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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join us as Group Chief Medical Officer (CMO). As part of our Group Executive leadership team and a voting member of our Trust Board, the Group CMO plays a crucial role in shaping the Trust's clinical strategy, ensuring the delivery of safe, compassionate, and effective care for our diverse population. Reporting directly to the Group Chief Executive, this role is integral to the leadership and transformation of clinical services across our hospitals.

As Group CMO, you will be responsible for leading the Trust's plans to improve clinical outcomes, reduce health inequalities, and ensure that high standards of care are consistently met across all sites. Working closely with the Chief Nursing Officer, you will foster a multidisciplinary approach to clinical care, prioritising patient safety and experience through robust clinical governance frameworks. You will also collaborate with the Director of Strategy and Partnerships to drive clinical transformation, ensuring our hospitals are well-positioned to take advantage of new technologies and innovations.

As the professional leader for our medical workforce, you will inspire a culture of continuous improvement and excellence, while providing leadership for several key group-wide functions, including Pharmacy, Public Health, and our Education Academy.

Main duties of the job

Additionally, you will lead the Trust's research initiatives in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London and other academic establishments, ensuring that they contribute to addressing health inequalities.

You will play a key role in developing and delivering the Trust's clinical strategy, fostering innovation, and aligning with regional and national healthcare priorities.

The Group CMO will also be instrumental in leading clinical engagement across the Trust, motivating and empowering clinical colleagues. Externally, you will work closely with other system CMOs and regional partners to tackle common healthcare challenges and deliver high-quality, equitable care across north-east London.

We are seeking an exceptional candidate with substantial experience in medical leadership and a proven track record in medical leadership at senior levels, preferably at Board level. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of clinical governance, quality improvement, and experience leading complex organisational change. You will have a passion for reducing health inequalities, a strategic mindset, and the ability to influence and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders. Your leadership style will be inclusive, dynamic, and transformational, with a commitment to continuous quality improvement.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an innovative leader to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare delivery across north-east London and beyond. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for driving clinical excellence and patient centred care, then we look forward to hearing from you. For an informal discussion, please contact Thomas Patterson, Managing Director at Alumni Global on

thomas.patterson@alumniglobal.com.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

Substantial experience at consultant level in a large teaching NHS Trust
An outstanding track record as a clinician and clinical leader, with a proven record of producing high quality clinical services for patients
Significant senior medical leadership in a large teaching NHS Trust, preferably at Board level

Skills
Essential

Ability to lead a multi-professional team, both when directly managed and in a matrix management model

Able to work collaboratively with the Chief Nursing Officer, ensuring that both divisions operate as one in the setting of clinical standards and monitoring of quality

Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively and translate strategies into delivery plans

Personal Attributes
Essential

Compassionate and inclusive leadership style with ability to develop a culture in which all individuals can thrive and feel a sense of belonging

Demonstrates strong commitment to action to achieve equality, diversity and inclusivity in the provision of services and staffing

Demonstrates effective partnership and collaborative working with internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications
Essential

Be a medical graduate, with appropriate post graduate qualifications

Other
Essential

Have an unblemished registration with the GMC

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