Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking aChief Medical Officer.
This pivotal role requires a leader with the expertise to help us plan and prepare for what our organisation needs to look like over the coming years and which services and pathways need improving.
Strengthening and delivering our Clinical Services Strategy will be the vehicle used to deliver these improvements in conjunction with our ambitious 5-year Trust strategy ‘Improving Lives’ which sets out how we plan to do just that alongside our partners and support our people to bring that reality to life.The Chief Medical Officer will be an integral part of this exciting change.
The overriding purpose of the role is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement. We want to make Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust the best place in the NHS to work and receive care.
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is a full member of the Board of Directors and will provide advice to the Chief Executive and Board of Directors on all professional medical issues and lead clinical collaboration within the organisation and across Trust boundaries, in partnership with other clinicians.
The CMO is expected to contribute to the development and delivery of the wider organisational agenda, as well as taking a lead role in advising on and developing medical/clinical aspects of the Trust strategic plans, clinical service strategy, service reconfiguration, clinical performance and conduct, clinical governance, risk management, medical education, consultant appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
In conjunction with the Chief Nurse, the CMO will provide strategic leadership in shaping the clinical culture and implementing clinical governance and patient safety arrangements across the Trust.
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