Job Title: Deputy Medical Director

Reporting to: Medical Director

Base: 15 Hogan Place, Dublin 2, D02 DK23 / Hybrid working

Contract: Three year fixed term contract

Time Commitment: 2 days / 15 hours per week

Direct Reports: GP Clinical Leads

Application Closing Date: Monday 9th November 2026 12pm

About the College

The Irish College of GPs is the professional body for general practice in Ireland. Please visit our website for more information: Irish College of GPs

Job Purpose

This senior leadership role provides full support to the Medical Director by assisting with all areas in the Medical Directorate within the College and to guide effective engagement with key internal and external stakeholders across the healthcare sector.

The role includes assisting with leading the strategic issues, cognisant of the ongoing changes and associated constraints across the healthcare system that will be central to general practice into the future, for example: chronic disease management, Sláintecare and such like.

This role will work closely with key College functions, be part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and assist with the promotion of professionalism and encourage collegiality to the benefit of all College members in the delivery of patient care.

Key Stakeholders

Senior Executive Team, Board Members, SLT Members, College Council, Oireachtas (as required), Patient representative organisations, Irish Medical Council, Irish Medical Organisation; HSE, Department of Health, Academic institutions and AGPI.

Key Result Areas

Line Management responsibilities:This role will take full responsibility for the GP Clinical Leads. This involves directly supporting and mentoring them as per their needs. Ensure that all direct and indirect reports set annual KPIs in compliance with HSE requirements and are motivated, encouraged, developed, and engaged in keeping with College policies and procedures.
Stakeholder engagement:Assist the Medical Director with all matters in relation to the College programmes falling under the Medical Directorare including liaison with the HSE and a range of other other stakeholders and attendance at a variety of internal meetings and external committees.
Education:Assist the Medical Director by providing support to relevant education programmes. Assist with hosting the College’s webinar series, College’s national educational conference programmes and contribute, as required, to other relevant activities and events at a local, national and international level.
Communications:Assist and support the Medical Director and Clinical leads in all matters relating to internal and external communication such as publications, medical media, national print, broadcast and social media. Over time this will include giving media interviews, assisting the Medical Director with panel contributions, drafting press statements and responses to media inquiries, Parliamentary questions and Oireachtas submissions.
Representation and advocacy:Assist the Medical Director with all matters in relation to engagement with key stakeholder organisations including, but not limited to, the following: Medical Council, Department of Health, HSE and IMO.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications: Must hold the Irish College of GPs qualification, be registered with the Medical Council of Ireland on the Specialist Division for general practice, be a current College member in good standing and be in compliance with PCS, have no less than 5 – 8 years of postgraduate medical experience in general practice.
Clinical:Concurrently hold a part time clinical appointment equivalent to a minimum of three sessions of clinical general practice per week.
Leadership:Minimum of 5 years’ clinical leadership and management experience ideally in the medical education or equivalent sectors, along with business acumen and ability to effectively manage, lead and supervise a multidisciplinary, multi-cultural team.
Strategy:Must enjoy a level of strategic thinking, be open to new perspectives and better ways to do things; and be creative, a visionary, and manage innovation well.
Completion-oriented:Must be results-driven and have evidence managing task that have tight deadlines.

Essential Behavioural Competencies

Decision-making skills: Must display superior decision-making skills.
Delegation:Must have the ability to delegate effectively, mentor and grow high performing teams.
Communication:Must possess executive-level, multi-cultural communication and influencing skills with the ability to resolve issues, build consensus among groups of diverse internal/external stakeholders, and have proven skill in negotiating and mediating conflict.
Self-Starter: Must enjoy working with high performing professional teams, be a team player that displays well developed emotional intelligence attributes.

The Irish College of GPs is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and employees receive equal treatment regardless of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race, membership of the Traveller community, or any other protected characteristic under Irish equality legislation. We are committed to making reasonable accommodations to enable applicants to participate in the job application and interview process. Please email hr@icgp.ieto confidently discuss any accommodations required.

Deputy Medical Director

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