Job Description

We are one of the largest NHS trusts in the country - providing acute and specialist care to over 1.3 million people each year in central and north London and beyond. With a global reputation for ground-breaking research and innovation as well as excellence in education, we offer huge expertise across a wide range of clinical specialties. We employ almost 16,000 staff and have income of 1.7bn.
Together with Imperial College London and two other NHS trusts, we form one of six academic health science centres in the UK - focused on translating research into better patient care. We also host one of 20 National Institute for Health Research biomedical research centres in partnership with Imperial College London.
We are proud of our achievements, which include one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS, maintaining our 'outstanding' rating for both our maternity units following a re-inspection by the CQC, meeting the majority of our operational targets, improving our NHS staff survey results for the third year in a row and progress on a range of major development programmes.
Our mission is to be a key partner in our local health system and to drive health and healthcare innovation, delivering outstanding care, education and research with local, national and worldwide impact.
This is a vitally important leadership role at the heart of the trust, working with executive colleagues to ensure service and performance delivery. The Chief Operating Officer will ensure we continue to deliver the highest standards of treatment and care effectively and safely. Our new Chief Operating Officer will play a visible role in leading our positive culture. Our values - to be kind, aspirational, expert and collaborative - are central to the way in which we all operate and we are committed to building a genuinely fair and inclusive organisation for our staff, patients and communities.
If you feel you have the skills, values and experience to take on this challenging and rewarding role, and share our commitment to improving healthcare and a values-led organisational culture, we would welcome an application.
The closing date for applications is Monday 3 November.
For more information, please see the candidate brief below for details on how to apply or please call Donna Fendick on 020 7529 6314 to arrange a further discussion in confidence about this opportunity.

Skills Required