Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Medical Director's Directorate Management

We are recruiting for a Deputy Chief Medical Officer who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

The post has 6 PA allocated to the DCMO role, and further 4 PA will be in the specialty of the successful candidate.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) will assist the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in advancing the medical workforce, fostering a supportive, learning-oriented and engaging environment across MFT, working with their fellow DCMO.

The DCMO will be the lead deputy in the following areas: Job Planning, Rostering and other aspects of Medical Efficiency, Clinical Effectiveness and Outcomes, Information Governance including deputy Caldicott Guardian, Babies, Children and Young People, Mental Health, Support for Ethics, Support for Quality and Safety, Support for Pharmacy, Medicines Management and VTE, Support for Medical Examiner Office and Bereavement Office, Support for Safeguarding, Support for Governance and Risk, Research and Innovation. Further APA for clinical work may be available depending on clinical needs, that post attracts an additional responsibility allowance of £20,000 Per Annum.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies/procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

All of our substantive & fixed-term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme and car purchase scheme to support our staff.

We take positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under-represented groups to support the Trust's commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce. All staff at Medway should comply with the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Candidates should embody MFT's core values--being bold, inclusive, open, and supportive--while demonstrating integrity and a passion for continuous service improvement.

If you are an experienced clinician with a history of senior medical leadership, adept in service management and quality improvement, and strong strategic thinking, influence and the ability to motivate cross-disciplinary teams, please do get in touch, we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

Medway NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is committed to delivering high quality care, ensuring that the care patients receive is safe, effective and person-centred and patients receive the best outcomes and experience of care. Our focus is on continuously improving the quality of care and ensuring that the care patients receive is based on the best evidence, maintaining high standards of care and patient safety through effective governance and a culture of continuous quality improvement. The post holder will support the CMO to oversee the continuous development of the medical workforce by ensuring Medway provides an environment of support, learning, professional sustenance and enjoyment. They will work closely with the other DCMO, and other members of the CMO team. The post holder will be encouraged to further develop their leadership and other skills relevant to the post. You will share the responsibility of being formal deputy to the CMO with the other DCMO, and will be the lead deputy for the following aspects of the CMO portfolio: Job Planning, Rostering and other aspects of Medical Efficiency, Clinical Effectiveness and Outcomes, Information Governance including deputy Caldicott Guardian, Babies, Children and Young People, Mental Health, Support for Ethics, Support for Quality and Safety, Support for Pharmacy, Medicines Management and VTE, Support for Medical Examiner Office and Bereavement Office, Support for Safeguarding, Support for Governance and Risk, Research and Innovation. These responsibilities are not exclusive, but are indicative of the areas of the portfolio where this post holder will be the lead deputy. For clarity, the other DCMO will be the lead deputy for the following areas: Professional Standards including Revalidation and Appraisal, CMO HR Matters, Non-Medical professional workforce reporting to the CMO, Support for JLNC Trust Values and behaviours, Medical Efficiencies Support, Stat/Mand Training for the medical workforce, Support Medical Education, JLNC Staff Transport Issues. As well as deputising for the CMO as required, it is expected that the two DCMOs will cover for each other with respect to leave or other non-availability. The DCMOs support the CMO and CMO team. The DCMOs are expected to attend a number of regular meetings, keep up to date with correspondence, deputise for the CMO as requested and work closely together to ensure all aspects of the CMO portfolio are covered.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A medical practitioner with current substantive or honorary consultant (or specialist status) and full registration with the General Medical.
• A credible clinician with relevant skills including education, culture change and improvement.
• Experience of clinical service management, including staff management, change management and quality improvement.
• Experience of working with leaders across the NHS from all professional backgrounds.

Knowledge / Experience and Skills

• Evidence of a current or very recent Senior Medical Leadership role (Clinical Director or more senior), or similar national role.
• Leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and engage individuals and teams across professional boundaries.
• Can share a compelling vision and can translate into objectives and actions in practice, using collaborative approaches and effective team working.
• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing ways of working to produce more effective and innovative models of delivery.
• Able to support an environment that is receptive to change.
• Good judgment in understanding when to brief upwards.
• Strong commitment to the development of others.
• Strong and effective listening skills.
• A track record in using quantitative and qualitative information to stimulate improvement.
• Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to successfully develop and implement practical and workable solutions to address them.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and decide financial priorities.
• Evidence of leading substantial - and successful - change.
• The ability to assess and make effective decisions under pressure in complex situations.
• Experience of multi-professional service or workforce redesign.
• Effective presentation and teaching skills.

Service Delivery

• A track record of using quantitative and qualitative information to stimulate improvement.
• Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to successfully develop and implement practical and workable solutions to address them.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and decide financial priorities.
• Evidence of leading substantial - and successful - change.
• The ability to assess and make effective decisions under pressure in complex situations.
• Experience of multi-professional service or workforce redesign.
• Effective presentation and teaching skills.

Personal Qualities

• A highly motivated individual who is able to assemble and motivate multi-professional teams.
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and flexibility in approach and attitude.
• Autonomous and self-directed.
• Able to build strong collaborative relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups.
• Able to assemble and motivate multi-professional teams to problem solve.
• Strong sense of commitments to openness, honesty and integrity.
• Able to bring out the best in people by harnessing their energy and talent.

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.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Per annum/Pro rata