Job summary
Professionally, the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG) presents a unique and exciting opportunity for executive leaders to influence meaningful, system-wide change. As part of a progressive and ambitious group operating across three acute hospital sites, you'll help shape high-quality, sustainable services for a population of over one million people.
The Group plays a central role in Norfolk and Waveney's Integrated Care System and is committed to collaborative, inclusive leadership. For those seeking to make a lasting impact on healthcare while enjoying the benefits of a truly enviable lifestyle, Norfolk is an outstanding place to lead, live, and grow.
As the NWUHG, well work together under a Group Board with a single Interim Group Chair, Group CEO, Prof Lesley Dwyer, and joint Executive and non-Executive Directors.
To apply, please visit: https://alumniglobal.com/job/nwuhg-cmo
Closing date: 14 August 2015
Final interviews: w/c 15 September - TBC
Main duties of the job
The Group Chief Medical Officer will be pivotal in this journey. You will shape and lead our approach to clinical outcomes, governance, and patient safety, working in close partnership with our Group Chief Nurse and other executive colleagues. Together, you will ensure that care across all three hospitals is safe, compassionate, and continuously improving, and that our services reflect the needs of our communities, including those whose voices are often hardest to hear.
You will also lead our research and education agenda, strengthening our academic partnerships and supporting the development of a medical workforce that is fit for the future. You will foster an environment in which innovation thrives, and where doctors, dentists, pharmacists and the broader clinical team are empowered to lead and deliver change.
Above all, you will provide visible, authentic leadership to a large and diverse group of clinicians. You will help us build a culture that is collaborative, ambitious, and open to learning. Beyond designing a new structure, we are setting a new standard for how hospital services are delivered, how clinicians are supported, and how patients experience care.
If you bring the credibility, vision and determination to deliver that standard, Group CEO Professor Lesley Dwyer would be thrilled to welcome you to our leadership team.
To apply, please visit: https://alumniglobal.com/job/nwuhg-cmo
About us
The Group was formed in May 2025 and brings together the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Trust, the James Paget University Hospitals Trust and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn.
Each Trust remains a separate statutory organisation with its own Executive Managing Director, who will be a full member of the Group board, and leadership team. Each hospital also remains focused on its community and local services and staff relationships will continue to be central to how we work.
Living and working in Norfolk offers the rare opportunity to enjoy both professional fulfilment and an exceptional quality of life. From its expansive coastline and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the historic city of Norwich and its surrounding market towns, Norfolk blends tranquillity with a strong sense of community. Whether you're relocating with family or seeking a change of pace, the region boasts excellent schools, accessible housing, and a lifestyle rooted in wellbeing, space, and balance. Its a place where you can truly switch off at the end of the day, whether that's a walk on Holkham Beach or dinner in a vibrant local pub.
To apply, please visit: https://alumniglobal.com/job/nwuhg-cmo
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description
Job Title: Group Chief Medical Officer
Accountable to: Group Chief Executive
Pay Band: Very Senior Manager
Job Purpose
The Group Chief Medical Officer (GCMO) has primary responsibility to lead the Group's plans to improve clinical outcomes and effectiveness, reduce health inequalities, and ensure that we provide safe and compassionate care to our patients. The post holder will work in partnership with the Group Chief Nurse to ensure we take a multi-disciplinary approach to our clinical care and that we make quality and patient experience of paramount importance.
Working with the Hospital Medical Directors and the Group Chief Delivery Officer, the GCMO is responsible for leading group wide clinical service programmes that accelerate care transformation, deliver improved integrated care and service improvement for our patient population, with an increased focus on preventative healthcare and Place-based care. The post holder will maintain strong working relationships with partners to facilitate the implementation of our strategic and operational plans.
Group Chief Nurse will play a leading role in the Groups academic mission. Working closely with colleagues from the University of East Anglia and research organisations the post will help lay some strong foundations for the Group becoming an academic health science system.
The post holder will understand and articulate the needs of the populations and communities served by the Group, identify trends, challenges and future opportunities that translate into a vision for future service delivery. The Group CMO will promote and implement strategies to address them, and provide professional leadership to our medical workforce, creating a culture of improvement and an aspiration to provide the best clinical services to our patients.
The post holder is responsible for promoting and maintaining high professional standards across medical, dental and pharmacy teams whilst promoting excellent multi-professional clinical engagement and enabling high quality patient care.
The post holder will lead the research and innovation function across the Group and promote an ambition to lead in this field. The GCMO will promote and lead the delivery of excellent undergraduate and post graduate medical education.
