# Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Safety & Clinical Effectiveness > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-medical-officer-safety-and-clinical-effectiveness/053c454b-6f20-4f64-9d9e-ff4a4be0fa5a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-medical-officer-safety-and-clinical-effectiveness/053c454b-6f20-4f64-9d9e-ff4a4be0fa5a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal United Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Leadership - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Pro rata. Subject to pay award and dependant on experience - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term or Secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time - 6.25 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T14:15:34.888Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical/Medical-v8299902 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8299902?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to join the Chief Medical Officer team at the RUH, Bath. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our fantastic team and help us make a positive difference for our staff and patients. This is a 12 month fixed term or secondment opportunity. Working with our Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Strategy and Workforce you will support the delivery of the Trust’s strategic goals with a focus on providing strong professional and clinical leadership to improve clinical outcomes, patient safety, medical standards, patient experience, efficiency and effectiveness. You will have had considerable experience in medical management with a demonstrable track record of clinical leadership in an acute setting/complex healthcare organisation. This role will also work closely with the Chief Nurse, Deputy Chief Nurses and Divisional Leadership Teams supported by a number of Associate Chief Medical Officer roles to ensure we have sufficient resource for all areas of the CMO portfolio. As part of the on-line application, please provide a cover letter outlining what you would bring to this role, accompanied by an up to date CV. ### Main duties of the job This role is one of two Deputy Chief Medical Officer posts. This role, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Safety and Clinical Effectiveness will support the delivery of the Trust’s strategic goals with a focus on providing strong professional and clinical leadership to improve clinical outcomes, patient safety, medical standards, patient experience, efficiency and effectiveness. The portfolio of these roles will align and engage medical staff in delivering efficient, high quality, safe and compassionate care to patients in all services. You will work alongside our The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Strategy and Workforce provides leadership on the Clinical Strategy and all medical and dental workforce issues, through professional assurance, leadership development, workforce planning and productivity. The role leads on medical workforce planning, including the development of electronic job planning, consultant induction and health inequalities, improved medical staff engagement across the Trust, as well as input into the creation of medical leadership development programmes. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached detailed job description for further information on this 12 month fixed term or secondment opportunity. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrable leadership experience - Experience of developing leadership knowledge and skills in others - Experience of service innovation and development - Substantial clinical experience at consultant level - Strong reputation as a clinician and clinical leader, with a proven track record of producing high quality results in the management and leadership of clinical services **Desirable** - Significant organisational change experience / managing difficult and complex change - A good knowledge of the local healthcare system ### Qualifications **Essential** - Post graduate medical qualifications - Evidence of continued professional development - Qualification in management, leadership, quality improvement - Current GMC registration **Desirable** - Evidence of continuing leadership development ### Specific Skills **Essential** - Political awareness, with the ability to understand wider interest groups and stakeholders, and to work sensitively to overcome their differing positions and interest - A thorough grasp of the NHS, local and national health care strategies - A proven ability to plan strategically ## Documents - [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030) - [dcmo safety & clinical effectiveness jd (pdf, 317.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10619110) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.