About this role
Job summary
Thank you for your interest in the position of Medical Director at Badger Healthcare Group.
As a not-for-profit social enterprise, our healthcare services are values-driven and innovative. This is an exciting and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a real difference in improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.It requiresa high levelof commitment, strategic leadership, clinicalexpertise, and independence of mind. We believe it offers a unique opportunity for the successful applicant to shape and influence a caring, growing, and forward-thinking out-of-hours and urgent care organisation, bringing their own personality, vision, and skills to the role. Job share or split roles may also be considered, particularly where responsibilities are aligned across clinical governance and strategy and business growth.
Main duties of the job
The Medical Director is the senior clinical leader within Badger Healthcare Group, accountable for the delivery of excellence in clinical quality, safety and governance across all services. The role provides both strategic and operational clinical leadership to ensure the organisation consistently delivers safe, high-quality, patient-centred care in line with its social enterprise values, statutory and contractual responsibilities, and local and national priorities. As a core member of the executive team, the post holder brings strong clinical leadership to digital transformation, innovation, business growth and service diversification, ensuring clinical priorities are central to organisational strategy and delivery.The Medical Director leads the organisations approach to clinical risk management and continuous improvement, while building influential relationships across health, care and Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise (VCFSE) partners to support the development of integrated and sustainable services.The role includes responsibility as Caldicott Guardian and participation in the senior on-call rota.
Please see attached Recruitment Pack for further details about the role.
About us
Badger Healthcare Groupis a not-for-profit social enterpriseco-operative which includes, as part of its group of companies, Badger Medical Ltd, Badger Healthcare Ltd and Sett Support Partnership plc. It currently has a staffpopulation of circa 400 people, made up of self-employed clinicians and employed staff in teams across Clinical, Finance, Workforce & HR, Performance & Quality, Operations, IT and Business Development.
Badger was established 30 years ago in 1996 by local doctors who joined together to initially provide an improved out-of-hours service for their patients. Today Badger has opted-in GP members in 60+ practices and provides 24/7 message handling, urgent primary care and GP out of hours services to 1.3 million people across Birmingham and Solihull. It operates out of sites across the area including Bourne Road in Aston, Glover Street, Erdington Stockland Green Urgent Treatment Centre, Solihull Urgent Treatment Centre, West Heath Community Hospital and Washwood Heath. CQC rated Badger as Outstanding at the inspection undertaken in 2024.
Renowned for its extensive experience and focus on quality, Badger has built up a respected reputation throughout Birmingham and the surrounding areas and has a national profile in the sector.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached recruitment pack which contains further details on the role and details of how to apply
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Postgraduate medical qualification such as MRCP or MRCGP Registered doctor with a GMC license to practice, so able to work clinically in one or more Badger clinical service An unblemished GMC record Recorded on the GMC GP register Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development Up to date knowledge of key national policy issues and trends related to quality and safety
Desirable
A Research Degree such a MPhil, MD, or PhD Fellowship of the RCGP Postgraduate Education qualification Postgraduate leadership qualification
Experience Essential
Senior clinical leadership experience, demonstrating a commitment to service quality and value for money Experience of working within the NHS or other similarly sized, complex organisation Takes initiative, acts with confidence, and works under own direction Strong leadership skills, able to coach, support and guide direct reports to maximise their potential Patient Safety Incident Investigation experience
Desirable
A proven record in the successful implementation of new/improved, innovative models of care achieved through partnership with other agencies Experience of working at Board level, including influence and challenge Experience in a highly complex contracting environment Coroner court and medicolegal case experience
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Badger Group
Address Badger House
121 Glover Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 4EY
Employer's website https://www.badger-group.com/ (Opens in a new tab)