Head of Resident Doctors (FTC Mat Cover)

Role: Head of Resident Doctors 
Location:  The Harborne Hospital, Part of HCA Healthcare. Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2TQ

Hours: 40 Hours Per Week, Monday - Friday, 80% managerial time, 20% Clinical Time.  

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (Mat Cover) – Until May 2027

Salary: Competitive (DOE)

We’re inviting expressions of interest for the Head of Resident Doctors at The Harborne Hospital,  a great opportunity to combine your clinical expertise with real leadership experience.

It is increasingly the consensus amongst the medical community that clinicians lead the best healthcare organisations. Their combination of clinical leadership and management skills are critical in providing safe, effective and high-quality care to patients. HCA Healthcare, founded by Doctors in 1968, continues to believe this ethos and has developed a career platform for SPR doctors or Consultants, seeking an alternative career opportunity for those expressing a career in people management and service provisions. As a trained doctor, you will be best placed to be responsible for direct line management of Resident Doctors and accountable for the services they provide at the Harborne Hospital.

What you’ll do:

• Be the role model for all Resident Doctors, acting as both the senior clinical expert and the primary people leader for the Resident Doctor Workforce.
• This is a role aligned to the Harborne Hospital, their go-to Resident Doctor site lead, to ensure consistent, high-quality care is delivered, attending to business needs, in line with Consultant led private patient activity levels.
• You will work in partnership with our hospital's leadership teams, Chief Medical Officer, Lead Consultants, Chief Nursing Officer and CEO, and those who work closely with Resident Doctors onsite.
• The role is to be accountable for people managing Resident Doctors, operationally and commercially responsible for a range of different service provisions, including General Surgery and Acute Medicine and  you will also have oversight of Critical Care.
• As a people manager, you will provide direct line management to circa 20-25 Resident Doctors, from a range of diverse background and specialist areas of training, you are responsible for managing performance, attendance, conduct, training, cost, wellbeing and their development, to ensure continuous, safe and effective service, supporting each department.
• You will lead on recruiting new Resident Doctors for permanent and temporary vacancies. This includes proving your new employees with a robust orientation and supervision programme. Utilising your Clinical and leadership skills to provide mentorship, support and development and HCA ways of working training.
• Work in partnership with our sites HR and Finance departments, you will oversee employment contract agreements, study agreements, and managing budgets resourcefully, this includes any workforce-related costs; salaries, education, or temporary workforce usage and spend.
• You will oversee rota management, ensuring staffing levels are responsive to changes in patient census and patient needs.  Flexing bank and agency use, dependent upon patient ratios and activity, to maximise cost management.
• You will consistently strive for excellence at all times, providing guidance and support on potential new ways of working, improving efficiencies, Quality Improvement Projects or Increasing Patient Satisfaction opportunities, including leading audits, projects or research.
• You will also be encouraged to work part clinical too, among your colleagues on ad-hoc shifts to maintain your clinical skills, and this will be to the level of a Resident Doctor (SPR)

What you’ll bring:

• MBBS medical qualification. Fully registered with the GMC and current licence to practice in the UK.
• An additional post-graduate qualification.
• Doctors must be trained to minimum ST5 or equivalent.
• Essential requirement is experience directly line managing or supervising junior doctors, and be fully conversant with people management practices and policies, training and compliance requirements.
• Experience of budget management, roster management, and making commercial decisions on workforce management.
• Good inter-personal skills with an ability to work co-operatively in a multidisciplinary setting, able to present to board level and integrate with senior management teams.

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we are one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medications, and facilities.

As part of a large, established multisite healthcare group, we offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, alongside working conditions that prioritise both mental and physical wellbeing.

We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution our colleagues make every day. As a Head of Resident Doctors you will be eligible for:

• For 40-hour full-time contracts, 264 hours of annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), increasing with service, with the option to buy or sell leave. Pro-rata for part-time contracts.
• Private healthcare insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
• Private pension contributions, increasing with length of service.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
• Group Life Assurance from day one.
• Critical illness cover.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Corporate staff discounts across all facilities, including maternity packages at The Portland.
• A comprehensive range of flexible health, protection, and lifestyle benefits.
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers.
• Access to wellbeing support tools through our Thrive 365 channels, onsite mental health first aiders, and free counselling (up to six sessions per annum).
• Paid indemnity.

How We Can Support Your Development:

• Access to a dedicated study budget and study leave for courses relevant to your specialty.
• Access to a comprehensive learning academy, including enrolment on courses and Harvard Business School case review forums.
• Grants and sponsorship for research, as well as funding for personal development through courses such as the Executive Masters in Medical Leadership (in partnership with Bayes Business School), MBAs, or PhDs.
• Opportunities to work closely with globally recognised professors and medical mentors to produce publications, papers, or research outputs.

Culture and Values:

At HCA UK, we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and experiences each of us brings, knowing that when you feel seen, heard, and supported, you can be at your best for our patients and each other.

Our mission is simple: above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. To achieve this, we live by four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique.
• Kindness and Compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion.
• Honesty, Integrity, and Fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity, and fairness.
• Loyalty, Respect, and Dignity: We treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family.

Reasonable Adjustments:

We believe everyone should feel comfortable bringing their full self to work and have equal access to opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements and offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace.

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