Job overview

The successful candidate will provide clinical management leadership and set strategic direction’ within the directorate, in line with the Care Group’s strategy, ensuring that high quality and timely care of patients remains the highest priority.

The Clinical Director will be expected to take responsibility for performance delivery and performance management of medical staff, including job planning of clinicians. They will share responsibility for the Imaging budget and efficient deployment of the Clinical Business Unit’s resources with the Head of Operations and Head of Nursing. The Clinical Director will lead on the productivity and efficiency of the department medical workforce and share responsibility for the productivity and efficiency of the department’s other associated workforce members.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Director will work as part of a multidisciplinary directorate leadership team with responsibility for Clinical Governance within the Department. The Clinical Director and directorate leadership team will work together to develop and implement the strategic and operational plans of the Department in line with the overall Care Group and Trust strategies.
They will also contribute strategically as a member of the Trust’s senior management and to attend the Trust leadership forums to provide information on the Department’s performance.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.