Deputy Medical Director

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A public healthcare organization in Norwich is seeking an experienced Deputy Medical Director to support the Chief Medical Officer. The role involves overseeing adult patient care and working with community teams to improve service delivery. Ideal candidates have substantial experience in acute care and a desire to enhance community healthcare services. Join us to facilitate transformative care shifts.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute and urgent adult care.
• Knowledge of community healthcare delivery.

Responsibilities

• Oversee inpatient beds and urgent care services.
• Provide oversight and guidance to medical practitioners.
• Support the design of clinical pathways.
• Deputize for the CMO in various meetings.
• Participate in the Trust's strategic on-call rota.

Job description

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.

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.

Key responsibilities will include:

• oversight of inpatient beds, Urgent Care, and working with our Community teams to provide great care
• providing 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
• overseeing medical job planning process across the Group and performance delivery as part of the annual cycle
• supporting 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
• deputising for the CMO at local, regional and national meetings as requested, ensuring the organisation and profession is represented operationally and strategically
• participating in the Trust Strategic on-call rota

We are looking for an experienced Medical Leader ready to take that step into a Deputy role with all the knowledge and experience you have acquired. If 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, then come and speak with us about this position and consider joining us.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.