Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Safety & Clinical Effectiveness

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Chief Medical Officer team at the RUH, Bath. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our fantastic team and help us make a positive difference for our staff and patients. This is a 12 month fixed term or secondment opportunity.

Working with our Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Strategy and Workforce you will support the delivery of the Trust's strategic goals with a focus on providing strong professional and clinical leadership to improve clinical outcomes, patient safety, medical standards, patient experience, efficiency and effectiveness.

You will have had considerable experience in medical management with a demonstrable track record of clinical leadership in an acute setting/complex healthcare organisation.

This role will also work closely with the Chief Nurse, Deputy Chief Nurses and Divisional Leadership Teams supported by a number of Associate Chief Medical Officer roles to ensure we have sufficient resource for all areas of the CMO portfolio.

As part of the on-line application, please provide a cover letter outlining what you would bring to this role, accompanied by an up to date CV.

Main duties of the job

This role is one of two Deputy Chief Medical Officer posts.

This role, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Safety and Clinical Effectiveness will support the delivery of the Trust's strategic goals with a focus on providing strong professional and clinical leadership to improve clinical outcomes, patient safety, medical standards, patient experience, efficiency and effectiveness.

The portfolio of these roles will align and engage medical staff in delivering efficient, high quality, safe and compassionate care to patients in all services.

You will work alongside our The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Strategy and Workforceprovides leadership on the Clinical Strategy and all medical and dental workforce issues, through professional assurance, leadership development, workforce planning and productivity.

The role leads on medical workforce planning, including the development of electronic job planning, consultant induction and health inequalities, improved medical staff engagement across the Trust, as well as input into the creation of medical leadership development programmes.

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

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