Chief Medical Officer recruitment

Welcome from Zara Jones, Acting Chief Executive

Welcome to our Trust 

Thank you for your interest in Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and this exciting opportunity to join our Board as Chief Medical Officer. We’re delighted that you’re interested in exploring this role further, and hope that this site, including my video on this page, gives you a deeper insight into our journey, our vision, and our commitment to our colleagues and the people we serve.  

At the heart of our work is our vision: Healthier together – delivering exceptional healthcare for all and our new strategic framework which has been co-produced with our colleagues, communities, and partners to focus on accelerating the modernisation of our services and strengthen the partnerships across our system. At the heart of this ambition is our priority to create a culture where excellence thrives, our people feel valued and heard, and patients receive outstanding care every time.   

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate, and values-driven medical leader who has operated at or close to Board level. This is a visible and influential role, modelling the DBTH way both internally and across our wider system, requiring resilience, credibility, and the ability to quickly build trusted relationships with our Board, colleagues, patients, and partners. You should champion a culture of continuous improvement, bringing energy and drive to engage our clinical teams in building an environment where change is embraced and owned by our people, to shape the future of our services.  

We want our Board to be as inclusive and diverse as possible, representative of the communities we serve. We are keen to attract candidates who can bring a diverse range of perspectives and lived experience, and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds to join our team at DBTH. 

This is an exciting time to join our Trust. To find out more about this role, please explore this site and download the job description and person specification.  To discuss your interest further please contact our recruitment advisors at GatenbySanderson: Joanna Riley, Niamh Blair, and Emma Pickup via joanna.riley@gatenbysanderson.com. 

Thank you once again for your interest. We look forward to meeting you during the process, and to finding out more about the unique contribution you can make to our journey. 

Zara Jones 

Acting Chief Executive