NHS Scotland
Associate Medical Director for Community and Primary Care (LW)
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Associate Medical Director for Primary and Community Care
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual with excellent leadership abilities and strong clinical credibility to join Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership (H&SCP) as Associate Medical Director for Primary and Community Care. In this new role they will work with the Deputy Medical Director, the Heads of Service and the Heads of Nursing to lead the strategic and operational development across the HSCP particularly in the Primary and Community Care Portfolios.
Role Overview
The role of the Associate Medical Director will play a critical part in the strategic planning and future success of the H&SCP’s both within the primary care and community care portfolios and as part of the wider medical leadership team. As a key member of the extended leadership team you will work closely with clinicians to support the evolving H&SCP and will play a key role in leading on clinical and care governance for the services within these portfolios.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership and Development: Lead the strategic and operational development across the HSCP, particularly in the Primary and Community Care Portfolios.
- Clinical and Care Governance: Play a key role in leading on clinical and care governance for the services within these portfolios.
- Support and Facilitation: Work closely with clinicians to support the evolving H&SCP and facilitate colleagues to ensure delivery of organisational objectives.
- Commitment to Improvement: Be a leader who can facilitate and support colleagues working within the H&SCP to ensure delivery of organisational objectives and excellence in patient safety, clinical and care governance and patient and staff experience.
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Informal Enquiries
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Aylene Kelman Deputy Medical Director, Email:
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Pre-employment Checks
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website.
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Essential Information
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Benefits and Policies
We offer:
- Flexible working and family-friendly policies
- Full support for disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices
Equality and Diversity
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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