• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Primary medical qualification (MBBS/MBChB or equivalent)
• Consultant or senior specialist level experience

Desirable Education & Qualifications

• Postgraduate management or leadership qualification
• Higher degree (MD, MSc or PhD) or equivalent experience
• Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

 Essential Experience

• Senior-level experience in Palliative Medicine, Geriatrics or other relevant speciality
• Experience of working within hospice, community and/or acute care settings
• Proven experience of strategic development and service transformation
• Experience of influencing at system or place-based level
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Experience of audit, quality improvement and/or research
• Experience of teaching and mentoring
• Experience of caring for diverse populations and commitment to anti-racist practice

Desirable Experience

• Experience of securing funding or developing new services
• Trustee, non-executive or system leadership experience

Essential Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to work across professional boundaries
• Understanding of change management
• Excellent clinical skills and professional credibility
• Understanding of national palliative and end of life care policy and frailty agenda
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively within complex organisational and political environments
• Strong IT skills and awareness of digital health solutions
• Ability to manage conflict and make balanced decisions
• Ability to participate in on-call rota
• Emotional resilience and reflective practice, with the ability to support staff working in highly emotional environments
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving ability

Personal attributes

• Compassionate, inclusive and effective leadership style.