Job Description

Are you looking for the next step in your career? Join us as a Deputy Chief Medical Officer! We have a great opportunity for someone who wants to make real improvements to mental health services.



Building on your existing clinical leadership skills, you will play a key role in developing our clinical effectiveness agenda to ensure we deliver the excellent, effective and innovative services our patients deserve, and our staff are committed to delivering.



This role will provide excellent developmental opportunities for an aspiring Chief Medical Officer. The successful applicant will join colleagues in the Medical and Nursing Directorates, focused on driving clinical improvement.



Develop and keep under regular review a clinical effectiveness strategy for the Trust which will inform clinical practice.

Working in collaboration with colleagues in the Clinical Executive, Divisions and LDUs, review and support the development of effective Clinical Networks to promote excellence in clinical practice and outcomes for service users and carers.

Identify, advise on and promote excellent psychiatric practice throughout the Trust and with its partner organisations.

Nominate suitable staff to represent the medical group of AWP on relevant local, regional or national committees.

To work collaboratively with the Medical Director and other Deputy Medical Director to create an enthusiastic and dynamic team.

Working with partner organisations to influence pathway development of Community Mental Health Framework.

To Chair the following governance groups:

Clinical Audit and NICE Group

Mortality Group



To represent or deputise for the Chief Medical Officer as required and cross cover with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Medical Professional Standards.

Support and develop a strong network of medical leaders throughout the organisation who will contribute actively to the work of the trust at all levels and in all services.

Working collaboratively with service managers ensure the medical workforce is deployed to best effect within teams ensuring that all medical imperatives are met in support of clinical governance.



We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.



At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.



Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme. As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship.



Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.