Medical Director: Sponsorship Available

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

As Medical Director, you will be a key member of the Executive Team, working alongside the Chief Executive, Chief Nurse, Executive Directors and clinical leaders to provide strategic leadership for clinical services across the Trust. You will be responsible for leading the Trust’s quality, safety and clinical governance agenda, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care while driving continuous improvement in outcomes and patient experience.

This is an exceptional opportunity to play a central role in shaping the future direction of a high-performing and ambitious organisation. You will provide visible, credible and values-led medical leadership, leading the development and delivery of the Trust’s clinical strategy, supporting service transformation and innovation, and working collaboratively with partners across the Integrated Care System to ensure services are clinically sustainable and responsive to the needs of the population.

Download the Recruitment Pack for further information.

When submitting your application, please ensure that you include details of your current salary and notice period.

The interview process will take place w/c 14th September 2026.

You will be contacted regarding next steps.

Main duties of the job

Key Functions and Responsibilities

The Medical Director will provide professional leadership for the medical workforce and act as the Trust’s most senior clinical leader, ensuring the highest standards of clinical quality, patient safety, governance and professional practice across the organisation. As a member of the Executive Team and Board, you will contribute fully to the strategic leadership of the Trust, providing expert clinical advice and supporting the delivery of organisational objectives.

A key responsibility is leading the Trust’s clinical governance and quality agenda, ensuring effective systems are in place to support patient safety, clinical effectiveness, risk management, learning from incidents and continuous improvement. You will provide leadership for medical revalidation as Responsible Officer, oversee medical workforce strategy, including recruitment, retention, job planning and succession planning, and support the development of clinical leaders across the organisation.

You will lead the development and delivery of the Trust’s clinical strategy, driving innovation, service transformation and performance improvement to enhance patient outcomes, access and experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oMedical degree
  • oGMC registration with a Licence to Practice
  • oEntry on the GMC Specialist Register
  • oHigher professional medical qualification
  • oEvidence of continuing professional and leadership development

Experience

Essential

  • oSignificant experience as a Consultant within the NHS
  • oSubstantial experience in a senior medical leadership role (e.g. Medical Director, Deputy Medical Director, Divisional Clinical Director or equivalent)
  • oProven track record of leading clinical strategy, transformation and service redesign in a complex healthcare environment
  • oDemonstrable success of improving quality, safety outcomes and performance
  • oExperience of leading and embedding clinical governance and assurance frameworks
  • oExperience of working collaboratively with system partners across an Integrated Care System
  • oExperience of building organisational capability and delivering strategic change at scale
  • oUnderstanding of performance management, productivity and operational delivery within acute services
  • oOutstanding leadership skills with the ability to inspire, engage and influence at Board and system level

Other

Essential

  • oTrack record of and commitment to improving patient care, safety and experience
  • oVisible, credible and values led leader with strong personal integrity
  • oDecisive and able to translate strategy into practical action
  • oResilient and able to perform effectively in a high-pressure environment

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).

Closing Date: 30 August 2026

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