Chief Executive Officer

Leopardstown Park Hospital; Dublin; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Leopardstown Park Hospital invites a dynamic Chief Executive to guide the organisation into its next chapter, championing person-centred care for older people and sustaining excellence and innovation.

The role requires transformational leadership, external relationship building and strong governance. You will lead a敏 multidisciplinary team, manage the budget, and ensure compliance with statutory obligations while advancing strategic objectives and service development.

Qualifications

• Senior executive leadership experience in healthcare or a large complex organisation.
• Strong influencing, negotiation and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Deep understanding of public health service structures, governance and resource allocation.

Responsibilities

• Drive the strategic plan for the hospital's future and service evolution.
• Lead a multidisciplinary leadership team across clinical, financial and support services with budget stewardship.
• Maintain full governance and regulatory compliance (HIQA, Health & Safety etc.) and act as Registered Provider for the centre.
• Foster partnerships with state, voluntary sector and academic bodies to support strategy and service delivery.

Skills

Transformational Leadership

Communication Skills

Governance Knowledge

Education

Undergraduate degree (level 8)

Postgraduate qualification in healthcare administration

Job description

• Board Chairperson

Due to the retirement of the current post holder, Leopardstown Park Hospital is seeking to recruit a dynamic, innovative and values-driven leader to take up the position of Chief Executive and lead the organisation into its next chapter. This is an important opportunity to shape the future direction of the Hospital, build on its proud tradition of care and service, and support continued excellence, innovation and person-centred care for older people.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Drive the strategic plan to evolve LPH Older Person residential care facility.
• Executive & Operational Management: Lead a multidisciplinary leadership team across Finance, Human Resources, Medical, Nursing, Health and Social Care Professionals, Facilities Management, Procurement and Support Services while ensuring strict budgetary control.
• Governance & Compliance: Maintain full compliance with statutory obligations, HIQA standards, Food Safety Regulations, HSA, and act as the representative and Registered Provider for the designated centre.
• Relationship & Stakeholder Management: Build and nurture internal and external partnerships with other state agencies, voluntary sector, and academic institutions.

Core Requirements

• Transformational Leadership: Proven track record at a senior executive level within healthcare or large complex organisations.
• Communication Skills: Strong influencing, negotiating, and relationship-building capabilities with external agencies.
• Governance Knowledge: Deep understanding of public health service structures, clinical governance, and strategic resource allocation.

Core Educational and Professional Criteria

• Undergraduate Degree: A relevant third-level degree (level 8 or equivalent).
• Postgraduate Qualification: A post-graduate degree or professional qualification in healthcare administration, hospital management, business leadership, or a related executive discipline is strongly preferred.
• Experience in Lieu/Addition: Candidates must also demonstrate a sound background in the health services sector alongside at least five years of senior management experience within a medium-to-large complex public or private organisation.

Job Title: Chief Executive

Reports to: Chairman of the Board Responsible to: Hospital Board

Mission and Vision of Leopardstown Park Hospital:

The Chief Executive will be expected to possess outstanding leadership, influencing and management skills and will be used to taking the lead in managing an operational budget. Innovative, energetic, and proactive in approach, he/she will be able to build strong stakeholder alliances and cultivate relationships at all levels.

Reporting Relationship & Delegated Functions

All duties and responsibilities resting with the Chief Executive other than those relating to Health and Safety legislation are delegated by the Board. In practice, operational management responsibility for individual services and areas rests with the Chief Executive and with individual managers/service heads who carry out these operational management responsibilities under the direction of the Chief Executive.

In the absence of any specific directions from the Board the Chief Executive shall be responsible for the general control and management of the Hospital.

Key Governance Responsibilities

• Ensuring the overall effective and efficient functioning of the Hospital and carrying responsibility for all aspects of strategic, executive, and operational management

functions.

Key Working Relationships

• Board Chairperson
• Board Constituted Committees
• Senior Management Team
• Hospital Committees
• Service/Department Heads
• External Agencies/ Business Partners including H.S.E., referring agencies, and Department of Health
• Residents and families
• Staff
• Volunteers
• Media
• Statutory and Voluntary Partners
• Health Service Unions
• HIQA
• HSA
• Hospital Insurers
• Hospital Legal advisors

Key Executive Functions

Lead an effective Senior Leadership Team and direct, support, and advise the Senior Leadership Team in relation to their roles, areas of functional responsibility and emerging demands. Through this team the Chief Executive has responsibility to:

