Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Band 9

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusive benefits

Flexible working

NHS pension

Generous annual leave

On-site nurseries

Discounts at local shops

Public transport discounts

Wellbeing initiatives

Reward and recognition

Job summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Deputy Chief Operating Officer to work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and drive the operational leadership of the Trust. You will lead across four Clinical Divisions to ensure delivery of activity, performance trajectories, and patient flow, while overseeing Organisational Resilience, RTT, cancer standards, and emergency care delivery.

In this role you will collaborate with partner organisations across the Gloucestershire

Qualifications

• Senior operational leadership experience in a large health provider.
• Proven track record delivering statutory and national performance standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead four Clinical Divisions to ensure delivery of activity, trajectories and performance.
• Provide professional leadership to Directors of Operations.
• Oversee Organisational Resilience, emergency preparedness and on-call arrangements.
• Support Gloucestershire broader system collaboration through the GPP.
• Contribute to Deputy Executive Network and organisational development.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Operational delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as our Deputy Chief Operating Officer, working closely with the Chief Operating Officer and playing a central role in the operational leadership of the Trust.

We are looking for an experienced and highly credible senior operational leader with extensive and current experience across both planned and unplanned care, together with a demonstrable track record of delivering statutory and national performance standards within a large and complex acute NHS provider.

You will also hold responsibility for the Trust's Organisational Resilience function, including emergency preparedness, business continuity and operational response, and have oversight of the Trust-wide operational on-call arrangements.

Beyond the Trust, you will play an important role in the Gloucestershire Provider Partnership (GPP), working with partner organisations to support delivery across the wider health and care system and to strengthen collaboration around operational priorities, capacity and patient flow.

You will also play a key role in the Trust's Deputy Executive Network, contributing to cross-cutting leadership, organisational development and delivery beyond your immediate portfolio., As Deputy Chief Operating Officer, you will be the principal deputy to the Chief Operating Officer and a senior operational leader within the Trust.

Your primary responsibility will be to work through our four Clinical Divisions to ensure consistent delivery of operational activity, trajectories and performance, providing professional leadership to the Trust's Directors of Operations.

You will ensure that Divisions have the information, expertise, infrastructure and corporate support required to deliver, intervening early to remove barriers and mobilise additional support where performance is off trajectory.

Additionally you will lead and oversee the corporate teams supporting delivery of:

• Referral to Treatment (RTT)
• Cancer standards
• DM01 diagnostic performance
• Urgent and Emergency Care and the Emergency Care Standard
• Whole-hospital flow, capacity and discharge
• Operational performance, recovery and assurance.

We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes.

• exclusive benefits
• flexible working opportunities
• the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals
• generous annual leave allowance
• access to the excellent NHS pension scheme
• competitive bank rates
• discounts at local shops and restaurants
• access to two on-site nurseries
• discounted public transport
• reward and recognition
• a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you