# Regional Medical Director > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS England. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/regional-medical-director/6aa24e31-aa1a-45bc-a0fb-65185b8e3d88 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/regional-medical-director/6aa24e31-aa1a-45bc-a0fb-65185b8e3d88.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS England - **Location:** Wellington Place - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Salary:** £138,000 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 10 sessions per week (40 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-12T15:30:35.369Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Leeds/NHS_England/Medical/Medical-v8193506 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8193506?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.england.nhs.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview NHS England supports NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for patients and communities, working to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and driving improvement across the NHS. The national level of NHS England works through seven regional teams that provide strategic leadership and oversight of their regional health system. The North East & Yorkshire Region is one of these teams and works to ensure that the NHS organisations within their geography are high performing, sustainable and delivering reform in line with the requirements of the 10 Year Health Plan. Regional teams are also accountable for regional health system performance – covering quality, access, delivery of national standards, finance, productivity, strategy and improving population health. Reporting to the NHS England Regional Director and working as part of the collective Regional Executive Team, the Regional Medical Director will: - provide senior strategic leadership of the NHS across the region - support senior leaders (including Medical Directors) in providers and commissioners as they carry out their organisation responsibilities - contribute to the regional quality, planning, performance, regulatory oversight and improvement processes that form the core of NHS England Regional Team functions ### Main duties of the job The Regional Medical Director is also directly responsible for: - leading the regional Medical Directorate Senior Management Team - Undertaking the Higher Level Responsible Officer (HLRO) role and be accountable for the Professional Standards function for the North East & Yorkshire region - Providing senior clinical leadership in emergency preparedness and incident response - Managing the Regional Chief Pharmacist function which has statutory accountabilities in relation to Controlled Drugs and oversight of Anti-microbial Resilience Stewardship - Leading the assurance, engagement and support for Health Innovation Networks within the region in their role to engender and spread innovation - Lead the oversight of the implementation of Modern Service Frameworks that fall within the RMD portfolio including (but not limited to) Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Cardiovascular Disease (including Stroke), End of Life & Palliative Care and Sepsis - Supporting the promotion and utilisation of research to improve health and care outcomes ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To fulfil this role, the postholder will need to have: - highly developed professional and leadership skills - the ability to form and maintain relationships and partnerships to support collaborative working - significant experience of working as a senior medical leader in a healthcare organisation The full responsibilities and requirements of the role can be found in the job description and personal specification. The role is under review with the Regional Director and may change. The postholder will be able to work from any NHS England office base in the North East & Yorkshire Region although a significant amount of the work can/will be conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams. This role is established on a 1.0 whole time equivalent / 10 session per week basis but consideration can be given to applicants wishing to retain a small amount of clinical practice whilst undertaking the Regional Medical Director role. Please note this role requires an essential medical qualification with a current license to practice. This also includes up to date Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements in accordance with the requirements of an appropriate recognised professional body. Desirable criteria include a relevant post graduate diploma, master’s degree, Doctorate and management qualification, training. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Leadership **Essential** - First in class leadership skills from a breadth of disciplines, a visionary and strategic thinker ### Qualifications **Essential** - Medically qualified with current licence to practice - Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with the requirements of an appropriate recognised professional body ### Sector knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrable technical understanding of NHS providers, commissioners and systems, the financial processes they require for success, and the regulatory/control environment, in which they operate. ### Skills and experience **Essential** - Significant experience of operating at board level and a substantial track record of delivering results in very complex high-profile environments ## Documents - [occupational functional requirements (pdf, 69.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10498453) - [guide to completing your application (docx, 42.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1939) - [nhse - verification of id and rtw guide (pdf, 306.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=996) - [regional medical director job description & person specification (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10498452) - [note for existing nhs employees applying for fixed term vacancies (docx, 26.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2084) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.