Chief Medical Officer

BPAS Fertility; City of London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading reproductive healthcare charity in the UK seeks a Chief Medical Officer to lead strategic medical initiatives and ensure the delivery of high-quality care. The successful candidate will oversee medical teams, shape clinical standards, and represent the organization in key healthcare conversations. This full-time role includes generous benefits such as 34 days of annual leave and employee wellbeing programs. Applications close on 23rd October 2025.

Benefits

34 days annual leave

Employee benefits program

Counselling services

Free private GP appointments

Qualifications

• Senior clinical leadership capabilities.
• Experience in evidence-based health care.
• Expertise in strategic leadership for medical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the vision for BPAS medical workforce and ensure excellence.
• Co-develop BPAS's clinical strategy with executive colleagues.
• Act as the Responsible Officer for professional standards.
• Provide advice on clinical governance and patient safety.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement in medical practice.
• Represent BPAS in national and international settings.
• Lead sustainable workforce plans and attract quality medical staff.
• Support corporate leadership and operational planning.

Job description

Overview

Join to apply for the Chief Medical Officer role at British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)

This is a senior clinical leadership role responsible for shaping the future of BPAS's medical services, providing strategic leadership to medical teams, ensuring safe, compassionate, evidence-based care, and representing BPAS in national conversations about reproductive healthcare.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the vision and strategic direction for BPAS's medical workforce, ensuring excellence in clinical standards, patient safety and quality of care.
• Co-develop and deliver BPAS's clinical strategy with executive colleagues, fostering an integrated, evidence-based approach to abortion and reproductive healthcare.
• Act as the organisation's Responsible Officer, ensuring professional standards, revalidation, and effective appraisal processes for medical staff.
• Provide expert advice to the Board and senior leaders on clinical governance, risk, patient safety, and regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Champion innovation, research and continuous improvement in medical practice, promoting compassionate, person-centred care.
• Represent BPAS nationally and internationally, building constructive relationships with regulators, Royal Colleges, academic partners and other stakeholders.
• Lead the development of sustainable workforce plans, ensuring BPAS attracts, develops and retains a high-quality, motivated medical workforce.
• Contribute to corporate leadership and financial stewardship, supporting the organisation's strategic, operational and business planning objectives.

About us

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent women's reproductive healthcare charity. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS across the country providing abortion, contraception, STI testing & treatment. We specialise in evidence-based, not-for-profit care reproductive healthcare.

Working with us

Alongside a supportive and friendly working environment, BPAS has generous benefits:

• 34 days annual leave per year
• You will have access to our employee benefits programme through BHSF which includes special health & wellbeing services & lifestyle offers for you & your family. This includes various salary sacrifice schemes, counselling services & free private GP appointments.

BPAS is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children & young people through a safer recruitment framework. This includes a thorough selection process & a number of pre-employment checks.

Further Information

Indicative Timetable:

We are pleased to announce, Prospectus are working with us on this role. Please apply directly through their website at the Prospectus page.

Closing date for applications: 23rd October 2025

Preliminary Interviews (with Prospectus): WC 3rd November 2025

Interviews (with BPAS): WC 17th and 24th November 2025

Note: applications should be submitted directly to Prospectus, and you should follow the process outlined above.

Seniority level

• Executive

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care