Group Chief Medical Officer
2 days ago
Lincoln
Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lincoln County Hospital Town Lincoln Salary £100,000 - £200,000 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/08/2026 23:59 We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH. We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision. Our Group values guide everything we do. They are: Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for. Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment. Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment. If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team. We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients. Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people. Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Caring and building a healthier future for all” – stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best. We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live. Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’. This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. So,what is in it for you? • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual. Types of flexibility could include: • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week., • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week., • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts., • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times., • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability, • NHS Pension:A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government, • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum., • Bank working:The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost. In addition, there ismore. • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment., • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests., • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research, • Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary., • Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery. Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. The Group Chief Medical Officer is a full Executive (voting) Director of the Lincolnshire Community Health Services Trust & United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (the Group) and member of the unitary Group Board, and is expected to work as part of an integrated team and take lead responsibility for strategic and corporate issues both within and external to their immediate portfolio, making a major contribution to the achievements of the Groups vision and strategic goals. The Group Chief Medical Officer will provide strong and effective clinical leadership across the Group and advise the Group Board on all aspects of professional practice relating to registered medical staff. Group lead on the development of clinical strategy, its underpinning medical & dental workforce strategy and for developing the research base in collaboration with education & commerce partners. The Group Chief Medical Officer will also be the Executive clinical lead for the primary, secondary care interface across the Group providing leadership and managerial oversight of the Director for frailty & Long-Term Conditions • Provide high level and visionary leadership to the Trust Medical & Dental workforce and set and ensure the maintenance of high professional standards for the Group’s medical and dental workforce., • Ensure on-going improvement in the medical workforce engagement and national staff survey recommendation of the Group as both a place to work and receive care., • Empower the medical workforce to develop knowledge, skills and competencies relevant to their roles and strengthen capabilities of leadership, management and staff ensuring effective succession planning is in place., • Ensure the Group meets its obligations to NHS England at regional and national level, the Royal Colleges and NHS guidance, regulations and recommendations, for the training of its junior and undergraduate doctors; ensure the Group has an excellent reputation for high quality junior doctor and undergraduate training, • Take the lead medical role in developing and implementing the clinical strategy ensuring the provision of an appropriate and effective range of services and that planned changes or developments are clinically sound, • Develop clinical leadership and high levels of engagement in delivering high quality outcomes, high levels of patient and staff satisfaction and clinical productivity. Our Group is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire, serving a population of more than 750,000 people. Lincolnshire is such a wonderful place to live and work with many opportunities to grow and develop as well as spend time on hobbies, activities and taking in local historic sites. Find out more on the Visit Lincolnshire website. Our Group provides community, acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. Our 2023/24 Group annual income was c£874m, and we employ approximately 11,000 WTE staff. We provide services at Lincoln County Hospital, Grantham and District Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, as well as running services from community hospital sites and other community locations across Lincolnshire. Please see attached Group Chief Medical Officer welcome pack for future details including the job description and person specification. • Medical graduate, • Unblemished registration with GMC, • Postgraduate qualification in either medical education or clinical governance, • At least three years experience at clinical director, deputy director or equivalent level in a relevant healthcare organisation, • Experience of building organisational capabilities, including establishing a clear strategic vision and direction and translation into successful outcomes, • Evidence of continuing professional and managerial development, • Outstanding 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, • Experience of managing governance and research governance, • Previous Medical director experience, • Experience of leading a large complex organisation through significant change, • Successful management of change in a distressed organisation and/or system, • Experience of managing postgraduate training, • In-depth understanding of the complexity in providing secondary healthcare, • In-depth understanding of providing community healthcare, • A proven ability plan strategically, • Innovation and vision, including an ability to build organisational capabilities, establishing a clear strategic vision and direction and translating this into successful outcomes, • Successful team leadership/motivation of others, • Success as a team player and the ability to work with staff at all levels, • Innovation and vision, including an ability to build organisational capabilities, establishing a clear strategic vision and direction and translating this into successful outcomes, • Financial awareness and business acumen, • Excellent interpersonal skills, • Intellectual flexibility, including the ability to understand both operational detail and wider longer strategic visions, and to articulate theses to others, and the ability to cope with ambiguity and perform through uncertainty where necessary, • Political awareness, with the ability to understand the wider interest groups and stakeholders within across the Group, and to work sensitively to overcome their differing positions and interests, • Drive for improvement with the proven ability to set and meet ambitious targets and monitor against targets, • Knowledge of the UK health care sector, • Energy, stamina and drive commensurate with working as an executive board director in a large integrated Group, evidenced by health record and attitude to work, • Car owner/driver or supported driver with the ability to travel/work around a large county, • Ability to work flexibly and to work across sites associated with the Group Satisfactory health screening and DBS checks, • Understand confidentiality ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date. We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you. You are: • A Veteran, • A Military Reserve, • Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces All new employees will be subject to a charge for the DBS check that is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by ULTH and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a 3 month period. Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. Please note, for applicants with previous NHS service: If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. #J-18808-Ljbffr