Chief Operating Officer

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HSJjobs seeks an exceptional Chief Operating Officer to join the Executive Team and Board, shaping strategy and driving performance across the Trust and wider system. You will lead capacity, patient flow and service performance, working with clinical, operational and finance colleagues to deliver high-quality, equitable care.

You will provide Board-level leadership on performance, governance and service delivery, translating strategy into delivery and guiding annual and three-year business plans

Responsibilities

• Deliver operational excellence and performance against national and local priorities, improving performance, access, patient flow and productivity.
• Lead transformation at scale, redesigning services and pathways to improve quality, efficiency and patient outcomes.
• Deliver sustainable financial improvement, including agreed cost improvement and transformation programmes.
• Turn strategy into delivery, leading the Trust's annual and three-year business plans and providing clear operational accountability.
• Strengthen collaboration across the BSW Hospitals Group and wider system, developing shared pathways and models of care. Delivering operational alignment and service optimisation across the Group, supporting consistent standards, shared workforce, and efficient use of resources
• Build organisational resilience and continuous improvement, ensuring robust operational, emergency preparedness and performance arrangements. Overseeing business continuity and emergency preparedness

Job description

Lead operational excellence. Deliver transformational change. Improve lives

We are seeking an exceptional Chief Operating Officer (COO) to join our Executive Team and Board (non-voting), playing a critical role across the Trust, the BSW Hospitals Group and the wider Integrated Care System.

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape strategy, drive performance and help deliver high-quality, equitable and sustainable care for our population. Working across organisational boundaries, you will turn ambition into delivery, strengthen collaboration and create the conditions for consistently safe and effective patient care.

As our Chief Operating Officer, you will provide visible, strategic Board-level leadership across performance, governance and service delivery. You will lead capacity, patient flow and service performance across all specialties, working closely with clinical, operational and finance colleagues to meet key standards and deliver sustainable, high-value services.

Main duties of the job

In this key leadership role you will:

• Deliver operational excellence and performance against national and local priorities,improving performance, access, patient flow and productivity.
• Lead transformation at scale, redesigning services and pathways to improve quality, efficiency and patient outcomes.
• Deliver sustainable financial improvement, including agreed cost improvement and transformation programmes.
• Turn strategy into delivery, leading the Trust's annual and three-year business plans and providing clear operational accountability.
• Strengthen collaboration across the BSW Hospitals Group and wider system, developing shared pathways and models of care. Delivering operational alignment and service optimisation across the Group, supporting consistent standards, shared workforce, and efficient use of resources
• Build organisational resilience and continuous improvement, ensuring robust operational, emergency preparedness and performance arrangements. Overseeing business continuity and emergency preparedness