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Salary - xc2xa3106,424 - xc2xa3139,920 per annum (Consultant 2024/25 rate) plus xc2xa340,000 management allowance (pro rata)
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic senior team and take on a professional and strategic leadership role in a progressive service user centred organisation. You'll join a high-performing, values-driven Executive Team where your strategic and operational expertise will be both respected and relied upon. As a full member of the Trust Board, you'll share collective responsibility for our decisions and be the principal source of professional medical advice - across medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. Your leadership will help shape a culture where clinical voices are central to strategy, innovation, and delivery.
This is a pivotal role for someone who thrives on challenge and change. You'll bring experience, insight, and courage to help us build on what's working and improve what isn't. You'll be a key driver of our transformation journey and achievement of our vision to deliver compassionate care with our community, in our community.
About us
The Northern Trust provides a range of health and social services to a population of almost 480,000 people. It has a budget of circa xc2xa31 billion and employs approximately 15,000 people across a range of medical, health and social care disciplines. The Trust has undertaken an exciting reform and modernisation journey in recent years. Building on our tremendous team spirit and, along with our partners and service users, we want to focus on achieving our #teamNORTH strategic objectives.
Informal discussion regarding this post can be arranged with Dave Watkins, our current Medical Director by phoning 028 9442 4260.
If you are shortlisted it is anticipated that an assessment centre may take place week commencing 30 June 2025 and final interviews will take place on 07 July 2025.
Further details and application forms can be downloaded by clicking the Apply button.
The closing date for completed applications is 18 June 2025 at 12 noon.
Company
The Northern Health and Social Care Trust is committed to creating a great place to work for all its staff.
Our Trust recognises the need to nurture a culture of great leadership, support and improvement. The impetus behind creating a great place to work is that it will in turn lead to improved outcomes for patients and users of our services.
Northern Trust services
The Northern Trust has a highly skilled and professional workforce providing acute services at two hospitals - Antrim Area and Causeway - and community-based health and social care services across four localities.
Outpatient services are provided from Antrim Area, Causeway, Whiteabbey, Mid-Ulster, Braid Valley and Moyle Hospitals as well as from a range of community settings such as Ballymena Health and Care Centre.
We also provide a range of inpatient mental health and addiction services at Holywell Hospital and acute mental health inpatient beds at the Ross Thompson Unit in Causeway Hospital.
Antrim Area Hospital
Antrim Area Hospital is one of the busiest hospitals for unscheduled care services in Northern Ireland. The hospital's state of the art emergency department, which opened in 2013, caters for approximately 90,000 patients per year. In addition, the Hospital has a Direct Assessment Unit where GPs can speak directly with medical staff to receive specialist advice and, if appropriate, to arrange a referral to the unit where treatment can begin immediately. This means people can avoid unnecessary waits in the Emergency Department.
The Hospital has recently opened a Medical Programme Treatment Unit and is developing an Acute Care at Home Model and a new Paediatric Ambulatory Unit.
The hospital has 366 beds available for acute care. In addition, it offers obstetrics, neonatal services, paediatrics, palliative care and renal dialysis, as well as a specialist dental unit.
Causeway Hospital
Causeway Hospital is one of two Northern Trust acute hospitals. The Hospital's Emergency Department includes an area for patients brought in by ambulance, who require further investigation and treatment but may not need to be admitted to hospital. One of the latest developments at Causeway is a new Direct Assessment Unit specializing in the care of frail, older patients. A multi-agency, frailty project is also underway, aimed at engaging with and improving health and wellbeing of older people.
An Out of Hours GP service is located beside the Emergency Department at Causeway Hospital.
A new state of the art gynaecological unit, The Meadows, opened at Causeway Hospital in 2018.
With support from the Belfast Trust, a Paediatric Day Surgery service was established in Causeway, enabling local children to have surgery quicker and closer to their homes.
Both Antrim Area and Causeway Hospitals are developing medical and surgical ambulatory care models.
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