Chief Operating Officer

Job overview

We are looking for a new Chief Operating Officer, a central role underpinning our capability to deliver our vision and ambition as we enter this next phase in the development of our Trust. This is a rare opportunity to run the operations of one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country.  The post-holder is responsible for providing visible and transformational leadership across the Trust, having a direct influence on all 19,000 staff in the organisation.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work closely with the Medical Director and Chief Nurse in forming a central triumvirate of leadership, inspiring a culture of collaboration in developing, promoting, and delivering the Trust’s strategic vision. This includes enabling diversity in all its forms, promoting staff wellbeing, and creating a just culture of learning and improvement.

We seek an inclusive and inspirational leader who demonstrates our Trust values and who can build, lead, motivate and develop our multidisciplinary teams to improve performance and deliver excellent care and experience to patients.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from under-represented groups, so we bring diversity of perspectives to thinking and are inclusive of the population.

NUH is one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country. With over 19,000 staff and a budget of around £1.7bn, we deliver a range of emergency, planned and specialist services to more than two and a half million residents of Nottinghamshire, its surrounding communities as well as those that access our specialised services from across the country.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

‘Tomorrow’s NUH’ is one of the ‘full adopter’ schemes in the Government’s New Hospital Programme, set to receive funding towards the end of the decade. We have a unique and exciting opportunity to significantly invest in our buildings, our people, and the technology we use in ways that will make a real difference to the health and lives of the people in our local community over the longer term. In the short term, we have a substantial capital programme which will secure improvements in the short term. In addition, we are in the construction phase of the first National Rehabilitation Centre, which will open to patients in early 2025.

For further information please see the attached candidate brief which includes the job description and person specification.