Job overview At Surrey and Sussex, we are forming a fundamentally different kind of organisation. As a strategic commissioner, our purpose is not merely to oversee services but to reshape the health and care system in active partnership—improving outcomes, tackling inequalities, delivering better value, and building long-term resilience for our populations. NHS Surrey Heartlands and NHS Sussex share a proud history of collaboration—grounded in mutual trust, aligned values, and joint delivery across commissioning, workforce, and clinical innovation. From integrated planning to shared leadership development, we have demonstrated what purposeful collaboration can achieve. We now have the opportunity to build on that legacy—deepening coherence, unlocking capability, and forming a single, agile organisation with a clear identity and system leadership role. Advert The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is the Statutory Responsible Officer who supports the achievement of the ICBs core purposes and provides strategic leadership of all activities within their portfolio. The focus will be on their influential executive role and shared accountability for the development and delivery of the clinical strategy of the Integrated Care Board (ICB), ensuring this reflects and integrates the clinical strategies of all relevant partner organisations within the System. The Chief Medical Officer together with the Chief Nursing Officer are accountable for all matters relating to the relevant professional colleagues across the clinical and care workforce employed by the ICB and wider system. They will be accountable for securing multi-professional clinical and care leadership in delivery of the ICB’s objectives and form part of the wider network of clinical and care leaders in the region and nationally. Working for our organisation We have an ambitious vision for transformation and continuous improvement of health and care across our footprint and to deliver our objectives we need a team of capable, collaborative professionals who share the same vision. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome all applications, especially those from underrepresented communities, including people with a disability, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details for this vacancy. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome all applications, especially those from underrepresented communities, including people with a disability, and those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability. As part of the organisation’s commitment to achieving equality of opportunity for all staff, Surrey Heartlands ICB will consider all requests for flexible working on hiring. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, compressed hours, part-time hours and/or job-sharing, and homeworking. Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants. In accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board will not discriminate against or dismiss the applications of candidates with spent convictions for posts which are not exempt from this legislation.