The Group CMO is the professional lead for Pharmacy.
The Chief Group Medical Officer is a voting member of the Group Board.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Function
- To lead and support the Hospital Medical Directors to provide local medical
leadership to each of our sites
- Working with clinical and academic colleagues, play a leading role in developing
the academic mission to accelerate the integration of research, clinical services,
education and training
- Advise the Group Board and Executive on key service and medical leadership
issues
- To play a key role in the development of our clinical strategy, engaging clinicians,
and others to ensure that these strategies are owned across the Group and are
aligned with the priorities set out in the Case for Change and aligns with priorities
set by the ICB and other national NHS strategies
- Provide visible leadership for medical and dental colleagues on both professional
and leadership issues, encouraging the highest standards of medical and dental
care and the engagement of medical colleagues in the strategic objectives of the
Group, supporting a multi professional workforce
- Working with the Group CEO and executive team to optimize opportunities for the
improvement of clinical shared services for the Group
- Ensure patients are cared for in the most appropriate settings and support
colleagues in driving improvements in the Neighbourhood Health Model to improve
equity of access, to appropriate and timely health services
- To ensure the needs and population health outcomes of our underserved
communities are considered over the whole pathway of care
- To look outwards to the wider healthcare environment to anticipate national
issues that may support or prevent delivery of our plans
- To harness best practice from across the NHS and beyond, to ensure that we
adopt best clinical practice across the Group, learning from others and
3
incorporating the best practices from elsewhere and maximizing our use of
resources
- To identify clinical transformation opportunities that will help improve services
and level up across the Group, leveraging the advantages of digital innovation and
support delivery locally, ensuring our clinicians have ownership and buy-in
- Providing an active role in developing a model of care for preventative healthcare,
including care planning, education, and self-management, aligned to best
practice
- To work with other Group director colleagues to provide leadership to Group wide
initiatives, ensuring we are financially sustainable and have a clear plan to
optimize our resources
- To be the Group Board lead for Pharmacy.
Clinical Leadership
- Working with and through the Hospital Medical Directors to provide clinical leadership to the medical and dental professionals in the Group, building high calibre, high performing, multidisciplinary clinical teams, attracting and retaining the best clinical talent to our hospitals
- In conjunction with the Group Chief Nursing Officer and Group Chief Delivery Officer, lead the development of Specialty Clinical Networks ensuring adoption of clinical best practice, sharing of protocols and policies, and encouraging cross site working
- Jointly responsible with the Group Chief Delivery Officer, for delivering better patient experience and outcomes through evidence-based models of care and standardised protocols that reduce unwarranted variations
- Working with the Group Chief Delivery Officer to reduce duplication of low value activity, including focusing on minimising inappropriate spend against evidence-based intervention procedures
- To advise on all medical and dental matters ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and managing our key clinical risks as a Group
- Working jointly with the Chief Nurse to ensure the Group provides safe and compassionate care, building a culture of continuous improvement and creating a governance framework to prioritise quality outcomes for patients
- Working in liaison with the Group Chief People Officer, lead the development and review of workforce plans for doctors and dentists, advising the Board on issues relating to safe staffing levels, skill mix, in the deployment and utilisation of clinical roles; Using innovative staffing models to tackle workforce shortages
- Working with the Group Chief Delivery Officer to develop systems of mutual aid that delivers a flexible workforce that can respond to changes in demand
- Ensure there are effective clinical safety, professional standards, and workforce management policy frameworks in place for doctors and dentists
- Ensure appropriate training and sound revalidation processes as is necessary to meet and exceed the safety and quality objectives of the Group.
Research, Innovation and Education
- Lead the development of a research and innovation strategy that builds the
Groups research profile and engages with academic and other partners and
developing new research opportunities
- Ensure a robust approach to the development of undergraduate and post graduate
medical and dental education and training programmes, in collaboration with the
NHSE, the GMC and relevant Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
- Work with the Deanery to ensure the effective delivery of the educational contract
and the provision of high calibre clinical staff
- Encourage and environment where everyone can innovate and improve services
for patients and staff.
Clinical Quality and Governance
- Working closely with the Executive Hospital Managing Directors, and with the Hospital Medical Directors and the Group Chief Nurse, setting the clinical standards and ensuring that these are delivered across our hospitals, and providing challenge and support as required
- To support the Group to meet its statutory responsibilities in adherence to its constitution, national policy, and practise in all the post holders key areas of responsibility
- In conjunction with the Group Chief Nurse ensure that appropriate assurance is brought to the board in Quality, Patient Safety, and Safe Staffing levels, through regular audits, management, and investigation of incidents, and appropriate insight into available data
- Work with the Executive to promote and develop a culture which embeds clinical quality, governance and safe patient care and monitors its effectiveness and efficiency
- Promote and organisational culture committed to addressing inequality and to learn from complaints, incidents audit and research development.
