South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy Chief Medical Officers - Effective, Timely and Safe Care
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Deputy Chief Medical Officers (Effective Care, Timely Care and Safe Care)
Job Overview
We are strengthening our senior medical leadership structure and are seeking exceptional senior medical leaders to join us as Deputy Chief Medical Officers for:
- Effective Care
- Timely Care
- Safe Care
Working directly with Professor Derek Tracy, Chief Medical Officer, and alongside the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for People, these newly established roles offer an exciting opportunity to shape the future of care across South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
The Deputy Chief Medical Officers will provide visible, inclusive, and clinically credible leadership across the Trust, helping to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and timeliness of care for patients and service users. These influential roles will work across clinical, operational, and corporate boundaries, supporting organizational strategy, service transformation, and continuous improvement.
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Successful candidates will join a strengthened senior medical leadership team and play a key role in delivering the Trust's ambitions for outstanding care, innovation, research, and clinical excellence.
Each role comprises six management programmed activities (PAs) and forms part of a newly strengthened medical leadership structure.
Prospective applicants are warmly encouraged to arrange an informal and confidential discussion, or informal visit, with Professor Derek Tracy, Chief Medical Officer, to learn more about the opportunities and the future direction of medical leadership within the Trust.
Appointment Arrangements
Each Deputy Chief Medical Officer appointment comprises six management programmed activities (PAs) and is intended to be undertaken alongside a substantive consultant appointment within the Trust.
Existing SLaM consultants appointed to the role will incorporate the Deputy Chief Medical Officer responsibilities into their agreed consultant job plan.
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External applicants are welcome to apply. Arrangements for external candidates will be discussed as part of the recruitment process and would be subject to securing an appropriate substantive consultant appointment and agreed job plan within the Trust.
Applicants may apply for one, two, or all three Deputy Chief Medical Officer portfolios. Candidates wishing to be considered for more than one portfolio will be required to indicate this within their application.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Professor Derek Tracy
- Job title: Chief Medical Officer
- Email address: Pearl.McLeary@slam.nhs.uk
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 14 October 2026. Shortlisted candidates will be required to deliver a presentation as part of the assessment process. Further details regarding the presentation topic and format will be provided to shortlisted candidates in advance of the interview.
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