Chief Medical Officer
| Posting date: | 20 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £100,000.00 to £200,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £100000.00 - £200000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 March 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB21 5EF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-26-0119 |
Summary
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details Provide strategic leadership to the Trust Board on clinical strategy, quality, safety, outcomes, and transformation. Be the Executive Lead for clinical governance including audit and clinical effectiveness, ensuring robust assurance frameworks and effective oversight of clinical governance, risk management, incident response and regulatory engagement. Lead major transformation programmes across mental health and community care, including:o Neighbourhood/community models and integrated teamso Crisis and urgent care pathwayso Inpatient care redesign and therapeutic environmentso Long-term condition management and rehabilitation Provide professional leadership to the medical workforce, including consultants, SAS doctors, resident Drs and wider clinical leaders. Lead medical excellence, through oversight of medical education and training governance, including relationships with deaneries, universities and placement providers. Embed statutory Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act compliance into pathway redesign and quality improvement. Ensure sound governance over budgets, productivity and resource use within the medical directorate. As Executive Lead for Mental Health Legislation, oversee all organisational duties relating to the Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.