Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
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Job Summary
5 PAs fixed term/ secondment for three years, plus substantive PAs in specialty up to a total of 10 PAs, or maintain clinical activity at your current Trust.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated clinical leader to join our Chief Medical Officer Directorate as Deputy Chief Medical Officer.
Working closely with the Chief Medical Officer, fellow Deputy Chief Medical Officers and Associate Chief Medical Officers, you will lead the medical and dental workforce portfolio while contributing to wider organisational priorities including patient safety, workforce and culture, transformation, and system partnerships.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future direction of our workforce and clinical services. You will help shape sustainable workforce models and support clinical transformation, providing strategic leadership across workforce planning, professional standards, job planning, recruitment, retention, wellbeing and engagement.
Through this work, you will play a key role in developing a supported, inclusive and high-performing workforce that enables safe, effective and compassionate care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
As a senior member of the Chief Medical Officer Directorate, you will provide clinical leadership across the medical and dental workforce portfolio, helping to shape workforce strategy, support clinical transformation, and foster a positive organisational culture.
You will work collaboratively with clinical, operational, workforce and system partners to strengthen recruitment and retention, improve workforce sustainability, and support effective job planning, appraisal and professional standards. You will champion medical leadership, wellbeing, inclusion, accountability and continuous improvement, helping create an environment in which colleagues can thrive and deliver their best for patients.
Great Western Hospitals has a strong culture of improvement and an ambitious transformation agenda. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant contribution to that journey, supporting both strategic development and operational delivery.
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Alongside your defined workforce portfolio, you will work as part of a supportive and collaborative Chief Medical Officer team, contributing flexibly to wider Trust priorities and deputising for the Chief Medical Officer when required.
For further information about this position, please contact the CMO Office via GWH.CMO.Office@nhs.net, where we would be pleased to provide additional information and arrange an informal discussion.
About Us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) plays a pivotal role in the Medical Directorate leadership team, supporting the delivery of the Trusts strategic goals by providing leadership on all medical and dental workforce issues, focusing on the key pillars of: Patient Safety & Clinical Outcomes; Workforce & Culture; Clinical transformation & Strategy; Partnerships & Integration.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of substantial leadership, management, quality improvement or transformation development through qualification or equivalent experience.
- Post graduate medical qualification and evidence of continuing professional development
- Full perform registration with the GMC; inclusion on the relevant Specialist Register or equivalent senior clinical standing appropriate to the applicant's professional background.
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Desirable
- Training or recognised experience in medical appraisal, responsible officer functions, MHPS, improvement methodology or digital clinical leadership
Experience
Essential
- Experience of balancing strategic priorities, operational pressures, quality, workforce and financial considerations.
- Experience of leading complex change with empathy, credibility and effective engagement of frontline teams.
- Experience of working across professional and organisational boundaries and influencing at senior level.
- Significant leadership experience in complex NHS clinical services with evidence of delivering measurable improvement.
- Substantial senior clinical experience with a strong professional reputation and credibility with medical colleagues.
Desirable
- Experience of deputising at executive medical director level or contributing to Board or Board Committee assurance.
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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