Deputy Medical Director – Quality and Governance: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

The Deputy Medical Director for Clinical Quality & Governance (DMD-QG) provides strategic clinical leadership to ensure that care across all physical, community, and virtual settings is safe, effective, and shaped directly by the voices of patients.

As a key member of the Chief Medical Officer’s senior team, the post holder bridges corporate safety assurance and front-line clinical practice, ensuring that the Trust systematically transitions from a culture of compliance to a proactive, continuous culture of learning and improvement.

The DMD-QG will support the Chief Medical Officer with the integration of clinical services and processes across the Trust and a vital role in leading quality governance across health and care boundaries as the Trust expands its neighbourhood models, introduces specialised elective facilities, and integrates systems within the wider Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The DMD-QG will provide medical leadership to the Clinical Risk Manager for serious incidents/matters relating to PSIRF and inquests.

Main duties of the job

Key Strategic Responsibilities

• Clinical Governance & Patient Safety Leadership: Champion the Trust-wide integration of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), while providing senior clinical oversight for complex professional standards (MHPS) and high-profile incident investigations.
• Regulatory Excellence & Compliance: Lead institutional readiness programs for Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections to systematically improve and maintain quality ratings across all registered and virtual Trust domains.
• Modern Service Frameworks (MSFs): Direct the Trust-wide adoption of national MSFs, utilizing clinical data, mortality metrics, and peer benchmarking to eliminate unwarranted variation in high-volume, high-risk clinical pathways.
• Data Transparency & Accessibility: Drive corporate transparency by transforming complex safety and mortality data into accessible, front-line dashboards that empower clinical teams and ensure public accountability.
• Patient-Centric Co-Production: Oversee the structural evolution of the Patient & Public Voice Partnership, structurally shifting patient engagement from reactive feedback into systematic service co-design alongside patients and families.
• Executive Deputising & Strategic Representation: Actively partner with and deputise for the Chief Medical Officer, maintaining a senior, non-clinical medical presence on-site, chairing pivotal safety and mortality committees, and acting as Medical Co-ordinator during Major Incidents.

Person Specification

shortlisting

Essential

• Full registration and license to practise with the GMC or GDC and inclusion on the Specialist Register. Be practicing at a Consultant, Specialist or Specialty Doctor level
• Successful leadership of a major clinical quality or patient safety portfolio at directorate or divisional level.
• Proven track record of leading a cross-boundary, multi-agency clinical pathway redesign initiative including experience of co-designing a clinical service or improvement initiative directly alongside patients and families, demonstrating a practical focus on patient experience
• Experience of translating complex clinical data, mortality metrics, and regulatory standards into front-line actions.
• Strong collaborative mindset, evidenced by experience of successfully building consensus to drive safety standards across teams.

Desirable

• Higher qualification in Medical Leadership, Healthcare Governance, or Quality Improvement
• Formal training in Human Factors, patient safety science, or advanced healthcare informatics
• Experience of utilising recognized Quality Improvement (QI) methodologies to solve complex clinical variation problems.

Closing Date: 4 October 2026