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.
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.
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
We value people
We are one team
We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
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

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