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Medical Director

Join our team

Closing Date: 4th July 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Location: Multisite working between Selly Park and Erdington Hospices

Hours: 18.75 hours per week

Salary:  £44,000 per annum (£88,000 per annum full time equivalent) plus on call allowance

DBS Requirement:  Enhanced check with Adult Barring List (a Companies House check will also be required)

Are you a doctor who would love to make a difference in palliative and end of life care?

At Birmingham Hospice our teams are committed to improving the quality of life for people living with life-limiting conditions, as well as supporting their families and loved ones during one of the most challenging periods they will ever face.

This is an excellent opportunity for a medical professional with extensive demonstrable experience in leadership to join a value driven organisation who wants to support people who require specialist palliative and end of life care.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, you will be a highly competent, diligent, and compassionate individual with prior expertise in a senior medical position in either the charity sector, the NHS or similar organisation. Having strong values, you will be comfortable living and demonstrating our values of kindness, respect, positivity, togetherness, openness and innovation.

You will lead the Medical Team and be responsible for the safe and effective medical care of all our patients. You will contribute to strategic planning and direction and provide positive, visible and dynamic challenging and empowering leadership in the clinical operational management of the hospice. You will be a confident people manager with a proven ability to provide inspirational leadership and to contribute to the daily running and future strategic direction of the charity as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.

Requirements:

  • A qualified Doctor with full registration with General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practice. A diploma or MSC in palliative medicine of MD is desirable.
  • Have documented inclusion of Special Register OR equivalent evidence of higher-level experience within end of life / palliative care.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact our Chief Executive Paul Bytheway by emailing: paul.bytheway@birminghamhospice.org.uk

Come join us and together, we can make every moment matter

At Birmingham Hospice if you join from the NHS or another hospice, we will honour your continuous previous service in respect of pension provision and annual leave.

For more details, please read the job description.

A candidate information pack with further details about this role is also available.

“After I saw the care my dad received at the hospice, I knew I wanted to work there.”

Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice’s Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there.

Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure and dementia.

Read Barbara’s story

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse team, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.

We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.

Our Values

Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.

Kindness
Togetherness
Positivity
Openness
Respect
Innovation