Deputy Chief Medical Officer: Sponsorship Available

Thames Valley ICB

Job summary

An exceptional opportunity has arisen to join NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board as a Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO), providing senior clinical leadership across the Integrated Care System and supporting the Chief Medical Officer in the delivery of the ICB’s statutory, strategic and professional medical responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

This is a senior system leadership role, requiring an experienced and credible clinical leader who can operate effectively across complex organisational boundaries to improve population health outcomes, reduce health inequalities and support the delivery of high-quality, value-based healthcare. This post-holder will be expected to complement the skills and capabilities of the other DCMOs and we would particularly welcome applications from colleagues with secondary care experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Be a registered medical practitioner with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Evidence of continuous professional development
  • Degree or equivalent management qualification or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continuing professional and managerial development

Skills, Capabilities, Attributes

Essential

  • Professional, calm and efficient manner
  • An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
  • Positive and flexible approach to work
  • Exceptional communication skills which engender community confidence, strong collaborations, and partnerships
  • Strong critical thinking and strategic problem solving; analytical rigour and numeracy
  • Highly sophisticated leadership and influencing skills; building compassionate cultures where individuals and teams thrive

Values and behaviours

Essential

  • Demonstrates integrity, transparency, and a commitment to public service.
  • Compassionate leadership with a track record of improving equality, diversity, and inclusion and social justice.
  • Patient and community focused, with a passion for reducing health inequalities.
  • Innovative, proactive, and solution-oriented.
  • Collaborative, with the ability to build trust and effective relationships across boundaries.
  • Emotionally intelligent, resilient, and able to lead through complexity and change.
  • Openness, integrity, and creation of cultures that thrive on these values.
  • Compliance with the Nolan Principles of Public Life.
  • Committed to continuous learning and improvement.

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Frequent travel across the ICB’s geography, region and nationally may be required.
  • The postholder will be required to work flexibly and respond to emerging system priorities.
  • This job description serves as a guide to the nature and scope of the role and may be reviewed and amended in light of changing organisational needs.
  • A deep understanding of / professional connection with the Thames Valley system is desirable, to facilitate network relationships

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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