Deputy Medical Director - Quality and Governance
Core
Provide strategic clinical leadership to ensure safe, effective care across physical, community, and virtual settings, bridging corporate safety assurance with front-line practice.
Role type
Senior IC medical executive (Deputy Medical Director)
Builds
Trust-wide clinical governance frameworks, safety incident response systems, and patient co-design structures.
Domain
Healthcare / Clinical Quality & Governance
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Clinical governance, patient safety leadership, regulatory compliance, data analysis, strategic planning, committee chairmanship, policy development, incident investigation, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Experience with NHS frameworks, CQC inspections, Major Incident Command, diversity championing
Technologies
Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), Mortality Surveillance Systems, CQC standards
Responsibilities
Lead integration of Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and oversee high-profile incident investigations; Lead institutional readiness for Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections; Direct adoption of national Modern Service Frameworks (MSFs) to eliminate unwarranted variation; Transform complex safety data into accessible front-line dashboards; Oversee Patient & Public Voice Partnership for systematic service co-design; Deputise for the Chief Medical Officer and chair pivotal safety and mortality committees.