Chief Medical Officer

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	08 Hydref 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Negotiable
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	31 Hydref 2025
Lleoliad:	Hove, BN3 7GS
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	B0582-25-0004

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Main Duties and Responsibilities Clinical Assurance and Service Support (1 sessions/week) The CMO will oversee the lead nurse and the lead pharmacist. Any clinical query will be filtered through the lead nurse and lead pharmacist and if it cannot be solved at that level it will be escalated up to the CMO, or if the CMO is on leave the chair. Hold responsibility for clinical assurance across all Federation services, working closely with the Lead Pharmacist and Lead Nurse. Respond to clinical queries from current services, providing timely, expert advice. Support safe and effective service delivery through clinical risk oversight, safeguarding input, and governance leadership. Drive innovation within existing services, identifying opportunities for quality improvement, efficiency, and better patient outcomes. Lead or advise on incident investigations, complaints, and clinical audits involving medical decision-making. Provide peer support and mentorship for clinicians where performance concerns arise. Provide safeguarding support to the safeguarding lead. Lead on training and development Peer support/ mentorship via 121s with clinicians if there are concerns about medical performance (including outcomes from clinical audit reviews) Incident/ complaint investigation where medical/ therapeutic decision making is called into question and GP input required Monitor quality and appropriateness of clinical care Clinical protocol development Correct clinical policies and procedures are in place Support the clinician recruitment to recruit competent and skilled staff to all vacancies Participate in clinical and quality meetings Recruitment, induction & appraisal of suitably qualified and experienced staff Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and legal requirements set by regulatory bodies such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the NHS. Chair and lead the weekly leaders meetings. Develop operational strategies for Board approval. Be a key partner in developing Clinical Services strategies for Board approval and ensuring objectives are achieved Chair the Clinical Governance Committee ensuring effective governance and continuous improvement in clinical service delivery Foster a culture of teamwork and act as a role model. Strategic Leadership and Citywide Innovation (1 session/week) Lead on strategic engagement with practices, PCPC, the ICB, and other local providers to improve clinical care across Brighton & Hove. Identify and implement ways to save money, time, and energy while improving patient care and experience. Utilising our position as the primary care provider at scale. Support and enable neighbourhood working, building stronger connections between practices, communities, and system partners. Lead citywide clinical improvement programmes aligned with ICS priorities, Core20PLUS5, and prevention-focused care. Champion sustainability in healthcare, embedding environmental considerations into clinical and operational decisions. Understand the financial situation and context of the federation within the current system Cover for the chair when the chair is away on leave Safeguarding Lead To oversee the safeguarding lead Supporting and advising team/service area colleagues on safeguarding matters. To maintain up to date knowledge of safeguarding issues including the referral processes to be followed internally within the organisation and when raising safeguarding concerns. To act as a resource and a point of contact for colleagues who require support and guidance with safeguarding issues. To cascade/disseminate safeguarding information received to colleagues within their teams. To support staff in identifying those in need of protection and assist in their understanding of the action they need to take. To be aware of own limitations and seek further clarification/support from the organisations designated Safeguarding Lead. To encourage colleagues to recognise and be aware of trends and themes within their area and communicate these as appropriate to Service Leads and safeguarding leads. To maintain an awareness of the organisations policy and procedures in relation to Safeguarding. Represent the Federation in local safeguarding meetings as required. Personal Performance Management Adheres to Professional Code of Conduct, and maintains own professional development ensuring fit for practice Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Undertake any other duties required, as appropriate to the role Responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Ensures compliance with own mandatory and statutory training, and willing to attend any additional training identified as being relevant to the role Follow BHF and national policies including national protocols, standard operating procedures, patient group directives relating to, but not limited to, the safe storage, administration and disposal of medication. Participation in annual appraisal/ performance review Onsite Working You are required to be onsite for 50% of your contracted hours to ensure strong leadership visibility, effective team collaboration, and hands-on operational oversight. As a senior leader in a clinical delivery organisation, your presence will be essential for building relationships with key stakeholders, supporting staff, and responding in real-time to operational challenges. Communication Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills in all internal and external communications. Ensure barriers to patient communication are addressed appropriately Adhere to protocols and personal and professional boundaries. Provide professional telephone and written advice and support to patients and their carers. To respond to queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to the appropriate colleagues in accordance with protocols and personal and professional boundaries. Leadership Accountable and responsible for own actions, working within professional and personal boundaries and competencies. Contributes to the continual improvement of patient services, sharing best practice and speaking up when things go wrong. Provide leadership within your team (including but not limited to participation in buddying mentoring of new colleagues, raising tensions in respectful and courteous manners, attendance and contribution to team meetings and discussions). Support team members to deliver excellent service through a program of peer review and direct observation of practice Working Relationships Work collaboratively with colleagues, PCNs and practices (members and non-members), commissioners, SCFT, SPFT and attending meetings as required Patient & Public Involvement Optimise patient well-being to enable them to do the things that matter to them. Engage with patients, internal and external stakeholders as required in line with the companys strategy from time to time Engage with users of the service to understand peoples experience of the service and to measure levels of satisfaction Ensure the patient voice is heard and acted on appropriately. Particular attention will be paid to how we ensure the care we provide is safe, effective, caring, and responsive Contribute to responding to complaints as appropriate, according to the Brighton and Hove federation complaints policy Participate in patient engagement activities relating to service developments/feedback as required Risk Management Promote a culture where the sharing of learning events and deep learning that comes from them is positive and the norm. Ensure learning event and risk registers are maintained and required actions are completed within agreed timescales. Highlight issues and risks within services and address appropriately Audit Ensure appropriate audit plans and activities exist to optimise patient safety and the use of resources. Make recommendations based on the outcomes of audit and shared learning activities. Collaborative Support When required and requested you will be expected to support colleagues across the areas of Operations, Finance, Human Resources and Corporate Service by working collaboratively to ensure critical functions are met in the wider interests of the company. This may include being a temporary point of contact andor providing support for critical tasks within those areas during any absences. You will be supported during any such periods to ensure your workload is appropriately adjusted and/or additional support provided in the short term. Work within a team who provide peer support to each other, accessing support via local interprofessional training and supervision arrangements as required Provide training, supervision and peer support for Senior Leadership Team members as required. Travel between named practices and our offices. Work with internal and external stakeholders to help PCN and practices achieve local and national targets