Deputy Chief Operating Officer

at  Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is an internationally renowned organisation. We provide services as a local hospital for people in Cambridge, South and East Cambridgeshire, and as a specialist hospital for a much wider population. As an academic medical centre, we work across 75 medical and surgical specialties, with corporate and support teams – and health, care, academic and industry partners – to deliver care, learning and research. Our location in Cambridge, as part of an innovation ecosystem, unlocks huge opportunity to go further. As the largest centre of life science and medical research in Europe, we aspire to continue developing the cross industry partnerships that further improve outcomes for patients while powering economic growth. Our workforce is a community of twelve thousand people and together with our partners, we are passionate about delivering expert care for our patients and improving people’s lives.
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As the NHS continues to face enormous pressure, we face our own set of challenges and opportunities. This newly created role of Deputy Chief Operating Officer provides the opportunity to join a successful and ambitious Shelford Group trust in a senior operational leadership role. This role will support the Chief Operating Officer in coordinating trust-wide delivery of clinical and operational services, working alongside the Divisional leadership teams to ensure that safe, high quality patient focused services are delivered to time and to budget. The Deputy Chief Operating Officer will also oversee the Trust’s operational performance framework, co-ordinating teams as needed to achieve required standard and provide leadership, motivating and supporting staff to deliver the objectives of the Trust and the best possible patient experience and care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
We are seeking a senior leader who has a track record of delivering performance improvement, with evidence of excellent people management and managing change effectively.
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We invite applications from all sections of the community regardless of race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation or age.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 9th August 2024.
Selected candidates will be invited to attend preliminary interviews with Odgers Berndtson. The final interview process with CUH will take place on a date to be confirmed in September 2024.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
As an executive/senior officer at CUH, you are accountable for the health and safety of employees and other persons who may be affected by the Trust’s work activities in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. You must ensure workplace injuries and work-related ill-health are prevented so far as is reasonably practicable and provide strong leadership and commitment to health and safety by ensuring that the principles and practices described within the Trust’s H&S Policy are discharged and embedded throughout the organisation. You must also ensure your responsibilities are discharged in accordance with the policy and that the necessary resources and infrastructure for health and safety are provided

Please refer the Job description for details