Other
- Represent the Group at regional and national levels on professional medical
issues, developing partnerships, sharing best practise, and integrating this
knowledge within the Group
- To take part in the on-call rota, and provide practical leadership, advice, and
guidance during specific periods.
The duties and responsibilities set out in this job description are subject to amendment from time to time.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description
Job Title: Group Chief Medical Officer
Accountable to: Group Chief Executive
Pay Band: Very Senior Manager
Job Purpose
The Group Chief Medical Officer (GCMO) has primary responsibility to lead the Group's plans to improve clinical outcomes and effectiveness, reduce health inequalities, and ensure that we provide safe and compassionate care to our patients. The post holder will work in partnership with the Group Chief Nurse to ensure we take a multi-disciplinary approach to our clinical care and that we make quality and patient experience of paramount importance.
Working with the Hospital Medical Directors and the Group Chief Delivery Officer, the GCMO is responsible for leading group wide clinical service programmes that accelerate care transformation, deliver improved integrated care and service improvement for our patient population, with an increased focus on preventative healthcare and Place-based care. The post holder will maintain strong working relationships with partners to facilitate the implementation of our strategic and operational plans.
Group Chief Nurse will play a leading role in the Groups academic mission. Working closely with colleagues from the University of East Anglia and research organisations the post will help lay some strong foundations for the Group becoming an academic health science system.
The post holder will understand and articulate the needs of the populations and communities served by the Group, identify trends, challenges and future opportunities that translate into a vision for future service delivery. The Group CMO will promote and implement strategies to address them, and provide professional leadership to our medical workforce, creating a culture of improvement and an aspiration to provide the best clinical services to our patients.
The post holder is responsible for promoting and maintaining high professional standards across medical, dental and pharmacy teams whilst promoting excellent multi-professional clinical engagement and enabling high quality patient care.
The post holder will lead the research and innovation function across the Group and promote an ambition to lead in this field. The GCMO will promote and lead the delivery of excellent undergraduate and post graduate medical education.
The Group CMO is the professional lead for Pharmacy.
The Chief Group Medical Officer is a voting member of the Group Board.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Function
- To lead and support the Hospital Medical Directors to provide local medical
leadership to each of our sites
- Working with clinical and academic colleagues, play a leading role in developing
the academic mission to accelerate the integration of research, clinical services,
education and training
- Advise the Group Board and Executive on key service and medical leadership
issues
- To play a key role in the development of our clinical strategy, engaging clinicians,
and others to ensure that these strategies are owned across the Group and are
aligned with the priorities set out in the Case for Change and aligns with priorities
set by the ICB and other national NHS strategies
- Provide visible leadership for medical and dental colleagues on both professional
and leadership issues, encouraging the highest standards of medical and dental
care and the engagement of medical colleagues in the strategic objectives of the
Group, supporting a multi professional workforce
- Working with the Group CEO and executive team to optimize opportunities for the
improvement of clinical shared services for the Group
- Ensure patients are cared for in the most appropriate settings and support
colleagues in driving improvements in the Neighbourhood Health Model to improve
equity of access, to appropriate and timely health services
- To ensure the needs and population health outcomes of our underserved
communities are considered over the whole pathway of care
- To look outwards to the wider healthcare environment to anticipate national
issues that may support or prevent delivery of our plans
- To harness best practice from across the NHS and beyond, to ensure that we
adopt best clinical practice across the Group, learning from others and
3
incorporating the best practices from elsewhere and maximizing our use of
resources
- To identify clinical transformation opportunities that will help improve services
and level up across the Group, leveraging the advantages of digital innovation and
support delivery locally, ensuring our clinicians have ownership and buy-in
- Providing an active role in developing a model of care for preventative healthcare,
including care planning, education, and self-management, aligned to best
practice
- To work with other Group director colleagues to provide leadership to Group wide
initiatives, ensuring we are financially sustainable and have a clear plan to
optimize our resources
- To be the Group Board lead for Pharmacy.
