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Chief Operating Officer | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £100,000 - £150,000 Salary is dependant on experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 February 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6916896/214-CEN-6916896 |
Summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Chief Operating Officer.
The Chief Operating Officer role is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to be a vital part in the next chapter in the journey of Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
This role requires a unique set of skills, to ensure that we adapt to the changing needs of our population and our organisation. We have a Clinical Services Strategy which will be the vehicle used to deliver many of these improvements in conjunction with our Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officer.
This is a unique opportunity to make a significant and lasting impact at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will have the support of a committed executive team, a culture that values inclusivity and progressiveness, and the opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare for our patients and communities.
Join us in making a difference—apply now and contribute to our mission of delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.
The Chief Operating Officer will lead the Trust’s operational delivery, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred, cost-effective services that are innovative and responsive -to the needs of our patients.
The Chief Operating Officer will work closely with the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officer to improve the quality, safety and experience of patients in the Trust’s care.
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is also a full member of the Trust Board of Directors and will provide advice to the Chief Executive and Board of Directors on all operational issues and lead operational collaboration within the organisation and across the wider Healthcare Community, recognising the current changing and challenging healthcare climate.
All Directors of the Trust share corporate responsibility for:
1. Setting the Trust’s strategic direction.
2. Achievement of the Trust’s corporate objectives, including compliance with CQC standards and the delivery of national targets and core standard.
3. Delivering high quality and safe care to patients.
4. Promoting a high performance culture.
5. Promoting and living the values of the Trust and fostering a culture which enables and motivates staff to delivery outstanding care to our patients and customers.
6. Ensuring the best use of our resources to ensure the financial health and sustainability of the Trust.
We are an organisation that aspires to continually learn and improve to ensure that we provide outstanding care for all.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for anywhere in the Midlands for six years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHSrun hospital in the East Midlands.
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job pack and person specification document.
This advert closes on Monday 27 Jan 2025
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