Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Management
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Up to 3 days per week.)
- Job ref
- 349-HIM-7351683-RL4
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Health Innovation Manchester
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- per annum, pro rata
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Medical Officer
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Job overview
We are seeking an inspirational Chief Medical Officer to join our Executive team at Health Innovation Manchester. As our new CMO, you will hold a critical leadership position, reporting directly to the Chief Executive. You will work alongside a dynamic, inclusive and forward-thinking executive team who share your passion for truly transformative programmes that reimagine care pathways and improve health outcomes with equity. You will actively develop critical relationships to maintain and grow trust of clinicians and data controllers across Greater Manchester, ensuring compliance and standards for use of NHS data within GM ICS assets.
The scale of this opportunity is matched only by the ambition and integration across our city region, which is fast becoming a magnet to global players in the health innovation supply chain for partnership and investment. Through the exceptional leadership and unique set-up of the HInM Board, Greater Manchester is ready – with the infrastructure, partnerships, and collective will – to deliver new, data-driven models of care that meet the needs of our diverse communities and drive inclusive economic growth.
We are looking for an individual with bold vision and proven clinical leadership at national and local levels. Drawing on your own learning agility, you will drive programmes that not only enhance patient care and system efficiency but also unlock investment and support evidence-based policy change on a national level.
If you are excited by the challenge of transforming healthcare through data-driven innovation, and if you want to be part of a dynamic, inclusive and forward thinking leadership team, then we warmly invite you to consider joining us.
Main duties of the job
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Health Innovation Manchester (HInM) will contribute as a member of the HInM Executive, being responsible for providing clinical leadership, ensuring that the organisation's innovative activities are underpinned by high standards of patient safety, quality care, and clinical outcomes.
The CMO will be instrumental in fostering strong collaboration across clinical functions across the GM Integrated Care System and supporting HInM’s industry engagements with clinical expertise. Providing senior clinical leadership and maintaining trust in healthcare data governance and upholding the integrity of patient information across GM will be central to the role.
In partnership with the Chief Nurse, the CMO will oversee the performance of the clinical function, ensuring their alignment with HInM's strategic objectives.
Working for our organisation
Health Innovation Manchester (HInM) is a different type of place-based innovation organisation. Since formation in 2017, we have evolved our operating model and method for how we deploy innovation to deliver demonstrable impact and benefits to local people, system partners and industry. Our vision is to be world leading in improving the lives of local people, transforming care and boosting the economy through innovation.
Our Strategic Objectives:
1. Address high priority drivers of population health by deploying proven innovations at scale, with a major focus on primary and secondary prevention.
2. Establish GM as a global learning market for accelerated access to novel innovations at scale 3. Optimise digital and data products and services to understand the population, define their needs and develop new models and pathways.
4. Work with partners to enhance the GM system’s capacity and capability to deliver health innovation and demonstrate impact
Health Innovation Manchester is hosted by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
Visit our website: https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full job description and person specification details please refer to the candidate pack.
We are looking for an individual with:
· Visionary clinical leadership: bold and proven track record of clinical leadership at both national and local levels, with the gravitas to inspire and unite colleagues across the system.
· Experience driving innovation: demonstrable experience in leading the adoption and spread of healthcare innovation, particularly in data-driven models of care, digital health, or research-led transformation.
· Learning agility: propensity to thrive in complex and evolving environments by expanding knowledge, use of methods and adapting leadership style and approaches to drive innovation and impact.
· Commitment to health equity: passion for improving outcomes for diverse and underserved populations, and for tackling health inequalities through innovation.
· Reliability in relationship building: exceptional ability to build and maintain trust with clinicians, system leaders, and data controllers, and to work across organisational boundaries.
· Expertise in data governance: deep understanding of the standards, challenges and opportunities associated with the use of NHS data to deliver health and care at scale and pace.
· Influence and advocacy: a confident advocate with the ability to unlock investment, influence policy, and communicate persuasively with a range of audiences – from local stakeholders to national policymakers.
· Collaborative spirit: a natural collaborator, comfortable working in partnership, who thrives in complex, fast-moving, and integrated environments.
If you are excited by the challenge of transforming healthcare through data-driven innovation, and you want to be part of a forward-thinking leadership team that values dynamic collaboration, Health Innovation Manchester wants to hear from you
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical Degree (MBBS or equivalent)
- General Medical Council (GMC) full registration
- Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register or GP Register
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification (MSc, MPH, MBA)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive understanding of the UK healthcare system, including NHS structures, commissioning, clinical governance, and regulatory requirements
- In-depth knowledge of innovation in healthcare, including digital health, translational research, and population health
- Understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine and health economics
- Knowledge of ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks for clinical research and data use
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of GM ICS: system and stakeholders
Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant leadership experience at a senior level within a healthcare, academic, or health innovation environment
- Proven track record of leading cross-sector partnerships involving clinicians, academia, industry, and health and care providers
- Experience in managing clinical and research teams, strategic planning, and service transformation
- Demonstrable experience in influencing and shaping health policy and innovation at regional or national levels
- Experience in driving clinical innovation and leading change in complex systems
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate vision into action
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire diverse stakeholders
- Strong leadership and people management skills, including mentoring, coaching, and team development
- High level of political and organisational awareness, with the ability to navigate complex systems
- Competence in interpreting and using health data and evidence to inform decisions
- Ability to manage risk and make informed decisions in an environment of ambiguity and complexity
Attributes
Essential criteria
- Commitment to patient-centred care and reducing health inequalities
- Passion for innovation, improvement, and driving transformational change in health and care
- Resilient, flexible, and adaptable to change with a proactive and positive approach
- High degree of personal integrity and commitment to transparency and accountability
- Collaborative mindset, with a strong commitment to partnership working and co-production
- Strong sense of responsibility and commitment to the vision and values of the organisation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ben Bridgewater
- Job title
- Chief Executive
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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