• Ensure that the ‘tone from the top’ is one of respect, dignity, fairness, empowerment.
• and accountability.
• Establish, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Lead the planning, evaluation, and development of Hospital services, to include analysing existing services, service demands and healthcare trends in order to develop short- and longer- term objectives and plans for the Hospital.
• Ensuring that all Hospital departments and services are aligned to the Hospital strategic plan.
• Manage the Hospital budget resources and activities in the context of H.S.E. Allocation and available resources.
• Ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies.
• Reviewing the management structures of the Hospital having due regard to the changing needs of the Hospital and, if necessary, propose alternatives to the Board for consideration.
• Planning new services and communicating the Hospital Strategic Plan to all stakeholders.
• Creating an environment that ensures the Hospital will continue to be an employer of choice.
• Promoting and developing the use of technology to improve processes, systems, and structures.
• Establishing, implementing, and maintaining clear, efficient, and effective working relationships and communications between staff.
• Lead and maintain oversight of capital developments of the Hospital.
• Maintaining oversight of the overall development of the hospital's information system (ICT) to support all functions.
• Development and maintenance of a financial system and controls which ensures that, within available resources, all clinical, clinical support, resident, and administrative services are adequately resourced and that expenditure is kept within budget.
• Development and maintenance of appropriately focused management and operational planning and control systems to facilitate improved correlation between responsibility and accountability at all levels.
• Preparation of timely reports to Board, its Committees and HSE.
• Overall management of purchasing, service contracts, and insurances, including any strategic partnership arrangements.
• Development of progressive Human Resource policies and procedures in order that the contribution from the most important resource of the hospital, its staff, is enhanced and developed.
• Play a leading role in organisation development ensuring staff are fully engaged in the ongoing development and success of the Hospital.
• Promote staff training and development at all levels within the hospital.
• Development of quality systems, both clinical and corporate.
• Develop high-quality service delivery systems which ensure appropriate care is provided at the point of need using a person-centred care approach.
• Delegate functions and authority to other Hospital team members]

Personal Requirements

• A Professional/Third Level qualification in a relevant field with a minimum of 5 years working at senior level.
• Excellent leadership skills with strong emphasis on achieving results and implementing change management programmes in a similar environment.
• An ability to deal with and grasp the challenges and opportunities facing the Health/Public Sector and to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Display an ability to think and act strategically, and to communicate with and influence at senior levels with our internal and external stakeholders across the public sector and within industry.
• Must be value driven, with a passion for public service and a clear appreciation of the benefits of collaboration.
• Understanding and awareness of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies and its importance in today's environment.
• Sound understanding of management development and capability building across the organisation.
• Excellent financial management and project management skills, and experience of managing a large range of multi-functional activities in a similar environment.
• Previous work experience in a similar healthcare environment is desirable but not essential.

Performance Review

The Board will evaluate the Chief Executives performance based on the following key performance indicators on an ongoing basis and annually on a formal basis.

Governance Responsibilities

• Working Relationships with the Chairman and with the Board.
• Extent to which Corporate Plans and Objectives are set and achieved.
• Quality and Standard of Service Delivery in relation to Resident experience
• User Satisfaction.

Executive Functions

• Ability to manage within budget and overall financial management I

performance.

• Ability to deliver effective service within allocated headcount.
• Quality, Safety & Risk Management.
• Human Resource Management and Development:

Personal Performance

• Good working relationships are fostered and maintained.
• Contribution to team strategic planning and decision making.

This Job Description indicates the main responsibilities and duties of the post and is subject to review and amendment. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post, which may be assigned from time to time, and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

PRINCIPLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Tenure of Contract

The appointment will be on a Permanent full-time permanent basis.

Probation

The period of probation is considered part of the recruitment process. Employment is subject to the satisfactory completion of a 9 month probationary period. In certain circumstances, this probationary period may be extended but will not, in any case, exceed 11 months.

Hours of Work

Hours of attendance are set at 35 hours per week should note that hours of attendance may be adjusted from time to time and the appointee will be required to work such additional hours from time to time as may be reasonable and necessary for the proper performance of his/her duties subject to the limits set down in the working time regulations.

Salary

To be discussed at interview stage. And will be in line with the Consolidated salary scales.

Superannuation

Provision is made for pensions, and where applicable it is in accordance with either the Local Government (Superannuation) Act 1965, & Superannuation (Revision) Scheme, 1977 and 1998 or the Single Public Service Pension Scheme Act 2012.

Annual Leave

Annual Leave entitlements are 30 days per annum.

The above information is for the applicant’s knowledge and may form part of the terms and conditions in the successful applicant’s contract of employment