# Deputy Chief Medical Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-medical-officer/7955bbb5-2506-40b7-bb3f-60eb5975ecf7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-medical-officer/7955bbb5-2506-40b7-bb3f-60eb5975ecf7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Sutton In Ashfield - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Salary:** £63,696 - £150,569 pro rata (dependant on grade of appointed candidate) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T10:11:50.139Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Sutton_Ashfield/Sherwood_Forest_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical/Medical-v8014957 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8014957?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working closely with, and reporting directly to, the Chief Medical Officer, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) will help to deliver the Chief Medical Officer’s extensive portfolio. This will include, but not be limited to, providing visible professional medical leadership across Sherwood Forest Hospitals and supporting the Divisional Clinical Directors, divisional triumvirates and Heads of Service in matters relevant to patient safety, patient experience and the quality agenda, while ensuring the best use of scarce resources. The post-holder will model inclusive leadership and actively contribute to a culture of belonging, psychological safety and equity of opportunity across the medical workforce. The role will include guiding the CMO’s Office in strategic and operational decision-making, deputising at Board and sub-Board level, and chairing various committees linked to the CMO’s portfolio and the strategic direction of the Trust. There will be an opportunity to discuss the composition of the portfolio following the appointment, depending on the successful candidate’s experience and professional development needs. The work of the CMO’s Office is under ongoing review as the portfolio evolves. This may require changes to the successful candidate’s portfolio over time. ### Main duties of the job - Provide senior medical leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective patient care across the Trust services. - Lead and strengthen Trust-wide quality improvement activity, with a focus on patient safety, clinical outcomes and patient experience. - Provide executive oversight of clinical governance arrangements, including incident management, learning from deaths, complaints handling and serious incident processes. - Provide executive oversight of clinical governance arrangements, including incident management, learning from deaths, complaint handling and serious incident processes. - Chair or deputise for relevant Trust committees and forums linked to the Chief Medical Officer’s portfolio. This includes chairing the Radiation Safety Committee and the Learning from Deaths forum. - Ensure compliance with Caldicott principles, safeguarding duties and relevant regulatory frameworks. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities ## Job Details Working closely with, and reporting directly to, the Chief Medical Officer, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) will help to deliver the Chief Medical Officer’s extensive portfolio. This will include, but not be limited to, providing visible professional medical leadership across Sherwood Forest Hospitals and supporting the Divisional Clinical Directors, divisional triumvirates and Heads of Service in matters relevant to patient safety, patient experience and the quality agenda, while ensuring the best use of scarce resources. The post-holder will model inclusive leadership and actively contribute to a culture of belonging, psychological safety and equity of opportunity across the medical workforce. The role will include guiding the CMO’s Office in strategic and operational decision-making, deputising at Board and sub-Board level, and chairing various committees linked to the CMO’s portfolio and the strategic direction of the Trust. There will be an opportunity to discuss the composition of the portfolio following the appointment, depending on the successful candidate’s experience and professional development needs. The work of the CMO’s Office is under ongoing review as the portfolio evolves. This may require changes to the successful candidate’s portfolio over time. ## Job Description ·         Provide senior medical leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective patient care across the Trust services. ·         Lead and strengthen Trust-wide quality improvement activity, with a focus on patient safety, clinical outcomes and patient experience. ·         Provide executive oversight of clinical governance arrangements, including incident management, learning from deaths, complaints handling and serious incident processes. ·         Provide executive oversight of clinical governance arrangements, including incident management, learning from deaths, complaint handling and serious incident processes. ·         Chair or deputise for relevant Trust committees and forums linked to the Chief Medical Officer’s portfolio. This includes chairing the Radiation Safety Committee and the Learning from Deaths forum. ·         Ensure compliance with Caldicott principles, safeguarding duties and relevant regulatory frameworks. ## Responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the main responsibilities ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Consultant or senior SAS doctor with at least 5 years’ post CCT (or equivalent) experience, including evidence of senior clinical leadership - Full Registration with GMC without any conditions or restrictions on licence to practise **Desirable** - Master’s degree or equivalent in clinical leadership - Membership of FMLM ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Experience of senior clinical leadership at service or Divisional level within an acute Trust for at least 2 years - Substantial knowledge of clinical governance - Experience of working with patient groups and wider external stakeholders, including engagement in service change and/or improvement - Experience of job planning, medical appraisal, and the management of performance concerns **Desirable** - Involvement in initiatives at national and/or regional level - Experience and knowledge of delivery of digital innovations - Experience as Case Investigator or Case Manager - Experience of MHPS - IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information and develop and write Board reports ### Analytical & Judgement Skills **Essential** - Experience of audit and audit tools ### Communication & Relationship Skills **Desirable** - Undertaken advanced communication course ## Documents - [dcmo jd (pdf, 760.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10311146) - [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702) - [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938) ## 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.