East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to join our team who is passionate about patient care and ambitious for our Trust and its staff.
Our values drive everything we do; we are striving to ensure that People feel cared for as individuals, People feel safe, reassured and involved, People feel teamwork, trust and respect sit at the heart of everything we do, People feel confident we are making a difference.
Main duties of the job
As part of this we are seeking to appoint a Chief Operating Officer who will inspire and lead our operational teams to deliver safe, effective and high quality services to those who access them. They will work with our staff, stakeholders and Board to shape and drive our improvement and transformation programmes alongside strengthening internal governance arrangements.
We are seeking an exceptional individual with a depth of leadership experience and a track record of working through others and across organisational boundaries to achieve results at pace. With experience of leading service transformation within comparably complex acute environments, you will bring strategic perspective and sound judgement, complemented by resilience, tenacity and a collegiate approach to driving change. Our future must be shaped around our people and supported by inclusive leadership and robust governance. It is imperative that we seek out those leaders who embody our values and commit wholeheartedly to supporting our staff to achieve our priorities.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is great healthcare from great people. Everything we do is guided by our values: People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called We care. Its about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. Were looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download. If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Applications that are submitted for the post will be shared with our recruitment partners, Odgers Berndtson.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Graduate or equivalent.
* Additional post graduate or professional qualification, or equivalent experience.
* Evidence of continued learning and professional 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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