Executive Chief Operating Officer

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 143,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

We have an extremely exciting opportunity to join our Trust as Executive Chief Operating Officer. We are seeking an exceptional Executive Chief Operating Officer who has the energy and passion to make a sustainable and lasting difference to the large and diverse communities we serve.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) is a large integrated acute and community provider and a major teaching hospital which is a trusted anchor institution at the heart of our communities. We have over 14,000 staff working across five hospitals and many other sites across Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

The Trust offers a wide range of services, including emergency care, maternity services, cancer treatment, and specialist services. We are proud to be the third largest elective care provider in the NHS and are in the top ten nationally for number of births as well as being in the top ten for urgent and emergency care attendances.

Our Board members are our ambassadors; we need talented individuals to join our leadership team who can make a positive difference. In turn, you will be welcomed into an excellent team, we have a diverse and talented unitary Board, and this is an outstanding opportunity for a talented Executive Chief Operating Officer to join our Executive Team and Trust Board.

Main duties of the job

As the Executive Chief Operating Officer, you will play a pivotal role in fulfilling all statutory responsibilities as a member of the Board of Directors and an Executive Director of the Trust. Your responsibilities will include responsibility for the Trust's clinical divisions, ensuring that they develop and deliver strong quality, operational and financial plans and performance.

We are looking for an experienced leader who will bring a strong understanding of operational management, an excellent track record of delivery in leading clinical services and can evidence success in a healthcare provider organisation of similar scale and complexity. You will be an effective role model, exhibiting and promoting collaborative leadership behaviours that uphold our values of compassion, openness and excellence, providing innovative strategic vision, challenge, and support to all colleagues in the Trust.

About us

Our Trust recognises the importance of promoting equality and eliminating discrimination in all aspects of our operations, from recruitment and employment practices to patient care and service delivery. We especially welcome applications from candidates from the global majority, LGBTQ+ community, or those with lived experience of a disability, to strengthen the diversity of our Board so that it is representative of our team and the local population we serve.

For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact Finn McNulty at Hunter Healthcare, by emailing [e-mail] or by calling 07966 006091.

Date posted

02 April 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

£143,500 to £174,500 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9320-25-0489

Job locations

Uttoxter Road
Derby
Derbyshire
DE22 3NE

Job description Job responsibilities

As one of the largest Trusts in the country, with over 14,000 staff working across five hospitals and many more sites, we have much to offer and a responsibility to contribute fully as a healthcare provider in the Integrated Care Systems (ICS) in Derbyshire and Staffordshire. We will also continue to work towards the aims that brought together the hospital trusts in Derbyshire and Staffordshire:

1. To provide excellent quality of care for the populations we serve.
2. Work with our partners in the wider Staffordshire and Derbyshire health and care economies to deliver more integrated services and in particular to strengthen the role of our community hospitals as part of this.
3. Work with Provider Leadership Collaboratives to identify opportunities to bring together services and support functions to deliver efficiencies, increase sustainability and improve quality of care.
4. Generate economies of scale and efficiencies in our spending of taxpayers' money.
5. Use the scale of the Trust to develop our role as a University Hospital Trust as a leader in education and research.

Person Specification

Experience Essential

• Significant senior leadership experience at Director level in a large and complex organization.
• Experience of working as a senior leader within a complex health and social care system with demonstrable examples of positive impact.
• Extensive experience of successfully leading operational functions within a large NHS acute provider at a senior level.

Desirable

• Board level experience.

Qualifications Essential

• Evidence of a very senior operational leadership role in a large complex healthcare organisation.
• Education to degree level or equivalent.
• Management qualification.
• Evidence of personal and professional development.

Desirable

• Educated to master's degree level.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Additional information

Employer name: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Uttoxter Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3NE
Employer's website: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/