Executive Chief Operating Officer – University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

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 Trusts 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 fmcnulty@hunter-healthcare.com or by calling 07966 006091.

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