Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional clinical leader to join our senior medical leadership team as a Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO). This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious senior clinician to help shape the future of our services and play a key role in driving high-quality, safe and compassionate care across the organisation. Working closely with the Executive Chief Medical Officer and Executive Team, you will provide strategic leadership, strengthen clinical governance, and support the continual improvement of clinical quality and performance. You will help set the Trust's clinical direction, lead service transformation, and ensure that change is clinically led and focused on improving outcomes for patients and staff. In return, we offer a flexible and supportive environment where your professional development is encouraged. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to negotiate a clinical portfolio aligned to their skills and interests. If you are an innovative and compassionate leader looking to make a meaningful impact, we would welcome your application to join us at Airedale and help shape the future of our services. As a senior medical leader, you will support the Trust's medical workforce agenda in partnership with the Director of People & OD, including contributing to workforce strategy, managing underperformance, and acting as Case Manager or Case Investigator where required. You will also represent the Trust at regional and national forums, promoting our work and fostering effective partnerships. We are looking for a collaborative, values-driven leader with substantial experience at Deputy or Divisional Medical Director level (or equivalent), a strong track record of leading service improvement, and excellent communication and influencing skills. You will bring credibility, resilience, and the ability to engage and inspire colleagues across clinical and operational teams. In this influential role, you will contribute to the development and monitoring of clinical performance indicators, oversee the delivery of the Annual Clinical Audit Forward Plan, and provide visible leadership for safety, learning and Care Quality Commission standards. You will also offer expert support in the investigation of serious incidents, management of complaints, and delivery of key improvement initiatives. At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people's age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this. We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment. These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you'll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future - a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust. Working for our organisation We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

Cycle to Work Travel Scheme Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice Onsite Nursery Buying and Selling Annual Leave Car Leasing Employee Assistance Programme Employee Health and Wellbeing Extensive Reward Scheme Counselling Service Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network

Our values We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

Committed to Quality of Care Compassion Working together for patients Improving Lives Everyone Counts Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more. If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment. In applying for a post that requires a DBS check you are confirming that you have read and understood the DBS Privacy Policy for Enhanced and Standard Checks (Click here for the privacy policy). You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. #J-18808-Ljbffr