About this role
Job summary
Working closely with, and reporting directly to, the Chief Medical Officer, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) will help to deliver the Chief Medical Officer's extensive portfolio.
This will include, but not be limited to, providing visible professional medical leadership across Sherwood Forest Hospitals and supporting the Divisional Clinical Directors, divisional triumvirates and Heads of Service in matters relevant to patient safety, patient experience and the quality agenda, while ensuring the best use of scarce resources. The post-holder will model inclusive leadership and actively contribute to a culture of belonging, psychological safety and equity of opportunity across the medical workforce.
The role will include guiding the CMO's Office in strategic and operational decision-making, deputising at Board and sub-Board level, and chairing various committees linked to the CMO's portfolio and the strategic direction of the Trust.
There will be an opportunity to discuss the composition of the portfolio following the appointment, depending on the successful candidate's experience and professional development needs. The work of the CMO's Office is under ongoing review as the portfolio evolves. This may require changes to the successful candidate's portfolio over time.
Main duties of the job
Provide senior medical leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective patient care across the Trust services.
Lead and strengthen Trust-wide quality improvement activity, with a focus on patient safety, clinical outcomes and patient experience.
Provide executive oversight of clinical governance arrangements, including incident management, learning from deaths, complaints handling and serious incident processes.
Provide executive oversight of clinical governance arrangements, including incident management, learning from deaths, complaint handling and serious incident processes.
Chair or deputise for relevant Trust committees and forums linked to the Chief Medical Officer's portfolio. This includes chairing the Radiation Safety Committee and the Learning from Deaths forum.
Ensure compliance with Caldicott principles, safeguarding duties and relevant regulatory frameworks.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Consultant or senior SAS doctor with at least 5 years' post CCT (or equivalent) experience, including evidence of senior clinical leadership Full Registration with GMC without any conditions or restrictions on licence to practise
Desirable
Master's degree or equivalent in clinical leadership Membership of FMLM
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Experience of senior clinical leadership at service or Divisional level within an acute Trust for at least 2 years Substantial knowledge of clinical governance Experience of working with patient groups and wider external stakeholders, including engagement in service change and/or improvement Experience of job planning, medical appraisal, and the management of performance concerns
Desirable
Involvement in initiatives at national and/or regional level Experience and knowledge of delivery of digital innovations Experience as Case Investigator or Case Manager Experience of MHPS IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information and develop and write Board reports
Communication & Relationship Skills Essential
Experience of managing patient complaints
Analytical & Judgement Skills Essential
Experience of audit and audit tools
Communication & Relationship Skills Desirable
Undertaken advanced communication course
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).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Kings Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)