Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Primary and Community Care Integration

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Primary and Community Care Integration

The closing date is 26 January 2026

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Primary and Community Care Integration is a key member of the Trust's senior medical leadership team with several discrete areas of responsibility including the medical lead for community service transformation and primary care integration with community and secondary care. In addition, further areas of responsibility will be agreed with the Chief Medical Officer as required.

The post holder has, in addition, a responsibility to deputise for the Chief Medical Officer in contributing to the corporate management of the Trust and deputise at Trust Board meetings as required.

This is a part time role (6PAs) and is open both to existing consultants at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and external applicants.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be the medical lead for community service transformation and primary care integration with community and secondary care working closely with colleagues within the Trust and wider system to develop improved pathways of care for patients, reducing reliance on hospital admission. While the operational responsibility and accountability for patient care rests with the Clinical Directors/Operational Managers this post holder will need to ensure:

• Support development of effective pathways of care for patients with long term conditions that reduce reliance on hospital admissions alongside divisional, community and primary care colleagues.
• Support development of Virtual Wards, frailty and SDEC services alongside divisional leadership teams.
• Support the development of clinical strategies within the Trust and across the Place Based Partnership to align with the NHS 10-year plan.
• Work with stakeholders to contribute to wider leadership development plans across the organisation.
• Secure effective engagement with clinicians at all levels and encourage cross professional collaboration to deliver service improvement.

About us

At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, we take pride in caring for our staff as well as our patients. We recognise that working in a busy environment requires help with a healthy work-life balance. We also believe in ensuring that our staff get the chance to reach their full potential when working with us. We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to supporting our patients and staff, ensuring we keep thriving and delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns. You will have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills and meet great people.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

What we can offer

Job Plan/On-call Requirements

The Team

Informal enquiries and requests to visit the Hospitals are welcome and should be made, following shortlisting, with Mr. Steve Canty, Medical Director and Silas Nicholls, Chief Executive 522692

Person Specification Qualifications

• NHS Consultant status or General Practitioner
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development

Experience

• Experience of medical leadership within a large, complex organisation
• Experience of supporting and delivering effective change processes
• Able to identify, understand and articulate strategic medical issues
• Understanding of corporate and clinical governance responsibilities
• Experience of regional / system medical leadership

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.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum, pro rata