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SunderlandEDF
Do you have excellent leadership/management skills? Have you got experience in the running of an operational occupational medicine service?
If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you at EDF as a Deputy Chief Medical Officer!
The Opportunity
As the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at EDF, you will act as a strategic partner to the Chief Medical Officer, providing support and leadership in their absence, managing delegated operational responsibilities, and ensuring continuity of services. This includes oversight of day-to-day clinical operations, case management, compliance with governance standards, and implementation of strategic initiatives, while escalating issues of strategic significance to senior management.
What you’ll be doing
- Own and undertake clinical assessments and fitness-for-work evaluations, including managing complex cases, ensuring outcomes align with organisational standards.
- Provide leadership in Occupational Health Physician services across EDF sites, driving consistent, high-quality clinical support and managing weekly travel schedules.
- Deliver and take accountability for Appointed Doctor services under the Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017, ensuring compliance across all EDF sites.
- Develop, own, and implement Occupational Health (OH) strategies aligned to the Company Business Plan, ensuring successful execution across the organisation.
- Lead clinical governance initiatives, monitoring performance and ensuring the highest quality of OH delivery.
- Champion and oversee the medical reporting officer functions, including review of drug and alcohol test results across the fleet.
- Ensure operational readiness by managing availability for the on-call physician rota across the fleet.
- Direct the development and maintenance of OH policies, procedures, and KPIs, ensuring they are current, effective, and fit for purpose.
- Drive and deliver all OHP services to Company OH functions, taking accountability for cross-cover arrangements and operational continuity.
- Lead the training, development, and mentorship of EDF clinical staff, fostering professional growth and best practice adoption.
- Oversee legislative and regulatory compliance, proactively monitoring changes and implementing required updates to maintain service excellence.
- Provide actionable health data to demonstrate compliance and inform HR, safety, and management decisions.
- Identify, resolve, and prevent areas of non-compliance across OH services, ensuring accountability at all levels.
- Own CPD management and knowledge-sharing initiatives, ensuring staff meet professional development requirements and implement best practice.
- Lead and optimise medical IT systems to ensure compliance and operational effectiveness.
- Direct OH recruitment and team management, building capability and accountability across the Occupational Health function.
- Represent and influence the Health and Wellbeing leadership team, contributing to the design and delivery of the company’s wellbeing strategy.
- Investigate, resolve, and escalate complaints relating to the technical aspects of Occupational Healthcare, ensuring robust and accountable management.
Who you are
To be successful in this role you will need to have an inquiring, solution focussed proactive approach to Occupational Health, an aspiring vision of OH and to lead by example and be a great team player.
For more information and to apply for the role, click here.
Closing date: Sunday 16th November
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Remote / UK-wide (online interview)De Jure Chambers
Role: Consultant Occupational Physician (MFOM/FFOM)
Purpose: To prepare a CPR Part 35–style civil expert report assessing capacity for “own occupation” and “any suited occupation,” addressing reliability, sustainability, reasonable adjustments, and integration of cardiac (pericarditis) and psychiatric (mixed anxiety & depressive disorder) evidence.
Scope and Deliverables:
• Conduct a remote video interview within 10–14 days of instruction.
• Review a targeted documentation bundle (role/demands, timeline & GIP context, recent cardiology
& psychiatry letters, and impact statement).
• Prepare a CPR 35–compliant report within 10 working days of interview completion.
• Identify if full GP/hospital records are required after triage (only if clinically necessary).Requirements:
• Consultant-level MFOM/FFOM occupational physician.
• No current/recent OH provision to AstraZeneca, Eversheds Sutherland, or Generali (to avoid
conflicts of interest).
• Experience in complex capacity assessment integrating physical and psychological comorbidities.
• Ability to provide fixed or capped fees (any uplift only with prior written approval).Timetable:
• Target closing date for expert submissions: Tuesday 18 November 2025.
• Shortlisting and instruction expected immediately after closing.Fees: Fixed or capped fee preferred; uplift by prior agreement only.
Instruction via: De Jure Chambers (Cambridge) – admin@dejurechambers.co.uk | +44 (0)1223 643 580 (please copy Dr Lu Yu – luyuuk2008@gmail.com)
Please provide CV, indicative fee, earliest availability, and brief outline of relevant experience.
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Home based, fully remote within the UKMedigold Health
Job Title: Occupational Health Physician/ Pension Scheme Medical Adviser
Contract: Permanent- full-time or part-time hours available (minimum 2 days per week)
Location: RemoteAs a Scheme Medical Adviser (SMA) at Medigold Health, you will play a key role in assessing ill-health retirement and injury benefit applications and delivering pensions medical advice to support their clients in the public and private sector.
You will be part of a dedicated team ensuring the highest standards of pensions medical advice while using Medigold Health’s internal systems to maintain accurate medical records and deliver an efficient, scheme-compliant service.
While previous pensions experience is preferable, full training will be provided. You will also have one-to-one support and mentoring from senior Scheme Medical Advisers and regular contact with peers through team meetings, in addition to access to wider internal CPD opportunities within Medigold Health.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a fascinating, stimulating, and often complex and challenging area, in order to support pension trustees and other delegated authorities to undertake their responsibilities in a procedurally and legally compliant way.
Main Objectives
· The delivery of the Pensions Medical Services to Medigold Health clients and to ensure that the provision of the pensions medical advice is, at all times, of the highest standard.
· To ensure best practice, including a standardised approach to pensions medical assessments, which are fair, objective and compliant with relevant regulatory requirements.
Specific Responsibilities
· Provide medical advice as Scheme Medical Adviser on the applicability of pension scheme criteria in individual cases. Work may include reviews of existing awards and appeals, in addition to injury benefit assessments.
· Utilise Medigold’s internal medical records database and diary system to ensure that the clinical procedures are fulfilled.
· In general pensions work is system-based and remote with no direct contact with the pension scheme member, so Scheme Medical Advisers work from home.
· Liaise with Administrators/Team Leaders regarding both client and pension scheme member queries (with support from Senior Scheme Medical Advisers as appropriate).
Requirements for this role
· AFOM is the minimum qualification required, but preferably MFOM or FFOM
· Current GMC registration
· At least 3 years of experience in occupational medicine
· Previous pensions experience is desirable but not essential
· Excellent analytical and report writing skills, with attention to detail
· Knowledge of Outlook and Word is essential, Excel and PowerPoint desirable.
For the full job description, click here.
The closing date for this role is Monday 24th November.