Chief Medical Officer

at  University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

University Hospitals Plymouth has exciting times ahead, with the development of our physical infrastructure, implementation of an electronic patient record and transformation of some of our key clinical services. We are therefore investing in additional clinical leadership and seeking to recruit a second Chief Medical Officer to lead on Clinical Transformation and Operational Delivery. We have high aspirations and need to move our organisation to being a leading high quality organisation which is seen as one of the best in the UK within a positive and supportive health system. The successful postholder will be responsible for the operational leadership of the medical staffing, system and processes which will include patient safety, outcomes and clinical governance, a significant programme of transformation linked to both our clinical strategy and the implementation of an EPR.
Your role will be pivotal in securing and leading wider clinical engagement as we strengthen our clinically led approach to service delivery and improvement. Reporting to the Chief Executive, and an active member of the Board, you will join a committed and established Executive team leading a challenging transformation programme focussed on the delivery of sustainable improvements for our patients.
Applicants must be established clinical leaders, with a track record of driving transformational change through effective and collaborative relationships both internally and across the wider system. You will also be a values driven, visible role model for clinical leadership with the ability to provide both guidance and support and hold others to account for delivery in line with the Trusts leadership approach and our values.
The successful candidate will maintain a strong partnership with key members of the wider executive team, particularly the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, as this triumvirate will need to collectively provide strategic direction and leadership to our devolved clinical and operational leadership teams.
Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and ‘At Risk’ status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.
University Hospitals Plymouth has a dedicated and passionate workforce of staff of over 11,000 and we provide a range of acute, community, social care and mental health services to a population of 475,000 people, as well as providing major trauma, tertiary and specialist services to almost 2,000,000 people across the south west. Against some challenging operational features the CQC has rated us as “Outstanding” for caring and ‘Good’ for Well-Led.
We are a major teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Plymouth as well as working closely with Plymouth Marjon University, and we have significant plans in place to build on these existing partnerships and develop our academic and research offering further. We have made material progress in a range of areas post COVID, but still have more to do, particularly with regard to urgent and emergency care however we are making sustained progress in these areas with significant improvements secured in 2024.
We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams.

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The Chief Medical Officer provides effective professional leadership for all medical staff and is the Responsible Officer for revalidation of medical staff in accordance with Department of Health legislation ensuring that systems of clinical governance and appraisal are effective and appropriate for revalidation.
The Chief Medical Officer will contribute to the development and delivery of the wider organisation agenda, including implementation of the UHP strategic vision and the delivery of a revised medical model and transformation aligned to the UHP clinical strategy.
The Chief Medical Officer will be the principal clinical ambassador for the implementation of the electronic patient record (EPR) and will provide active support to the executive team and other colleagues involved in the effective delivery of the EPR.
The Chief Medical Officer will have a particular focus on clinical operations and work with community partners to deliver high quality patient services. The Chief Medical Officer will act as a system leader and work with partners to deliver best care and sustainable services for the future needs of the Devon population.
In common with all members of our team, the Chief Medical Officer is expected to advocate, exemplify and consistently act as a role model by championing our UHP Vision and living the behaviours that underpin our values, including providing constructive challenge to behaviours at all levels that do not reflect our values.
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