About this role
Job summary
We are now seeking an outstanding operational leader who can build on the progress to date while bringing insight, ambition, and strategic clarity to the organisation. This is a challenging role at a challenging time, but one which offers genuine purpose, scale of impact and influence at Board level. It is an unparalleled opportunity for an experienced operational leader to help shape the future of one of the country's largest and most complex NHS trusts.
Main duties of the job
As our Chief Operating Officer, you will:
Provide executive leadership across clinical operations, performance, workforce delivery and service transformation, ensuring the Trust delivers safe and effective care with a good patient experience.Lead delivery of the Trust's operational strategy, translating our new 10-year organisational strategy into measurable improvement and sustainable performance.Navigate an NHS landscape defined by rising demand, constrained resources, workforce challenges and evolving national priorities.Work closely with system partners across our Integrated Care System to deliver integrated, place-based services and maximise population health outcomes.Play a central role in enabling service redesign, recovery and improvement, capital investment, digital transformation and productivity, ensuring patient care continues to improve.
Please refer to the JD/PS for our Chief Operating Officer (COO) to understand the key responsibilities of the role. You can also visit our dedicatedonline portal, where we've brought together helpful resources, background materials, and further insight into UHNM.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities Please take a moment to review the JD/PS and for a deeper understanding of the role and to explore more about UHNM, we invite you to visit our dedicated online site: Chief Operating Officer Recruitment | University Hospitals of North Midlands
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Postgraduate level management qualification Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
Knowledge Essential
Senior board level experience in a large, complex and dynamic organisation Evidence of successfully leading significant organisational change in developing new models of healthcare delivery A demonstrable commitment to partnership working and organisational development Experience of capacity planning and translating organisation strategy and vision into operational objectives
Personal Circumstances Essential
Be able to participate in the 'Strategic on Call Rota' Able to secure and retain the trust and confidence of colleagues by behaving in an open, ethical and professional manner Has the ability both to focus on priority issues and strategic goals by balancing short term needs within a long-term strategic framework A high level of personal resilience and be able to work with considerable pressures
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.
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Employer details Employer name University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)