Chief Medical Officer

This is an exciting role within a successful integrated care system. Leading our clinicians with our Chief Nursing Officer, supporting our digital and research programmes, building the workforce for the future, our new CMO will have a keen interest in improvement and modernisation of clinical services., The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is the executive lead for the ICB for the medical profession. Working collaboratively with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), the CMO role will create an exciting and innovative space for all our health professionals to thrive in.

BLMK ICB has set out an ambitious approach to joint working with partners to reduce the inequalities experienced by our residents and improve the health and care they receive.

The CMO will support the development and delivery of the long-term plan of the Integrated Care Board (ICB), using innovation and continuous improvement working with the CNO and the Institute for Health Improvement. They will ensure our health services strategy reflects and integrates with the strategies of all relevant partner organisations of the ICB. They will ensure the clinical opportunities of the delegation of specialised services commissioning to ICBs (hosted for East region ICBs by BLMK) are realised for our population.

BLMK ICB is working with the Institute of Health Improvement to grow and build our system's services to residents based on reducing health inequalities. We are proud of our diverse community and our CMO will continue to build on the work already started to ensure services meet the needs of people who live in BLMK. Working with our local authority, VCSE and other partners, the ICB is focussing on building services that support our residents to thrive and to reduce years lived in ill health.

BLMK ICB hosts specialised commissioning for the East of England, our CMO will be linked to that team, ensuring specialised services for our residents grow.

We expect that our CMO will want to continue clinical practice and are happy to discuss how this can be accommodated., We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people's differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.