Deputy Chief Executive
Requirements
Seeking an exceptional and experienced leader capable of managing a complex acute healthcare organization. Must be able to foster collaboration among clinical and corporate leaders while ensuring sustainable performance and safety.
Job Description
As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will help drive high-quality patient care, support organisational recovery and performance improvement, and lead major transformation programmes across the Trust. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of healthcare services through innovation, digital transformation, partnership working and operational excellence, while making a lasting difference to patients, staff and the communities we serve.
- Deputise for the Chief Executive and provide strategic and operational leadership across the Trust.
- Lead the delivery of the Trust's transformation and improvement agenda, ensuring measurable benefits for patients, staff and services.
- Drive operational performance, productivity and quality improvement across a complex acute healthcare environment.
- Champion digital innovation, technology-enabled change and the effective use of data to improve decision-making and service delivery.
- Build strong relationships with clinical, operational and corporate leaders to foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Develop effective partnerships across the Kent and Medway health and care system to support integrated care and population health improvement.
- Support the delivery of sustainable organisational performance, ensuring quality, safety, workforce wellbeing and financial stewardship remain at the centre of decision-making.
- Contribute as an Executive Director and voting Board member, providing leadership, governance and assurance in line with NHS values and standards.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ben Doble Job title: Business Manager Email address: ben.doble@nhs.net Telephone number: 01227 206817
Skills
About East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 700,000 people. We also provide some specialist services for a wider population, including renal services in Medway and Maidstone and a cardiac service for all of Kent based at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our vision and values. We have a national and international reputation for delivering high quality specialist care, particularly in cancer, kidney disease, stroke and vascular services. We value and pursue excellence in research and innovation. Our Trust has been ranked first in Kent for clinical research studies, as well as consistently recruiting high numbers of patients into research trials. As a teaching Trust we play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, working closely with local universities and Kings College University in London. To find out what's happening at EKHUFT, visit our news page or follow us on social media.
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