Deputy Medical Director - Quality and Governance

Core Leadership & Medical Management Compassionate Leadership: Provide inclusive, professional, and visible leadership for medical, dental, and clinical staff across all Trust sites, serving as an active role model.

Culture & Accountability: Pivot front-line teams away from a checklist compliance mindset toward a culture of continuous learning, psychological safety, and compassionate accountability.

Line Management: Directly manage, mentor, and support the professional development of the Associate Medical Directors for Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety.

Diversity Champion: Actively promote race, gender, and wider diversity across medical services, recruitment, and career development pathways.

Clinical Governance, Quality & Safety Oversight Committee Chairmanship: Serve as the Chair for pivotal Trust-wide groups, including the Mortality Surveillance Committee , the Patient Safety Insight, Involvement and Improvement Committee , and the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) .

Policy Sign-Off: Take corporate responsibility for reviewing, approving, and signing Patient Group Directives (PGDs), clinical policies, and best-practice guidance.

Performance & Incident Reviews: Conduct formal reviews into clinical performance, safety, and mortality, while actively driving Trust-wide learning from serious incidents and thematic reviews.

Data Translation: Act as an analytical coach, translating complex safety metrics, mortality data, and CQC standards into actionable, front-line clinical behaviours.

Professional Standards & Strategic Support CMO Deputising: Formally deputise for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in their absence, which includes taking command as the Medical Co-ordinator during a Major Incident .

Workforce & Strategy: Partner with the CMO to embed front-line clinical opinions into corporate decision-making and advise on the Trusts overarching clinical and care quality strategies.

MHPS Frameworks: Support the CMO and Divisional Directors with professional standard concerns, acting as Case Investigator or Case Manager for Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS) investigations.

External Representation: Serve as an ambassador for the Trust with external bodies, including the Integrated Care Board (ICB), universities, Royal Colleges, and the GMC.