We are seeking an experienced, values‑driven medical leader to join us as Interim Deputy Chief Medical Officer for a 6‑month period. This is a focused opportunity to deliver meaningful, measurable improvement through collaborative, compassionate and accountable leadership. You will provide targeted professional leadership to maintain momentum across clinical standards, performance and priority improvement work, ensuring high‑quality care within agreed financial and operational frameworks. The role also involves managing capability and conduct performances.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will focus on a small number of priority areas, which may include:
- Providing senior clinical input into priority performance or quality issues
- Supporting the management of professional standards, including conduct and capability cases
- Supporting delivery of key improvement programmes where additional leadership capacity is required
- Deputising for the Acting Chief Medical Officer on an ad hoc basis
- Providing visible and credible clinical leadership across the organisation
About us
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is a large, complex organisation serving a diverse population across multiple sites. We are committed to delivering high quality, safe and effective care, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and clinical leadership.
You will be joining a supportive and collaborative senior leadership community, working closely with clinical and corporate colleagues to address key priorities and challenges. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a rapid, visible difference at a critical time, improving care, strengthening standards, and embedding a positive, accountable culture.
Job responsibilities
Working closely with the Acting Chief Medical Officer, you will bring visible, inclusive leadership, building trust quickly and working with teams, not over them, to support delivery and positive culture change across our Back on Track programmes for 2026/27. Key Priorities
- Outpatients & Interface Redesign: Transform pathways through innovation, digitalisation and shared decision‑making
- Inpatient Flow & Care Delivery: Strengthen acute and frailty pathways to improve flow, safety and experience
- Workforce & Operating Model: Simplify systems, reduce friction and release time for care
- Culture & Engagement; Build capability, ownership and accountability through coaching and compassionate leadership
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Current registration and licence to practise
- Success in a previous management role (Divisional / Clinical Director, Associate Medical Director, Clinical Lead or equivalent)
- Working knowledge of professional and occupational regulation (GMC Good Medical Practice 2024; MHPS), Revalidation
- Good working relationships and credibility with professional colleagues and relevant stakeholders
- Uses evidence to make improvements
- NHS quality improvement programmes (e.g. GIRFT; Model Hospital; NHS Impact)
- Previous experience of leading professional and occupational regulation requirements including GMC Good Medical Practice 2024; MHPS, Revalidation and Job Planning
Experience
- Experience in a senior clinical leadership role
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.
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