Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Job summary

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and visionary leader to join us as Deputy Chief Operating Officer.

Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, you will ensure effective service delivery across clinical and non-clinical areas while championing innovation, collaboration, and compassionate leadership. This role offers an exceptional opportunity to lead within an organisation renowned for its world-class care, cutting-edge services, and commitment to its staff.

This is a key leadership role in in which you will play a pivotal part in shaping the Trust's future, driving operational excellence, and delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

Main duties of the job

As the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, you will:

1.Deputise for the Chief Operating Officer, providing strong and visible leadership across the organisation.

2.Drive performance improvement in key areas, including RTT, cancer, and DM01 standards, and oversee the elective recovery programme.

3.Champion patient safety, quality, and operational efficiency across all services.

4.Lead on capacity planning, modelling, and the delivery of the Trust's financial programmes.

5.Coordinate monthly assurance reporting for operational performance and provide clear insights into performance drivers.

6.Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including clinicians and partner organisations, to deliver seamless, high-quality services.

7.Contribute to the implementation of the Trust's five-year strategic plan, driving innovation and sustainable service delivery.

8.Provide compassionate, inclusive leadership that reflects and promotes the Trust's values of compassion, excellence, and collaboration.

This role will require participation in the on-call rota and occasional travel to Trust sites and external meetings.

Job responsibilities

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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