Chief Executive

Job summary

Following the announced retirement of our current Chief Executive, we are working with Gatenby Sanderson to seek an inspiring, collaborative and visible leader to work with our new Chair and our Board. The role carries responsibility for the overall management of the Trust, its service provision, financial sustainability, and fulfilment of statutory duties.

To apply for this role please do not apply via this advert please click on the link on the document attached to this vacancy.

Main duties of the job

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Will McAlpine, Niamh Blair, or Robin Staveley of GatenbySanderson viawill.mcalpine@gatenbysanderson.com

Job responsibilities

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.