Examples of Executive Medical Director in a sentence
The Executive Medical Director will act as the Case Manager or delegate this role to a Group Medical Director, deputy Medical Director or Senior Manager to oversee the case and appoint a Case Investigator to explore and report on the circumstances that have led to the need to exclude the staff member.
The authority to exclude a practitioner will be vested in the Chief Executive, Executive Medical Director, Group Medical Directors and Deputy Medical Directors.
The Trust actively supports the involvement of the consultant body in regional and national groups subject to discussion and approval with the Group Medical Director or Executive Medical Director and, as necessary, the Chief Executive Officer.
For concerns in relation to Locality Care Group Medical Directors, the Executive Medical Director will act as Case Manager but may be supported by a Deputy Medical Director (or Group Medical Director where appropriate) in aspects of the work involved in case management.
On receiving information from any source the Executive Medical Director, following discussion with the Executive Director of Workforce and OD, will decide how to proceed in order to reach a decision.
The case should be discussed fully with the Chief Executive, the Executive Medical Director, the Executive Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, the NCAS and other interested parties (such as the police or the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service) where there are criminal allegations prior to the decision to exclude a practitioner.
If the line manager considers that there may be operational difficulties in effecting the recommendations they should write to the Executive Medical Director and a meeting should be convened with the Executive Director of Workforce and OD, the Executive Medical Director or Case Manager(Group Medical Director), the Practitioner and the Occupational Health Physician to agree a timetable of action and rehabilitation (where appropriate) The Practitioner may wish to bring a support companion to these meetings.
Initially the Executive Medical Director will need to discuss this with the National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), and as appropriate may need to contact the General Medical Council (GMC), the Practitioner’s Medical Royal College and/or the Trust’s legal advisors for advice.
If patient safety is a significant concern then this must also be escalated to the Executive Medical Director.
The case will be discussed fully with, the Executive Medical Director, the Director of Workforce & OD, the National Clinical Assessment Service and other interested parties (such as the police where there are serious criminal allegations or the Counter Fraud & Security Management Service) prior to the decision to exclude a Practitioner.