Clinical Leadership
- Working with and through the Hospital Medical Directors to provide clinical leadership to the medical and dental professionals in the Group, building high calibre, high performing, multidisciplinary clinical teams, attracting and retaining the best clinical talent to our hospitals
- In conjunction with the Group Chief Nursing Officer and Group Chief Delivery Officer, lead the development of Specialty Clinical Networks ensuring adoption of clinical best practice, sharing of protocols and policies, and encouraging cross site working
- Jointly responsible with the Group Chief Delivery Officer, for delivering better patient experience and outcomes through evidence-based models of care and standardised protocols that reduce unwarranted variations
- Working with the Group Chief Delivery Officer to reduce duplication of low value activity, including focusing on minimising inappropriate spend against evidence-based intervention procedures
- To advise on all medical and dental matters ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and managing our key clinical risks as a Group
- Working jointly with the Chief Nurse to ensure the Group provides safe and compassionate care, building a culture of continuous improvement and creating a governance framework to prioritise quality outcomes for patients
- Working in liaison with the Group Chief People Officer, lead the development and review of workforce plans for doctors and dentists, advising the Board on issues relating to safe staffing levels, skill mix, in the deployment and utilisation of clinical roles; Using innovative staffing models to tackle workforce shortages
- Working with the Group Chief Delivery Officer to develop systems of mutual aid that delivers a flexible workforce that can respond to changes in demand
- Ensure there are effective clinical safety, professional standards, and workforce management policy frameworks in place for doctors and dentists
- Ensure appropriate training and sound revalidation processes as is necessary to meet and exceed the safety and quality objectives of the Group.
Research, Innovation and Education
- Lead the development of a research and innovation strategy that builds the
Groups research profile and engages with academic and other partners and
developing new research opportunities
- Ensure a robust approach to the development of undergraduate and post graduate
medical and dental education and training programmes, in collaboration with the
NHSE, the GMC and relevant Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
- Work with the Deanery to ensure the effective delivery of the educational contract
and the provision of high calibre clinical staff
- Encourage and environment where everyone can innovate and improve services
for patients and staff.
Clinical Quality and Governance
- Working closely with the Executive Hospital Managing Directors, and with the Hospital Medical Directors and the Group Chief Nurse, setting the clinical standards and ensuring that these are delivered across our hospitals, and providing challenge and support as required
- To support the Group to meet its statutory responsibilities in adherence to its constitution, national policy, and practise in all the post holders key areas of responsibility
- In conjunction with the Group Chief Nurse ensure that appropriate assurance is brought to the board in Quality, Patient Safety, and Safe Staffing levels, through regular audits, management, and investigation of incidents, and appropriate insight into available data
- Work with the Executive to promote and develop a culture which embeds clinical quality, governance and safe patient care and monitors its effectiveness and efficiency
- Promote and organisational culture committed to addressing inequality and to learn from complaints, incidents audit and research development.
Other
- Represent the Group at regional and national levels on professional medical
issues, developing partnerships, sharing best practise, and integrating this
knowledge within the Group
- To take part in the on-call rota, and provide practical leadership, advice, and
guidance during specific periods.
The duties and responsibilities set out in this job description are subject to amendment from time to time.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of strategic issues relating to Clinical Services
- across the Group and nationally
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS policy environment at local, regional an
- national level
- Extensive knowledge of NHS quality and regulatory issues and
- requirements
- Knowledge of the Quality and Assurance Governance agenda
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement Systems
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical degree and current registration with GMC
- Evidence of continuous professional and personal development
Desirable
- Formal management or leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience at consultant level in a large teaching NHS
- Trust
- An outstanding track record as a clinician and clinical leader, with a
- proven record of producing high quality clinical services for
- patients
- Significant senior medical leadership in a large NHS teaching Hospital
- preferably at Board Level
- Experience of leading significant change, quality improvements and
- addressing significant challenges within an NHS Trust
- Understanding how a Group model operates and the ability to lead
- within a group
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of strategic issues relating to Clinical Services
- across the Group and nationally
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS policy environment at local, regional an
- national level
- Extensive knowledge of NHS quality and regulatory issues and
- requirements
- Knowledge of the Quality and Assurance Governance agenda
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement Systems
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical degree and current registration with GMC
- Evidence of continuous professional and personal development
Desirable
- Formal management or leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience at consultant level in a large teaching NHS
- Trust
- An outstanding track record as a clinician and clinical leader, with a
- proven record of producing high quality clinical services for
- patients
- Significant senior medical leadership in a large NHS teaching Hospital
- preferably at Board Level
- Experience of leading significant change, quality improvements and
- addressing significant challenges within an NHS Trust
- Understanding how a Group model operates and the ability to lead
- within a group
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
