Associate Chief Medical Officer - Medical Workforce

Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and influential clinical leader to join the Chief Medical Officer's team as Associate Chief Medical Officer for Medical Workforce. This exciting opportunity will lead our Trust-wide Job Planning Improvement Programme and play a key role in shaping a high-performing, sustainable and engaged medical workforce.

Working closely with clinical and operational leaders across the organisation, you will drive workforce transformation, strengthen clinical engagement, and help ensure our workforce is aligned to the needs of our patients and services.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior clinician looking to broaden their leadership experience, influence strategic decision-making, and make a lasting impact across University Hospitals Plymouth.

Main duties of the job

• The Associate Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) for Medical Workforce will act on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to provide strategic and operational clinical leadership for the Trust's medical workforce agenda.
• Working as a core member of the CMO portfolio, the post holder will partner closely with the CMO to shape and deliver a high-performing, sustainable and engaged medical workforce aligned to the Trust's clinical, operational and financial priorities.
• The ACMO will lead major cross-Trust workforce transformation programmes, most notably the Job Planning Improvement Programme, ensuring that workforce deployment, job planning and clinical activity are effectively aligned to patient demand and service delivery.

About us
We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you in touch with the recruitment team. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Job responsibilities
Job Planning Improvement Programme
Acting on behalf of the CMO, lead the Trust-wide Job Planning Improvement Programme, positioning job planning as a central enabler of quality, productivity, workforce experience and financial sustainability.

Provide strategic oversight and delivery of a multi-strand programme that transforms both the quality and impact of job planning across the organisation.

Lead the development of training and education approaches that support Clinical Directors and clinicians to undertake high-quality, meaningful job planning, embedding it as a professional and developmental process rather than a transactional exercise.

Drive service engagement and team-based job planning, working closely with Divisional teams to ensure job plans are developed in the context of team objectives, service models and operational delivery requirements.

Ensure strong alignment between job planning and demand and capacity modelling, enabling services to better match workforce deployment to patient need, and supporting data-informed decision-making

Establish and lead a robust quality assurance framework, including chairing the Job Planning Consistency Group, to ensure equity, transparency and consistency in job planning across the Trust.

Drive delivery against key performance indicators, including improvements in job planning completion and sign-off rates, and strengthened reconciliation between contracted and delivered Direct Clinical Care (DCC) activity.

Support divisions to use job planning as a mechanism for service redesign, productivity improvement and workforce optimisation, rather than solely a compliance requirement

Workforce Productivity, deployment and transformation
Provide clinical leadership for initiatives that improve the productivity, utilisation and effectiveness of the medical workforce.

Promote the use of data and analytics to support improved understanding of clinical activity, workforce deployment and service performance.

Work with Divisions and corporate teams to ensure that workforce systems and processes support safe staffing, efficient use of resources and delivery of high-quality care.

Support the development of approaches that better align workforce capacity with patient access and service demand

Workforce Governance and Assurance
Ensure that all medical workforce programmes are underpinned by robust governance, risk management and quality assurance processes.

Promote consistency, equity and transparency across workforce practices, particularly in relation to job planning, rostering and workforce deployment.

Work with Divisions to identify and address unwarranted variation in workforce practice, using data and insight to support continuous improvement.

Strategic Clinical Leadership and Influence
Act as a visible and credible clinical leader across the Trust, representing the CMO in key forums relating to medical workforce and organisational performance.

Lead complex and sensitive discussions relating to job planning, workforce performance and service change, maintaining strong clinical engagement and trust.

Build effective relationships across professional groups to support collaboration, engagement and shared ownership of workforce challenges.

Contribute to wider organisational leadership, supporting delivery of the Trusts strategic objectives.

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Registered Medical Practitioner with a licence to practise.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Formal leadership or management qualification, or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management or healthcare (or equivalent experience)
• Evidence of advanced leadership development (e.g. NHS Leadership Academy or equivalent)
• Training in quality improvement or service transformation methodologies

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Senior clinical leadership experience within an NHS organisation.
• Experience of leading complex organisational change programmes.
• Experience of medical workforce planning and job planning.
• Experience of clinical productivity, service improvement or workforce transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge and understanding of appraisal and revalidation requirements.
• Experience of working with digital workforce systems and data-driven improvement programmes.

Desirable

• Experience of working at or with Board / executive level
• Experience of leading Trust-wide workforce or service transformation programmes
• Demonstrable delivery of improvements in workforce utilisation, productivity or service performance
• Experience of implementing workforce systems (e.g. job planning, rostering) at scale
• Understanding of national medical workforce policy and contractual frameworks
• Experience of influencing senior clinicians and leading change in complex environments

Aptitude & abilities
Essential

• Strategic leadership and influencing skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Programme and change management capability.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries.

Desirable

• Ability to influence at senior level without direct authority
• Strong strategic thinking with ability to translate strategy into delivery
• Ability to lead cultural and behavioural change across organisations

Disposition
Essential

• Credible and visible clinical leader.
• Commitment to improving patient care and staff experience.
• Resilient, adaptable and outcome-focused.
• Ability to inspire and motivate multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.