Chief People Officer

Odgers Berndston; England; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Odgers Berndston is seeking a Chief People Officer to lead at board level in a large acute NHS Trust serving East Dorset, including Bournemouth and Poole. The role focuses on a compassionate, inclusive culture, improving staff engagement, and delivering patient-first improvements across emergency and planned care capacity and digital transformation.

The successful candidate will drive workforce engagement, embed a values-based culture, and enable colleagues to perform at their best while

Job description

The client is seeking to recruit a Chief People Officer to join our Trust, representing an opportunity for an innovative, compassionate, and inclusive leader to influence and shape the direction and future success of the organization. The client is a large acute provider serving the East Dorset area, including Bournemouth, Poole, and surrounding communities. the organization is focused on embedding a patient-first improvement system and aligned to core objectives including seeing patients sooner, being a great place to work, improving patient experience, saving lives and improving patient safety, and using resources wisely.

this is an exciting time to join, as The client continues work on major service and improvement initiatives, including transformational investment to expand emergency and planned care capacity and planning for digital transformation to improve access and experience of healthcare services by linking patient records across the region. The client emphasizes collaboration both internally and with external partners, and highlights workforce engagement through strong staff survey response rates, reflecting a committed and caring culture.

the Chief People Officer will provide visible, credible, and effective leadership at or close to Board level, with a core value of compassion and a track record of driving culture and organizational change. the role will support developing a workplace culture that enables colleagues to be at their best, contributing to improved health outcomes for patients and the communities served. the successful candidate will be a team player who can inspire change and innovation across the organization while understanding and living The client’s culture and values.