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A leading health organization is seeking a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to provide clinical leadership and represent it externally. The CMO will lead the Clinical Directorate and ensure patient safety while developing a skilled team. Ideal candidates will be fully registered with the GMC and committed to ongoing clinical practice. The role is based in London or Manchester with flexible working arrangements supported, requiring visibility across NICE's teams. This is a high-profile role that requires political awareness and strong stakeholder engagement.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is a leader in providing robust, independent, and trusted advice to the health and care system with a global reputation for excellence. The organisation was established more than 25 years ago as an independent non-departmental government body with a core purpose "to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision-making". NICE is seeking the right successor to the current Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in this important, high-profile role. The CMO provides visible clinical leadership to NICE, represents the organisation externally (including in the media, in government, and with clinical stakeholder and academic groups including professional societies and Royal Colleges), and serves as the Board's senior professional medical advisor. Through clinical experience, connection, and breadth of system understanding, the CMO will ensure NICE guidance is highly relevant across the health and care system.
Within NICE, the CMO will lead the Clinical Directorate, sustaining and building visible clinical leadership across the organisation. They will be accountable for clinical colleagues’ revalidation, delivery of the Caldicott Guardian role, and patient safety. The CMO is the professional lead for all medically qualified clinical staff employed by NICE, working closely with the directors of guidance programmes to lead a wider team of interprofessional clinical advisors in supporting the delivery of NICE’s programmes of work and providing advice and leadership on all clinical issues.
The CMO will lead, motivate and develop a highly skilled team and build effective and successful working relationships across NICE as well as externally with key stakeholders. In addition to an understanding of the political context in which NICE operates, the CMO will bring personal credibility and a track record of engaging with and influencing external partners, acting as a role-model leader in line with NICE’s values.
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