Our future CFO will be a role model for our workforce and will play a key role in creating a culture that promotes inclusion, equity and development. We are seeking a financial leader who will be committed to providing outstanding experiences for our patients and creating an environment that supports staff and their well-being, is an outstanding place to work, and that patient and staff experience and outcomes are at the forefront of all strategic development and improvement. The CFO will be dedicated to ensuring that ASPH develops and implements the Trustâs financial strategy in support of its overall financial and business strategies and achievement of the Trusts annual budget.
If you are enthusiastic and passionate about the challenges this opportunity offers and believe you have the experience and ambition to play a key role in delivering our vision, values, and strategic objectives, then we would welcome an application from you. We are keen to hear from female, global majority candidates, or those with lived experience of a disability, to strengthen the diversity of our Board so that it is representative of our team and the local population we serve.
Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 22nd February, 2025
Interviews will be held on site at St. Peterâs Hospital on Friday, 28th March, 2025
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY, see attached Candidate Brief or contact Elaine Beaumont, Medical & Senior Recruitment Manager, e.beaumont@nhs.net
As a full member of the ASPH Trust Board, the CFO will lead strategic planning programmes and will play a central part in the effective commercial and operational management of the Trustâs corporate financial functions. You will be joining the Trust, and NHS, at a significant time of financial challenge and your role will be pivotal in negotiating the complexities and opportunities of a large Acute Trust, therefore you will be a fully qualified accountant (CCAB) with significant experience of working within a complex environment at Board level and will be able to use this experience to inspire, influence and advise senior stakeholders, both within the Trust and with a range of key external stakeholders.
We have recently published our first Clinical Strategy which sets out our commitments for the next five years for patients, staff and the organisation. We are also nearing completion of two key developments that will benefit our patients in North West Surrey and across the wider Surrey Heartlands health and care system; a new dedicated centre of surgical excellence at Ashford Hospital, and a Community Diagnostic Centre at Woking Community Hospital, both of which will bring great benefits for our patients. They will help to reduce waiting times for diagnostic and planned surgical procedures, in line with national ambitions.
Ashford and St Peterâs Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH) is the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents, serving a population of 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond. We have a turnover of £430m and employ around 4,600 dedicated and hardworking colleagues. Our vision is to provide an outstanding experience and outcome for patients and the team. To enable our vision we have a mission to ensure the provision of high quality, sustainable healthcare services to the community we serve.
In October, 2024, the boards of Ashford and St Peterâs Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Surrey NHS FT agreed to establish a group model. The group will be a collaboration between the two existing Trusts; each of which will remain separate organisations and maintain dedicated executive teams, boards and council of governors. This decision is not a merger of the Trusts but a fantastic opportunity to move to a group model in the longer term. ASPH and Royal Surrey are natural partners; sharing similar geography and an overlap in the populations served. Both Trustsâ similar in size and have complementary services and expertise. The group model will enable the trusts to find new and effective ways to deliver the best possible care and experiences for patients and staff. As the group develops there will be potential for executive roles to work across both organisations.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply online via the job advert (which will link to Trac jobs). Please complete the short application and attach a comprehensive CV along with a covering letter which sets out your interest in the role and encapsulates the aspects of your experience relevant to the required criteria. Please include current salary details and the names and addresses of three referees. Referees will not be approached until the final stages and not without prior permission from candidates.
For further information on this role and how to apply, please see attached Candidate Brief or contact Elaine Beaumont, Medical & Senior Recruitment Manager, e.beaumont@nhs.net