Associate Medical Director (multiple posts)

Act as an ICB Associate Medical Director providing the strategic direction for your portfolio across the system. Act as the ICB expert for your respective field or portfolio. Provide clinical support, advice, and guidance on behalf of the Office of the Chief Medical Officer to the ICB, other system functions, and stakeholders as required. Provide oversight for clinical leadership for your respective portfolio, collaborating closely with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director for Primary Care, Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Directors, Heads, and Clinical Leads within the CMO directorate.

Commensurate with the seniority of a system-level Associate Medical Director, it is expected that you will:

1. Deputise for the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director functions as required.
2. Respond to the emerging needs and priorities of the system, necessitating the flexible evolution of your responsibilities and professional portfolio.
3. Represent the Office of the Chief Medical Officer Regionally (or beyond) as required.

Work to support delivery of the requirements of the Black Country Operating Model, which includes (but is not restricted to) chairing a Black Country wide Clinical Reference Group (CRG). Each CRG will be in a defined clinical area working with colleagues across the system who are experts in their designated fields, to deliver improved outcomes for our population. The proposed CRGs are four as follows:

1. Cardiometabolic
2. Respiratory
3. Children and Young People (CYP)
4. Frailty, Palliative and End of Life Care

Support and coordinate the development of services between the four places of the BC ICB system to meet the needs of our population, taking a whole-person biopsychosocial approach across all services and working towards seamless delivery of care from the user perspective. Engage with system stakeholders and the public during consultation.

Work proactively and collaboratively to support health and care at place and neighbourhood levels, across health and local government, working closely with primary care, community services, NHS, care providers, and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) stakeholders.

Develop strong professional working relationships, both within the ICB and across the wider Black Country system. This will include working closely with other directorates where there is a matrix connection to support and contribute to:

1. The evidence-based use of healthcare resources with the Chief Financial and Operating directorates.
2. Innovation in workforce development with the Chief People Officer Directorate.
3. Clinical Quality and Safety with the Chief Nursing Directorate.
4. Support the Involvement and Communications Teams with the delivery of portfolio-specific public/patient engagement, media campaigns, responses to queries, and appearances.
5. Innovation in population health management in conjunction with the Transformation Directorate.

Support the Primary Care Directorate for resilience and facilitate continued development. Provide advice and leadership to support clinical decision-making and strategic planning in line with national strategies and guidance. Ensure complete and timely reports to the CMO Office and other relevant Committees and Boards in line with ICB governance.

This postholder will have performance and objectives regularly reviewed by the DCMO and/or other senior colleagues within the directorate where pertinent through an annual appraisal process, quarterly reviews, and ad hoc 1:1s alongside other clinical professional appraisal processes. It is expected that the postholder will cross-cover other AMDs during leave and where required in line with business needs. The postholder will perform tasks and duties as assigned which may be outside of their portfolio of work from time to time and as required. The postholder will be expected to undertake continuing professional development and continuing clinical education as appropriate to their profession or registration.

Duties to be undertaken, dependent upon the number of sessions undertaken, will be determined in discussion with the line manager.