• Job Description

  Req#: C9376-25-0303?language=en&page=814&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are excited to welcome an inclusive, compassionate and collaborative Medical Director into the Doncaster Mental Health and Learning Disability Care Group. You will join a strong and motivated senior leadership team led by the Care Group Director. Along with your clinical colleagues (Director of Psychological Professions and Nurse Director) you will create a positive safety culture along with a robust quality governance framework and actively lead and manage our medical workforce across the care group.

  This post attracts a recruitment and retention premium of 10% of salary for a period of 2 years. If interested in how this role could be attached to one of our clinical vacancies, to make the post full-time please contact Dr Andrew Heighton (Interim Medical Director) for a discussion about opportunities within the care group.

  This role does not require you to have a specific clinical background, as a leadership and management post it allows those skills to be transferable regardless of your clinical experience. You may be interested in purely this role and the 4 PAs attached to it, or you may want a full-time role and to discuss what options we have available for the extra PAs. Please contact Laura Wiltshire (details below) to book a conversation and explore the various options available. They are currently ranging from in-patient to community across adults and older adults, as some are out to recruitment rather than list them here I can update accurately when we talk.

  Main duties of the job

  Please see attached job description/person specification for all details of this role including main duties.

  Please make contact if you wish to discuss any of the details within the document or clarify any aspect of the role.

  You will join a new but strong and connected senior leadership team, and have excellent support from a band 4 PA (who sits within the PA SLT team ensuring cross cover)

  About us

  Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

  We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

  We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

  https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

  To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

  https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

  We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

  https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

  The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

  https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

  Details

  Date posted

  29 April 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum, pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  376-DMS-022-C

  Job locations

  Tickhill Road site

  Tickhill Road

  Doncaster

  DN48QN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached job description/person specification for all details of this role including main duties.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached job description/person specification for all details of this role including main duties.

  Person Specification

  Education / Qualifications

  Essential

  • MB ChB or equivalent
  • Current GMC Registration with a license to practise

  Desirable

  • Post graduate qualification in leadership and management
  • GMC registration without any restrictions
  • s12 approval and Approved Clinician stats WRT the Mental Health Act (1983)

  Experience

  Essential

  • Suitably qualified medical practitioner
  • Experience of developing and delivering presentations and/or training to large groups
  • Broad and positive clinical experience

  Desirable

  • Management/leadership experience in the NHS
  • Experience of people management including doctors
  • Detailed knowledge of the current issues within the NHS
  • Experience of leading on research projects and audit
  • Experience of effective partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholders

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983) and the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
  • Understanding of clinical risk management and the ability to put this into practice as expert advisor within risk management
  • An understanding of the regulatory framework of the GMC

  Desirable

  • Working knowledge and experience in the use of the quality improvement tool in practice
  • An understanding of medical revalidation and appraisal processes
  • An understanding of financial management systems and budgets within the NHS
  • An understanding of regional and national structures and regulators (ICBs, CQC, NHS England, NHS Providers)

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Demonstrates an ability to manage complex situations
  • Demonstrable ability to lead people in difficult situations and manage disagreement
  • Ability to translate police into practice
  • Ability to work within clear performance targets and indicators
  • Ability to negotiate, shape and influence local service development involving partner agencies and key stakeholders
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Ability to lead, motivate and empower others to achieve objectives and aspirations
  • Ability to assimilate information, analyse data triangulate themes and present to others

  Desirable

  • Experience of service redesign
  • Financial and budgetary management experience
  • Expertise in undertaking investigations with the ability to determine outcomes and produce recommendations
  • Project management qualification or equivalent experience

  Other

  Essential

  • Will be required to travel on a regular basis across the trust wide footprint and to organisations external to the trust

  Person Specification

  Education / Qualifications

  Essential

  • MB ChB or equivalent
  • Current GMC Registration with a license to practise

  Desirable

  • Post graduate qualification in leadership and management
  • GMC registration without any restrictions
  • s12 approval and Approved Clinician stats WRT the Mental Health Act (1983)

  Experience

  Essential

  • Suitably qualified medical practitioner
  • Experience of developing and delivering presentations and/or training to large groups
  • Broad and positive clinical experience

  Desirable

  • Management/leadership experience in the NHS
  • Experience of people management including doctors
  • Detailed knowledge of the current issues within the NHS
  • Experience of leading on research projects and audit
  • Experience of effective partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholders

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983) and the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
  • Understanding of clinical risk management and the ability to put this into practice as expert advisor within risk management
  • An understanding of the regulatory framework of the GMC

  Desirable

  • Working knowledge and experience in the use of the quality improvement tool in practice
  • An understanding of medical revalidation and appraisal processes
  • An understanding of financial management systems and budgets within the NHS
  • An understanding of regional and national structures and regulators (ICBs, CQC, NHS England, NHS Providers)

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Demonstrates an ability to manage complex situations
  • Demonstrable ability to lead people in difficult situations and manage disagreement
  • Ability to translate police into practice
  • Ability to work within clear performance targets and indicators
  • Ability to negotiate, shape and influence local service development involving partner agencies and key stakeholders
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Ability to lead, motivate and empower others to achieve objectives and aspirations
  • Ability to assimilate information, analyse data triangulate themes and present to others

  Desirable

  • Experience of service redesign
  • Financial and budgetary management experience
  • Expertise in undertaking investigations with the ability to determine outcomes and produce recommendations
  • Project management qualification or equivalent experience

  Other

  Essential

  • Will be required to travel on a regular basis across the trust wide footprint and to organisations external to the trust

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

  Address

  Tickhill Road site

  Tickhill Road

  Doncaster

  DN48QN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

  Address

  Tickhill Road site

  Tickhill Road

  Doncaster

  DN48QN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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