Divisional Medical Director

Job Summary

We are seeking the appointment of an exceptional medical leader to take on the role of Divisional Medical Director of Velindre Cancer Service (VCS) at this formative stage. As Divisional Medical Director, you will be an integral part of the Divisional Triumvirate, working in partnership with the Divisional Director and Divisional Nurse Director to ensure effective and efficient strategic and operational processes are in place to deliver and transform VCS in line with commissioned activity, budgeted income, and expenditure controls, ensuring improving value for money and continued service development.

You will be a visible, credible and influential medical leader who demonstrates strong, consistent and effective strategic and operational expertise with a proven track record of achievement. Central to this role is the ongoing engagement of the multidisciplinary clinical workforce in this specialist environment to ensure continued delivery of local and national priorities, as well as the service redesign required to transition services to the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC) in Cardiff in 2027. When complete, the new Velindre Cancer Centre will be a world-class facility which provides specialist tertiary oncology services to patients across Southeast Wales.

Main Duties of the Job

Reporting to the Divisional Director, the main duties of the Divisional Medical Director are to be jointly responsible for the effective, efficient, patient-centred and safe running of the division, including:

1. Inter-directorate matrix working
2. Benchmarking and accreditation
3. Clinical transformation
4. Regional partnership working, including regional pathway development
5. Influencing national cancer strategy
6. Divisional strategy development and implementation
7. Ensuring service delivery in line with national and legislative standards / best practice guidance
8. Complying with Duties of Quality & Candour
9. Learning and improvement
10. Multi-professional workforce transformation
11. Achieving financial balance
12. Performance delivery
13. Role-model and ensure all staff are managed in line with Trust values and behaviour framework and creating a psychological safe culture

About Us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust , we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service , as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value-based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more: Velindre University NHS Trust

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

Medical Leadership Responsibilities

• Responsibility for Medical Leadership within VCS.
• To have responsibility for performance management of Clinical Directors within the Division, and an overarching responsibility for all medical staff within the division.
• Through the Clinical Directors, ensure that medical practice within the division complies with the policies and procedures of the Trust.
• To work closely with the Medical Director of Welsh Blood Service and the Executive Medical Director and to be an active member of the Trust Senior Medical Leadership Forum.
• To work collaboratively with the AMDs in supporting the operational delivery of medical training and education, appraisal and revalidation for all medical staff, RD&I activity and the implementation of digital advancements.
• To support the VCS leadership team and the Divisional triumvirate in establishing and maintaining appropriate professional and quality standards across all medically qualified staff.
• Embedding effective systems of job planning, objective setting and appraisals.
• Ensure medical workforce productivity and efficiency is maximised.
• Contribute to the Divisional workforce strategy and ensure the medical staffing resources identified in the strategy are available to meet the capacity required to deliver services.
• Represent the Executive Medical Director as required.

Person Specification

Essential:

• GMC-registered medical practitioner with a licence to practise.
• Substantial experience in clinical leadership and management.
• Proven track record in service transformation, governance, and medical workforce planning.
• Experience in leading service change and quality improvement initiatives.
• Understanding of NHS frameworks, clinical governance, and workforce management.

Desirable:

• Health service management / leadership qualification, or evidence of experience.
• Membership of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM).

Tenure

The Divisional Medical Director is a 3-year renewable post with performance reviews aligned to agreed objectives.

Remuneration

4 sessions (in line with latest national Medical & Dental Pay and Conditions Circular).

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.

Employer Details

Employer Name: Velindre University NHS Trust

Address: Velindre Cancer Centre, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 2TL

Employer’s Website: Velindre University NHS Trust

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