Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Effectiveness

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Deputy Chief Medical Officer to enhance mental health services across the region. The role involves developing clinical strategies, leading the implementation of excellence in practice, and working closely with teams to drive improvements. Ideal candidates will have strong clinical leadership experience, with the opportunity to grow towards the Chief Medical Officer position.

Qualifications

• Existing clinical leadership skills essential.
• Experience in mental health services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a clinical effectiveness strategy for the Trust.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support effective Clinical Networks.
• Promote psychiatric practice and support the development of a strong network of medical leaders.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Collaboration

Communication

Job description

Are you looking for the next step in your career? Join us as a Deputy Chief Medical Officer! We have a great opportunity for someone who wants to make real improvements to mental health services.

Building on your existing clinical leadership skills, you will play a key role in developing our clinical effectiveness agenda to ensure we deliver the excellent, effective, and innovative services our patients deserve, and our staff are committed to delivering.

This role will provide excellent developmental opportunities for an aspiring Chief Medical Officer. The successful applicant will join colleagues in the Medical and Nursing Directorates, focused on driving clinical improvement.

1. Develop and keep under regular review a clinical effectiveness strategy for the Trust which will inform clinical practice.
2. Work in collaboration with colleagues in the Clinical Executive, Divisions, and LDUs to review and support the development of effective Clinical Networks to promote excellence in clinical practice and outcomes for service users and carers.
3. Identify, advise on, and promote excellent psychiatric practice throughout the Trust and with its partner organisations.
4. Nominate suitable staff to represent the medical group of AWP on relevant local, regional, or national committees.
5. Work collaboratively with the Medical Director and other Deputy Medical Director to create an enthusiastic and dynamic team.
6. Work with partner organisations to influence pathway development of the Community Mental Health Framework.
7. Chair the following governance groups:

• Clinical Audit and NICE Group
• Mortality Group

Represent or deputise for the Chief Medical Officer as required and cross cover with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Medical Professional Standards.

Support and develop a strong network of medical leaders throughout the organisation who will contribute actively to the work of the trust at all levels and in all services.

Work collaboratively with service managers to ensure the medical workforce is deployed effectively within teams, ensuring that all medical imperatives are met in support of clinical governance.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We serve approximately 1.8 million people across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire, and parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. We are committed to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognize that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We value the unique experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge each individual brings, as diversity makes us stronger.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme. Therefore, we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship.