Medical Director

Medical Protection; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare protection organization is seeking a Medical Director to strengthen its presence in the healthcare sector. The role involves engaging with members and healthcare leaders, providing medicolegal insight, and ensuring the recruitment of top clinical talent. The ideal candidate will have a robust medicolegal background, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and a strategic mindset.

Qualifications

• A strong medicolegal background and significant clinical experience.
• Exceptionally skilled in stakeholder engagement and influencing.
• Proven ability in identifying business opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior medical ambassador of MPS.
• Engage with members and healthcare professionals to enhance MPS's support services.
• Provide clinical insight to shape organizational direction.

Skills

Medicolegal expertise

Stakeholder engagement

Transformational leadership

Education

Registered medical practitioner

Job description

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Salary: £Commensurate with a Senior Leadership position

Be the Voice of the Profession. Shape the Future of Protection.

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) is seeking a highly visible and influential Medical Director to lead engagement with our members, healthcare leaders, and key external stakeholders across the globe. As the trusted face of MPS’s medical expertise, you will represent and promote our Medical Protection and Healthcare Protection brands while championing the voice of our members at every level.

In this strategic and outward-facing role, you will:

• Act as the senior medical ambassador of MPS, strengthening our presence in the healthcare sector.
• Engage meaningfully with members, healthcare professionals, and leaders, enhancing awareness and understanding of MPS’s support and services.
• Provide medicolegal insight, clinical understanding and member perspective to shape organisational direction and ensure strategic plans reflect the evolving global healthcare environment.
• Work closely with the Chief Member Officer to ensure member needs are consistently represented and prioritised across MPS.
• Support the clinicians employed by MPS to ensure we recruit and retain the best talent in the sector.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and respected medical leader who is passionate about the future of healthcare and understands the importance of professional protection and support in an increasingly complex clinical landscape.

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• A strong medicolegal background and significant clinical experience.
• A registered medical practitioner with a licence to practice.
• Transformational leadership in the healthcare sector.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills and proven experience influencing across Governments, Healthcare, Businesses and Associations / Bodies.
• Proven commercial acumen and the ability to identify business opportunities.
• Experience of medical malpractice in claims and Case management.
• Willingness to travel and the confidence to represent MPS at national and international forums.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to translate member insight into organisational impact.

Download the full role profile from our careers site for further detail.

Why Join Us?

At MPS, we protect the careers, reputations, and wellbeing of over 300,000 healthcare professionals worldwide. You’ll join a purpose-driven organisation that puts members first and empowers its leaders to drive meaningful change.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and we encourage you to apply even if you feel you do not match 100% of the technical requirements. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and strive to create a work environment which ensures everyone can be heard.

Who We Are

Medical Protection Society (MPS) is the world’s leading protection organisation for Doctors, Dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of almost 300,000 Members around the world.

We are a not-for-profit organisation, meaning our Members’ premiums are kept safe should our Members require support for complaints or claims arising from professional practice, or invested into bettering the organisation, our colleagues and our products.

Our philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We also actively campaign for regulatory and legal reforms that benefit Members and the wider healthcare professions.

To do this, we need colleagues who are trusted and supported to deliver their best work, whether that be through leadership development, fully-funded training courses or peer-to-peer support. We want our colleagues to feel empowered enough to deliver positive change, display ambition to push themselves and are determined when faced with a challenge, whilst ensuring our Member’s best interests are at the core.

Next Steps

If you are interested in finding out more, looking for a new role and want to join an organisation that truly values its employees, take a look at the role profile to find out more about the role to apply.

Our Talent Acquisition team are always on hand should you have any questions, are having any technical issues or wish to understand how MPS can support you with your application and interview. You can contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management, Business Development, and Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Insurance, Medical Practices, and Legal Services

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