Chief Medical Officer

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; In loco; GBP 150.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds is seeking a Chief Medical Officer to provide professional leadership of the medical workforce, ensuring services delivered by doctors are of the highest quality, compassionate, and aligned with the Trust's vision for excellent, safe and sustainable care.

You will work with the Chief Nurse to lead the Quality Assurance Framework and drive long-term service improvement while reducing inequalities and promoting inclusion across the organisation.

Competenze

• Professional leadership of the medical workforce.
• Lead quality assurance framework with Chief Nurse.
• Experience in leading a complex organisation.

Mansioni

• Provide professional leadership to medical staff ensuring high quality services.
• Collaborate with Chief Nurse to lead Quality Assurance Framework.
• Lead long-term service improvement and reduce inequalities.

Descrizione del lavoro

As one of the largest and most influential teaching hospital trusts in the country, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of millions through local, regional and nationally commissioned specialist services. Our scale, clinical expertise, research partnerships and role within the Leeds and West Yorkshire health and care system place us at the forefront of healthcare delivery, innovation and transformation.

Main duties of the job

As our new Chief Medical Officer, you will be responsible for the professional leadership of the medical workforce, ensuring that the services provided by doctors are of the highest possible quality, delivered with compassion and fulfil the Trust vision to provide excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient, every time. You will work closely with the Chief Nurse to provide leadership to the Quality Assurance Framework.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Marie Pearson PA to Brendan Brown, Chief Executive [e-mail] 07760405980

Closing date: 15 November 2026

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

What you will bring to the role

As our new Chief Medical Officer, you will be responsible for the professional leadership of the medical workforce, ensuring that the services provided by doctors are of the highest possible quality, delivered with compassion and fulfil the Trust vision to provide excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient, every time. You will work closely with the Chief Nurse to provide leadership to the Quality Assurance Framework.

We are seeking a strategic, inclusive, and values based individual, someone who is experienced in leading a complex organisation and long term service improvement. You will bring a passion for reducing inequalities, valuing inclusion and for empowering colleagues, maintaining our position as an employer of choice and modelling the "Leeds Way" values and behaviours in all that you do. An exceptional communicator with a high degree of political acumen, you will forge trusted relationships with our stakeholders and be skilled in creating effective partnerships working across organisational boundaries locally, regionally and nationally.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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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.