Chief Medical Officer (CMO) – responsible for strategic clinical leadership across Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, ensuring exceptional standards of care, safety and transformation for over 400,000 people served by the Trust.
With over 5,500 staff and comprehensive services including 24‑hour emergency care, specialist paediatric services, maternity, and community midwifery, the Trust also provides primary care through nine GP surgeries.
Responsibilities
* Provide strategic clinical leadership across the Trust, driving quality, safety and transformation in line with the NHS 10 Year Plan.
* Develop and lead the Trust’s ambitious clinical strategy to deliver meaningful improvements in outcomes, experience and population health.
* Collaborate with the Chief Nurse, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Team to strengthen clinical performance, lead major transformation programmes and champion clinically led service redesign.
* Serve as Responsible Officer and Caldicott Guardian to ensure robust quality, safety, revalidation and information governance systems.
* Provide visible, compassionate leadership to the medical workforce, supporting recruitment, development and culture.
* Build and sustain strong partnerships with system leaders, universities, local authorities, voluntary community and primary care to drive integration and improvement.
* Champion compassion, inclusiveness and the Trust’s Proud to CARE values across the organization.
Qualifications
* Executive/board level experience
* Demonstrable evidence of improving clinical outcomes, clinical effectiveness and patient experience
* Commitment to tackling health inequalities and driving measurable improvements in population health
* Evidence of successfully cultivating clinical leadership capacity within teams
* Strong track record of impactful clinical leadership of service transformation
* Exceptional communication and relationship‑building skills
* Leadership that reflects the Trust’s Proud to CARE values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement
Advert closes 26 April 2026.
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