Chief Medical Officer
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 and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Chief Medical Officer.
This pivotal role requires a leader with the expertise to help us plan and prepare for what our organisation needs to look like over the coming years and which services and pathways need improving.
Strengthening and delivering our Clinical Services Strategy will be the vehicle used to deliver these improvements in conjunction with our ambitious 5-year Trust strategy ‘Improving Lives’ which sets out how we plan to do just that alongside our partners and support our people to bring that reality to life.The Chief Medical Officer will be an integral part of this exciting change.
This is a unique opportunity to make a significant and lasting impact at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will have the support of a committed executive team, a culture that values inclusivity and progressiveness, and the opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare for our patients and communities.
Join us in making a difference—apply now and contribute to our mission of delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.
Main duties of the job
The overriding purpose of the role is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement. We want to make Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the best place in the NHS to work and receive care.
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is a full member of the Board of Directors and will provide advice to the Chief Executive and Board of Directors on all professional medical issues and lead clinical collaboration within the organisation and across Trust boundaries, in partnership with other clinicians.
The CMO is expected to contribute to the development and delivery of the wider organisational agenda, as well as taking a lead role in advising on and developing medical/clinical aspects of the Trust strategic plans, clinical service strategy, service reconfiguration, clinical performance and conduct, clinical governance, risk management, medical education, consultant appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
In conjunction with the Chief Nurse, the CMO will provide strategic leadership in shaping the clinical culture and implementing clinical governance and patient safety arrangements across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
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, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for anywhere in the Midlands for six 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’ NHSrun hospital in the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job pack and person specification document.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria- In-depth understanding of the complexity in the provision of healthcare
- Knowledge of the UK healthcare sector including the implications of Foundation Trust status on governance and service provision
- Substantial experience at medical consultant level, with senior experience in a large DGH or Teaching Hospital environment
- Proven experience in a Medical Leadership role and a track record of managing people, services, change and improvement
- Outstanding reputation as a clinician and clinical leader with a proven track record of producing high quality results in the management and leadership of clinical services
- Experience in building organisational capabilities including establishing a clear strategic vision and direction and translation into successful outcomes
- Experience of managing governance agendas, including clinical governance and research governance
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal leadership development
- Experience of managing postgraduate training
- Experience of leading a large complex organisation through significant change
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Medical Graduate
- Full registration with GMC with specialist registration
- Postgraduate Medical Qualification ideally in Medical Leadership and Management
- Evidence of sustained personal professional development
- Financial awareness and business acumen
- A proven ability to plan strategically
Experience
Essential criteria- Extensive experience as a Deputy Medical Director in an acute NHS Trust
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to command credibility with colleagues.
- Success as a team player and the ability to work with staff at all levels.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Innovation and vision, including an ability to build organisational capabilities, establishing a clear strategic vision and direction and translating this into successful outcomes.
- Intellectual flexibility, including the ability to understand both operational detail and wider longer strategic visions, and to articulate these to others
- Political awareness, with the ability to understand the wider interest groups and stakeholders within the Trust, and to work sensitively to overcome their differing positions and interests.
- Ability to take on the responsibilities of the responsible officer as outlined by the GMC.
- Drive for improvement with the proven ability to set and meet ambitious targets and monitor against
- Financial awareness and business acumen
- A proven ability to plan strategically
- Exposure and experience at Trust Board level
Contractual requirements
Essential criteria- Able to travel between sites
- Member of gold on-call rota
- Must undertake the fit and proper person requirements of the role
Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.
If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271.
Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests).This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be invoiced to you once you've commenced employment.The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application.
The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email [email protected]