Job Description

Competitive

Main area

Executive

Grade

Competitive

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

201-25-503

Site

Carew House

Town

Bodmin

Closing

20/08/2025 23:59

Job overview

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) is seeking an exceptional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to join our executive leadership team. This is a pivotal opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare in one of the most distinctive and beautiful regions of the UK.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be a senior medical leader (ideally a psychiatrist) with experience on or near board-level experience in a complex healthcare environment, a proven track record of delivering high-quality results, and a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in mental health and learning disabilities services. They will be responsible for overseeing medical education, clinical governance, research and development, and the implementation of quality improvement initiatives.

Working for our organisation

We are an NHS community and mental health provider trust supporting the health and wellbeing of over 570,000 local people who call Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly home, with demand for our services inevitably increasing during holiday periods. Our care is delivered to people at home, in the community and in hospital - we operate from 100 sites with clinical teams working across four operational service lines. We have an enthusiastic and passionate workforce of over 4,500 people, who are all dedicated to delivering our vision of Outstanding Care for All. Our culture and values place people at the heart of everything we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about us, the role and to apply, please follow the link below:

https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe123860/Chief-Medical-Officer/

Recruitment Timetable

Closing date

Wednesday 20th August 2025



Preliminary interviews

Wednesday 27th/Thursday 28th August 2025



Final Panel Interview and Stakeholder Sessions

Monday 8th September 2025

Person specification

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Education, qualifications and relevant experience

Essential criteria

Medical graduate Higher medical professional qualification Unblemished registration with GMC and a licence to practice Substantial experience at board level in a relevant health organisation Exceptional leader with demonstrable management experience Experienced in building organisational capabilities, clear visions and proven successful outcomes Experience of leading a large, complex organisation through significant change #

Knowledge and abilities

Essential criteria

In-depth understanding of the complexity in providing secondary healthcare High levels of financial awareness and business acumen An understanding of the key NHS policies shaping both national and local priorities and performance management in general Detailed understanding of the government's modernisation agenda for the NHS and implications for the future development of mental health and learning disabilities #

Skills and aptitude

Essential criteria

Awareness of the primary interests and concerns of difference groups of health and social care professional working in mental health and learning disabilities services Exceptional ability to assimilate and identify inter-relationships between service cost, activity and quality information, think creatively and report and present effectively at strategic level * Ability to prioritise and manage a diverse, constantly evolving work programme and able to plan and deliver complex objectives to deadline