Director of Operations | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 June 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 July 2026 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8054774/259-8054774SBH |
Summary
Director of Operations - VSM
We are seeking an outstanding Director of Operations to join the executive team at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust. Reporting directly to the St Bartholomew’s Hospital Deputy Chief Executive and our Group Chief Operating Officer, you will be a key member of our hospital executive board, working collaboratively with clinical and corporate leaders.
You will drive service transformation and continuous improvement, while maintaining strong governance, financial control and regulatory compliance.
This is a pivotal role with significant operational and strategic influence, shaping services for some of the most complex patients in the country.
St Bartholomew’s Hospital – located in the City of London and the oldest hospital in the UK still on its original site – is now a world class centre of excellence for cardiac and cancer care. We are home to Europe’s largest cardiac unit and London’s second largest cancer centre, supported by around 350 beds, 60 ITU beds, 10 theatres, 10 catheterisation labs, a chemotherapy and radiotherapy suite, and state of the art diagnostic and treatment technologies.
Alongside our core specialties, we provide additional services including respiratory medicine, endocrinology, fertility, thoracic surgery and a minor injuries unit. You will join us at a significant moment as we open two new hospital buildings, home to a centre of excellence for breast cancer in east London.
This is a critical leadership role responsible for the end-to-end delivery of clinical operations, ensuring services are safe, efficient and consistently meet national standards for access, quality and performance.
Key responsibilities include leading hospital-wide operational delivery, overseeing business planning and performance management, optimising demand and capacity, and ensuring delivery of key constitutional standards.
Our 3,000 strong workforce – 60% of whom are from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds – deliver exceptional care guided by ourWeCarevalues. We are proud custodians of nationally significant heritage buildings and are consistently recognised for excellence, with multiple HSJ and industry awards placing us among the top hospitals internationally.
The Director of Operations will play a central role in strengthening this culture – championing equality, diversity and inclusion, using insight and staff voice to reduce disparities, and fostering an environment where teams feel empowered to innovate and continuously improve.
This role offers a rare opportunity to help lead an iconic hospital into its next chapter of innovation, integration and world leading care.
***Provisional interview date ~ 23rd July 2026***
To arrange for formal/informal discussions regarding this position, kindly contact:Sam McAlister, Executive Assistant: sam.mcalister@nhs.net
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which ourWeCarevalues and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by ourWeCarevalues and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Jun 2026