Medical Director - Clinical Networks

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Director - Clinical Networks

The closing date is 07 June 2026

We are seeking a Medical Director - Clinical Networks to provide senior clinical leadership for the development and delivery of integrated, multi disciplinary clinical networks across EKHUFT. Working from ward to Board, the post holder will ensure that networked pathways, transformation programmes and population health intelligence are translated into improved outcomes, reduced variation and equitable access to care.

Working closely with Care Group Medical Directors, the Strategy and Transformation Directorate and partners across Kent & Medway, the role will strengthen collaboration across organisational boundaries and support delivery of the Trust's clinical strategy. The post holder will support clinicians to innovate and redesign services, embedding evidence based practice and digital enablement, while providing clear Board assurance on network performance and impact.

Main duties of the job

• High Quality Care: ensuring safe, effective, evidence based clinical pathways
• People & Culture: building strong, multidisciplinary leadership cultures
• Sustainability: enabling clinically led, financially sustainable models of care
• Digital & Innovation: supporting modern pathways aligned with digital transformation
• Partnership & Integration: strengthening collaboration across the Kent & Medway ICSo
• Workforce: designing future ready clinical workforce models

Provide quarterly updates to the Quality & Safety Committee, People & Culture Committee, and Board.

Qualifications and training

• GMC registration with licence to practise
• CCT or equivalent Consultant status
• Postgraduate leadership/management training
• Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management or healthcare improvement
• Formal training in quality improvement or patient safety
• Coaching or mentoring qualification

Clinical skills and experience

• Senior medical leadership experience (CD/AMD/DMD)
• Experience leading transformation aligned to NHS LTP or ICs priorities
• Proven delivery of governance, QI and improved outcomes
• Experience supporting Consultant and SAS development
• Experience of system wide or networked leadership
• Experience in service reconfiguration or modernisation
• Strong knowledge of NHS LTP, EKHUFT Strategy, PSIRF, Core20PLUS5
• Strong communication, influencing, analytical and data interpretation skills
• Population health competence and quality improvement expertise
• Ability to build inclusive, multidisciplinary leadership cultures
• Experience of leading cross site or system wide transformation
• Experience of working with regulators including CQC
• Evidence of using data to drive improvement in outcomes

Governance

• Demonstrable senior leadership in clinical governance and patient safety within an acute NHS organisation
• Experience of implementing and overseeing PSIRF and learning from incidents with evidence of system improvement ) ? edited Let's preserve # Because previously the bullet list within