from admission to discharge
• Provide Board assurance on inpatient safety, experience and outcomes
• Work with Care Group Medical Directors, nursing and AHP leaders and Kent & Medway partners to strengthen professional standards and regulatory compliance

Qualifications

• GMC registration with licence to practise
• CCT or equivalent consultant status
• Postgraduate leadership or management training

Experience

• Senior medical leadership at CD, AMD or DMD level
• Leading transformation aligned to NHS LTP or ICSS priorities, including reconfiguration or modernisation
• Delivering governance, QI and improved outcomes, with senior clinical governance and safety leadership in an acute NHS organisation
• Implementing PSIRF and learning from incidents, turning risk intelligence and complaints into safer pathways
• Supporting Consultant and SAS development, and promoting Duty of Candour and a just culture
• System-wide or networked leadership, building inclusive multidisciplinary cultures, and chairing or contributing to safety forums

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of NHS LTP, EKHUFT strategy, PSIRF and Core20PLUS5
• Strong communication, influencing, analytical and data interpretation skills
• Population health competence and quality improvement expertise
• Understanding of CQC requirements and governance assurance to Board, and building safety dashboards and quality reporting

Other

• Working flexibly within a 4 PA portfolio alongside clinical practice
• Commitment to Trust values and professional codes
• Ability to travel across Trust sites and Kent & Medway

Nice to have

• Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management or healthcare improvement
• Formal training in quality improvement or patient safety
• Coaching or mentoring qualification, or a track record of mentoring clinicians in investigation and improvement science
• Experience leading cross-site or system-wide transformation
• Experience working with regulators including CQC
• Evidence of using data to drive improvement in outcomes
• Formal training in patient safety investigation or human factors
• Experience representing an organisation within ICSS or Kent & Medway safety networks

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