Chief Medical Officer

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking an exceptional leader to join our Board as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of healthcare for children at one of the most respected children's hospitals globally.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in child healthcare, providing world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex, and difficult-to-treat conditions. We are the oldest children's hospital in the English-speaking world, dedicated to finding new and better ways to treat childhood illnesses since our formation in 1852.

We are a busy hospital treating children from across the UK and internationally, with more than 60 different specialist and sub-specialist paediatric health services and nearly 300,000 patient visits every year in our 400+ bedded facility.

Main duties of the job

As Chief Medical Officer, you will be a pivotal member of our Executive Team and a voting member of our Trust Board. You will lead across the organisation and in partnership beyond it, providing visionary leadership and strategic direction to champion clinical excellence, quality, and patient safety while embedding a culture of compassion and inclusivity. An exceptional, inclusive leader, you will bring a thoughtful, adaptable approach to relationship-building and leadership, inspiring colleagues to make important changes to the ways we work.

The post holder provides strong and effective clinical and medical leadership and engagement within the organisation and across professional boundaries, taking lead responsibility for the medical implications of clinical service strategy, service configuration, clinical performance, governance, and professional conduct.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

To apply, please submit a covering letter and CV, by midnight on Wednesday 29th January.

Person Specification Experience/Knowledge

• Extensive experience gained as a Consultant, ideally in a Paediatric specialty;
• Medical Management experience;
• Significant senior management experience in an acute or specialist NHS Trust, operating at, or close to, Board level;
• Track record leading improvement and change in operational health services of real complexity, under operational pressure;
• Track record of leading through influence, partnership, and authority, collaborating with world-class clinical colleagues to deliver operational excellence and outstanding patient care;
• A nuanced leadership approach, and the demonstrable ability to flex style to different circumstances;
• Successful leadership of complex change and transformation programmes;
• Experience in settings delivering tertiary and speciality services;
• A demonstrable track record of nurturing and developing clinical leadership teams;
• Understanding of, and commitment to, continuous improvement, and proven ability to pursue a range of approaches to utilise new technologies, products, services and processes.

Personal Attributes

• Resilience, agility, and personal integrity, including a commitment to transparency, and a track record of demonstrable positive impact on equality, diversity and inclusion;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills;
• A team player with a flexible approach;
• Ability to lead and motivate others, strong relationship building, influencing and negotiation skills;
• Ability to cope with complex organisational issues and to relate to a wide spectrum of NHS professionals;
• Proficiency in leading and stimulating change through clinicians and other professionals.

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.