Deputy Medical Director

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Norwich is seeking a Deputy Medical Director to oversee inpatient and community care operations. The role requires a seasoned medical leader skilled in Acute and Urgent Care. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical oversight experience and strategic leadership capabilities. This full-time secondment role offers a salary range of £109,725 to £145,478 annually.

Qualifications

• Experienced Medical Practitioner of Consultant grade.
• Track record of Continuous Personal Development.
• Demonstrable clinical leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Medical Officer in strategic development.
• Provide oversight and guidance to Medical Practitioners.
• Deputise for the CMO at meetings and ensure representation.

Skills

Organisational skills

Team leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Excellent influencing skills

Problem solving skills

Education

Primary clinical qualification BMBS or equivalent

Full, current, registration with the GMC & License to Practice

Job description

Job summary

CCS and NCH&C are merging into a new merged organisation on 1st April 2026. This position is a newly created secondment role for 1 year for a Deputy Medical Director with a focus on Norfolk Adult Care. It will involve oversight of inpatient beds, Urgent Care, and working with our Community teams to provide great care.

Are you an experienced Medical Leader ready to take that step into a Deputy role with all the knowledge and experience you have acquired? Do you have experience of Acute and Urgent Adult Care and want to bring that experience into the Community setting to help us facilitate the Darzi shift of Care into the Community? If so, then come and speak with us about this position and consider joining us.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Medical Director will support the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the overall strategic development and day to day running of high quality and safe Adult patient care, mainly focused on the Norfolk provision, but there will be some cross working within the Group.

They will provide oversight and guidance to Medical and Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP's), staff and their Leads, providing support, troubleshooting where necessary and providing senior clinical advice where required.

They will be responsible for overseeing medical job planning process across the Group and performance delivery as part of the annual cycle.

In conjunction with the CMO, and working with Senior Operational, Allied Health Professional (AHP), and Nursing colleagues, they will support the design and development of clinical pathways with system partners with specific responsibility for inpatient care, Urgent Community Response (UCR) growth, and increase the opportunities for admission avoidance across Norfolk and Waveney.

They will deputise for the CMO at local, regional and national meetings as requested, ensuring the organisation and profession is represented operationally and strategically. They will be responsible for deputising at Board meetings as required, developing and presenting papers, ensuring local and national issues that impact on the organisation are raised and addressed.

The postholder will participate in the Trust Strategic on-call rota.

About us

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Details

Date posted: 03 October 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Secondment

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 839-7522925-PG

Job locations: Norfolk Community Hospital, Bowthorpe Road, Norwich, NR2 3TU

Job responsibilities

• Clinical Leadership responsibilities:

• Clinical Governance

• People leadership

• Educational, Training and Research

• Audit, research and development

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experienced Medical Practitioner of Consultant grade.
• Primary clinical qualification BMBS or equivalent.
• Further other professional registration e.g. MRCP.
• Full, current, registration with the GMC & License to Practice.
• Track record of Continuous Personal Development.
• Track record of clinical leadership and leadership training.

Experience

• Experience of clinical management roles including job planning, appraisal and clinical assessment.
• Track record of successful clinical leadership.
• Evidence of leading multi- disciplinary service change.
• Experience of working on key clinical quality areas such as clinical effectiveness and managing concerns with performance.
• Demonstrate a good strategic awareness of wider NHS issues and the implication of NHS drivers on Trust services.
• Good analysis and statistical collection skills.
• Evidence of system working.

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Demonstrable organisational skills.
• Team leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels and with colleagues within and external to the Trust.
• Excellent influencing skills and personal credibility.
• Detailed knowledge of NHS quality systems.
• Awareness of current NHS issues and their wider implications for community services.
• Up to date knowledge of medical management systems such as revalidation, appraisal and job planning.

Communication

• Highly effective communication skills - listening, verbal and written, tact and diplomacy.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills to meet competing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent problem solving and decision making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills with the ability to build and sustain relationships internally and with external organisations.

Personal and people development

• Demonstrable significant management/ clinical experience at senior level of quality governance, quality assurance, patient safety and leadership.
• Demonstrable experience of NHS management, presenting to senior professionals and to Board.
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective professional networks.
• Experience of developing and leading a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of leading change successfully.
• Evidence of managing organisation wide assurance programmes.
• Demonstrable clinical leadership experience.

Personal attributes/ behaviours

• Demonstrates professional curiosity.
• Strong team player with the ability to inspire, influence and direct the work of others.
• Transformational leader with ability to effect change.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Exhibits drive, energy, enthusiasm and resilience.
• Ability to take initiative, assess risk and implement change.
• Demonstrates a 'can do' attitude and way of working.
• Evidence of personal style and approach that is in line with the Trust's values and behaviours.
• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/ vulnerable adults.

Other

• The post holder will take part in the Senior Leader/ Strategic on-call system.
• Flexible approach to working hours.
• Ability to travel throughout the geography of the Trust to meet the needs of the service.
• Must hold full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle (if applicable).
• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English language.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.