Deputy Chief Medical Officer (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant) - Chief Medical Officer - Bradf[...]

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust seeks a Deputy Chief Medical Officer to enhance clinical leadership within the organisation. The successful candidate will empower staff, drive service improvement, and ensure high-quality patient care, with responsibilities aligned to the Trust’s strategic goals. This pivotal role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career advancement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years at Consultant level.
• Experience in a senior educational role or equivalent.
• Track record of innovation and performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership to medical teams.
• Champion quality improvement and innovation.
• Deputise for the Chief Medical Officer in their absence.

Skills

Inclusive leadership

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Team motivation

Organisational skills

Education

Registered with the GMC

Formal qualification in management

Job description

Employer Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Town Bradford Salary £105,504 - £139,882 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/07/2025 23:59

Deputy Chief Medical Officer

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

As the Deputy Chief Medical Officer you will, along with the Chief Medical Officer, provide leadership to the medical workforce, ensuring a strong clinical voice in the organisation and the local health economy. You will join a team of Associate Medical Directors working closely together to support the operational and clinical teams on clinical issues and priorities, which align with the Trust’s Corporate Strategy, ambitions and values. You will support the Chief Medical Officer in responding to queries relating to the Chief Medical Officer’s overall portfolio.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a clinical leader with a proven track-record of medical engagement and leadership who will empower and inspire our committed workforce to promote the development of the Trust internally, at Place and across the Integrated Care System to optimise health outcomes, effectiveness and quality of care for our patients and population.

Working for our organisation

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will champion quality improvement, innovation and our desire to continuously reduce unwarranted variation, creating a culture of inclusion and support.

You will provide vision and professional leadership to medical colleagues, promoting excellence in all areas of clinical practice. An important part of this role is to drive innovation and service development, encouraging the involvement of medical colleagues in research, innovation and education. You will help to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others.

You will deputise for the Chief Medical Officer during periods of absence. This will include the attendance at Board level and senior operational meetings and the postholder will be expected to make informed decisions at this level.

It is anticipated that the post-holder may aspire to a full executive role in the future.

The role will attract 10 PAs of time. The successful candidate will also have the option to continue working some clinical sessions in their registered specialty, subject to discussion and agreement by all parties.

Person specification

Experience

• Employed at Consultant level for a minimum of 2 years
• Significant experience as a Senior Clinician
• A track record of operating within a management/ leadership role
• Significant local contribution to the transformation of NHS services and improvement
• Partnership working and credibility at a senior level, including significant workforce and service transformation
• Track record of delivering innovation and excellent performance
• Experience in mentoring and/or coaching
• Experience in a senior educational role eg TPD, College Tutor or equivalent
• Experience of line managing staff
• Experience of developing and implementing strategy
• Experience of system working such as WYAAT program or ICB role
• Experience as a medical appraiser

Skills

• Inclusive leadership and management style
• Ability to motivate and support others and encourage effective team working
• Ability to analyse complex issues and identify potential solutions
• A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching skills using well developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts
• Ability to adapt style of communication to the subject and audience
• Self-confident in public speaking, able to engage an audience and facilitate discussion
• An ability to cope with competing priorities in a complex and demanding work environment
• Coaching & values led leadership style, encouraging engagement and empowerment amongst staff and stakeholders, and developing high performing teams
• Demonstrates strong organisational skills and abilities
• Analyse complex data and information, including preparing responses to complex reports and policies, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales
• IT literate and able to use standard office software and bespoke systems
• Lead clinical activity to meet challenging performance targets within tight financial controls
• Proven skills in the development of alliances and partnerships
• Deal with uncertainty and complexity in a political environment
• Work in an environment with frequent interruptions, and within stressful, unpredictable situations including responding to and solving urgent and emergency situations daily

Knowledge

• Up-to-date knowledge of the current health agenda
• An understanding of the Foundation Trust strategic direction and vision for clinical services
• An understanding of the role of management and clinical contribution to the overall Foundation Trust agenda.
• Key issues and complexity and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, assess and describe impact on services
• Principles and impact of the NHS Constitution
• Sound knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management and workforce information systems
• Sound knowledge and understanding of complex governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy

Qualifications

• Registered with the GMC & on the Specialist Register OR full GDC registration
• Personal development record which reflects ambition to lead and manage
• Formal qualification in management and / or leadership

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.