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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Chief Medical Officer - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 20 August 2025

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Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) is seeking an exceptional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to join our executive leadership team. This is a pivotal opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare in one of the most distinctive and beautiful regions of the UK.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be a senior medical leader (ideally a psychiatrist) with experience on or near board-level experience in a complex healthcare environment, a proven track record of delivering high-quality results, and a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in mental health and learning disabilities services. They will be responsible for overseeing medical education, clinical governance, research and development, and the implementation of quality improvement initiatives.

About us

We are an NHS community and mental health provider trust supporting the health and wellbeing of over 570,000 local people who call Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly home, with demand for our services inevitably increasing during holiday periods. Our care is delivered to people at home, in the community and in hospital - we operate from 100 sites with clinical teams working across four operational service lines. We have an enthusiastic and passionate workforce of over 4,500 people, who are all dedicated to delivering our vision of Outstanding Care for All. Our culture and values place people at the heart of everything we do.

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

201-25-503

Job locations

Carew House

Bodmin

PL31 2QN


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about us, the role and to apply, please follow the link below:

https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe123860/Chief-Medical-Officer/

Recruitment Timetable

Closing dateWednesday 20th August 2025

Preliminary interviewsWednesday 27th/Thursday 28th August 2025

Final Panel Interview and Stakeholder SessionsMonday 8th September 2025

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about us, the role and to apply, please follow the link below:

https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe123860/Chief-Medical-Officer/

Recruitment Timetable

Closing dateWednesday 20th August 2025

Preliminary interviewsWednesday 27th/Thursday 28th August 2025

Final Panel Interview and Stakeholder SessionsMonday 8th September 2025

Person Specification

Education, qualifications and relevant experience

Essential

  • Medical graduate
  • Higher medical professional qualification
  • Unblemished registration with GMC and a licence to practice
  • Substantial experience at board level in a relevant health organisation
  • Exceptional leader with demonstrable management experience
  • Experienced in building organisational capabilities, clear visions and proven successful outcomes
  • Experience of leading a large, complex organisation through significant change

Knowledge and abilities

Essential

  • In-depth understanding of the complexity in providing secondary healthcare
  • High levels of financial awareness and business acumen
  • An understanding of the key NHS policies shaping both national and local priorities and performance management in general
  • Detailed understanding of the government's modernisation agenda for the NHS and implications for the future development of mental health and learning disabilities

Skills and aptitude

Essential

  • Awareness of the primary interests and concerns of difference groups of health and social care professional working in mental health and learning disabilities services
  • Exceptional ability to assimilate and identify inter-relationships between service cost, activity and quality information, think creatively and report and present effectively at strategic level
  • Ability to prioritise and manage a diverse, constantly evolving work programme and able to plan and deliver complex objectives to deadline
Person Specification

Education, qualifications and relevant experience

Essential

  • Medical graduate
  • Higher medical professional qualification
  • Unblemished registration with GMC and a licence to practice
  • Substantial experience at board level in a relevant health organisation
  • Exceptional leader with demonstrable management experience
  • Experienced in building organisational capabilities, clear visions and proven successful outcomes
  • Experience of leading a large, complex organisation through significant change

Knowledge and abilities

Essential

  • In-depth understanding of the complexity in providing secondary healthcare
  • High levels of financial awareness and business acumen
  • An understanding of the key NHS policies shaping both national and local priorities and performance management in general
  • Detailed understanding of the government's modernisation agenda for the NHS and implications for the future development of mental health and learning disabilities

Skills and aptitude

Essential

  • Awareness of the primary interests and concerns of difference groups of health and social care professional working in mental health and learning disabilities services
  • Exceptional ability to assimilate and identify inter-relationships between service cost, activity and quality information, think creatively and report and present effectively at strategic level
  • Ability to prioritise and manage a diverse, constantly evolving work programme and able to plan and deliver complex objectives to deadline

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.

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Carew House

Bodmin

PL31 2QN


Employer's website

https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Carew House

Bodmin

PL31 2QN


Employer's website

https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Partner, Gatenby Sanderson

Melanie Shearer

melanie.shearer@gatenbysanderson.com

07785616548

Details

Date posted

02 July 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

201-25-503

Job locations

Carew House

Bodmin

PL31 2QN


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