About this role
Job summary
Direct recruitment only, no agencies please
We are seeking an exceptional and accomplished leader who is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer or is an experienced Deputy Chief Operating Officer within a comparable organisation.
As Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director at one of the UK's leading cancer centres the post holder will play a pivotal role in leading and delivering the Trust's operational services driving quality, efficiency and sustainable improvement.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the Executive Team, you will bring credibility, presence, leadership and ambition to inspire confidence and influence colleagues at every level. You will champion our values, fostering behaviours that places patients at the heart of everything we do and recognise staff for their contribution.
With a strong record of successful workforce, financial and resource management, ensuring high performance and holding individuals to account you will have experience of building cohesive teams and inspiring others to achieve excellence.
A passion for excellent patient care and a strong appreciation of population health, inclusion and reducing health and race inequality will be essential.
You will need to demonstrate a strong track record of outstanding leadership in service delivery and proven experience of business continuity and emergency preparedness, planning and implementation.
Resilience and a determination to overcome challenges will be key.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
Kind Empowered Responsible Inclusive Vision, mission and values :: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Job description Job responsibilities
Candidates interested in this critical post should download the Recruitment Pack for further details and how to apply.
Candidates should apply for this role by completing an application form and providing a CV as well as providing a covering letter to [email protected].
Confidential conversations with Joan Spencer, Chief Executive Officer are welcome. Please [email protected] to arrange.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level, ideally masters, or equivalent experience
Skills, abilities and personal qualities Essential
Strategic leadership capability, with the ability to translate Trust strategy into deliverable operational plans and measurable outcomes Strong performance management and improvement skills, including the ability to use data, assurance reporting and predictive insight to drive productivity and quality improvement High-level influencing and stakeholder management skills, with credibility to represent the Trust and build trusted partnerships across systems Sound judgement and ability to take a lead role in complex operational and quality issues, including serious incident management and escalation Commitment to robust governance and risk management, ensuring effective controls, accountability and assurance Visible, inclusive and compassionate leadership style that promotes an open culture, empowers teams and role-models high professional standards Ability to develop leadership capability and talent, including succession planning and performance development Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and to reducing health inequalities through population health approaches and neighbourhood-based models of care Resilience and personal effectiveness to operate in a high-profile, high accountability role, managing competing priorities and delivering through others
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Significant senior operational leadership experience within a complex healthcare organisation (ideally NHS), with accountability for delivery of safe, high-quality services and performance against national, regional and local standards Proven experience of leading multi-disciplinary clinical and non-clinical teams through clear accountability frameworks, divisional performance management and delivery of annual operational plans Demonstrable track record of improving operational performance, productivity and financial sustainability, including delivery of cost improvement programmes and effective management of income and expenditure Experience of operating at Board / Executive level, contributing to organisational strategy, governance and assurance, and effective decision making Experience of building and maintaining effective partnerships across health and care systems, including commissioners, provider partners and wider stakeholders Experience of leading and assuring clinical governance, risk management and response to serious incidents, working closely with senior clinical leaders Experience of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) leadership and/or acting as an accountable executive lead Understanding of the role of digital, data and operational intelligence in improving quality, performance and productivity Experience of working with, or oversight of, commercial operations, subsidiaries and/or joint ventures, ensuring alignment with NHS priorities and governance requirements
Desirable
Experience in management of a subsidiary company; leading strategic and business development
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 The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT
Address The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - The Spine
Paddington Village
Liverpool
L7 3FA
Employer's website https://www.clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)