Job overview

We are a forward-looking Trust and are looking to recruit someone who not only has impeccable clinical credentials in psychiatry, but someone who is strongly aligned with our vision and values. Equally important is that we need a person who will champion mental health, dementia, learning disability, and autism services to reduce health inequalities, and deliver better access, experience, and outcomes for the populations we serve.

We need a compassionate, inclusive and inspirational Chief Medical Officer, who will ensure that all of our highly valued workforce feels a true sense of belonging. Our teams need to be aligned and integrated - working together with integrity and mutual respect, to learn and get the best out of each other’s skills and capabilities.

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Main duties of the job

As a Chief Officer of the Trust Board with accountability for delivering the Trust Strategy.

Functional leadership responsibility for: clinical quality (in conjunction with the Chief Nursing Officer); clinical effectiveness and outcomes; medical leadership and education; pharmacy; research and innovation; Mental Health Act compliance.

To engage in the leadership of the wider health and care system.

The aim of this role is to be an effective Chief Officer; the responsibilities of which are laid out in the corporate responsibilities section. Chief Officers are expected to ensure effective leadership, professionalism, rigor and challenge on all aspects of Trust business.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.