Job Description

The Regional Chief Medical Officer will be a key role within the South East Regional team.



The Regional Chief Medical Officer is a key leadership role in the Regional health system, with responsibility, in conjunction with other leaders from across the professional spectrum, for delivery of high-quality clinical services for the Region's population, in line with NHS and other governmental priorities. The prime aim is to secure ongoing improvement in clinical outcomes and the experience of care for the population.



The post holder will be a member of the senior Regional Executive Team, and will be accountable to the Regional Director, with professional accountability to the National Medical Director. There may be opportunities to undertake National work at the request of the National Medical Director. The post holder will provide professional and clinical leadership to regional and local networks of clinicians to support and drive change in collaboration with the Regional Chief Nurse.



providing system leadership and clinical advice and ensuring system resilience with a focus on positive outcomes and overall quality and safety of patient care.

overseeing clinical commissioning of specialist services, health and justice services and leading strategic medical input to primary care and public health service commissioning.

regional surveillance and quality assurance of NHS healthcare providers.

determining clinical support for trusts in National Oversight Framework (NOF) to ensure that trusts receive the necessary support to improve.

oversight of professional standards systems and processes to ensure doctors are supported, fit to practice and are delivering high quality of care for patients.

leading Clinical Senates, with responsibility for developing and overseeing implementation of senate work plans.

providing clinical leadership to digital transformation to enhance patient care and to support self-directed care by patients.



This individual will drive and oversee implementation of system wide improvement bringing together multiple players in the NHS landscape to address both short term and longer-term issues surrounding patient care and safety. They will have the opportunity to effect significant transformation and improvement in health inequalities and outcomes for the people of the South East.



Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.



Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms -- including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

We lead the NHS in England by:

Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities



Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential



Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care



Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation



Delivering value for money



Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.



If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the recruitment process.



You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached and other supporting documents.