Chief Operating Officer- Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust

Chief Operating Officer- Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM Main area Chief Operating Officer Grade Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 381-CO-

Site Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Town West Bromwich Salary £100,000 - £200,000 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/08/:59

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we're committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it's the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Job overview Lead Operational Excellence. Drive Transformation. Improve Lives.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional operational leader to join our Group Executive and Board as Chief Operating Officer.

This is a rare opportunity to make a lasting difference for the people Sandwell and West Birmingham, leading a large and diverse portfolio of acute, community and specialist services at a time of significant opportunity and transformation.

As a voting member of the Trust Board and Executive Leadership Team, you will provide strategic and visible leadership across the organisation, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, responsive and financially sustainable services. You will be responsible for operational performance, service transformation, patient flow, urgent and emergency care, productivity, workforce effectiveness and delivery of our strategic ambitions.

Working closely with the Chief Executive, Executive colleagues, clinical leaders and system partners, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of services for our population whilst contributing to the development of our wider NHS Group model.

Main duties of the job About you

You will be an experienced executive leader with a strong track record of delivering operational excellence within a large and complex healthcare organisation. You will have successfully led transformational change, delivered performance improvement, developed high-performing teams and built strong relationships with clinicians, staff and external partners.

You will bring:

• Significant senior leadership experience within the NHS.
• A proven track record of delivering sustainable operational and performance improvement.
• Experience of leading large-scale transformation and service redesign.
• Strong financial and workforce leadership credentials.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• A commitment to compassionate, inclusive and visible leadership.

Most importantly, you will be a leader who inspires confidence, builds trust and creates an environment where people can thrive and deliver their very best for patients.

Working for our organisation Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is one of the largest integrated care organisations in the Midlands, serving a diverse population of more than 530,000 people across Sandwell and West Birmingham.

We provide services from the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell and City Health Campuses, Rowley Regis Hospital and a wide range of community settings. We are recognised for our commitment to high-quality care, teaching, education, research and innovation, with a strong track record of working in partnership to improve population health and reduce health inequalities.

Furthermore, through working closely with The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, as part of the Group arrangements, we are committed to working together to improve outcomes for our patients, strengthen our communities and create an outstanding place to work for our people. These ambitions are set out in our new strategy, Fit for the Future, which places partnerships, inclusion, excellence and continuous improvement at the heart of everything we do.

Our strategy is built around delivering outstanding care, reducing health inequalities, strengthening partnerships and creating a sustainable future for local healthcare. We are seeking a leader who shares our ambition and values and who can help us achieve the next phase of our journey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities At Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, our values of Ambition, Respect and Compassion underpin everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can belong, contribute and succeed.

This is an opportunity to:

• Join an ambitious and forward-thinking Executive Team.
• Help shape the future of healthcare delivery across Sandwell and West Birmingham.
• Lead significant operational improvement and transformational programmes.
• Influence system-wide service development and integrated care.
• Work as part of a growing NHS Group and Provider Collaborative.
• Make a meaningful difference to patients, staff and local communities.

If you are an inspirational leader with the vision, resilience and determination to help shape the future of healthcare delivery, we would love to hear from you.

Person specification Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or able to demonstrate equivalent level of knowledge, leadership experience and strategic expertise gained through senior NHS leadership roles
• Degree level qualification or equivalent professional qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional and executive leadership development
• Significant evidence of postgraduate study or professional development in a relevant discipline (e.g. healthcare management, leadership, business administration, operational management, finance, quality improvement or organisational development)
• Completion of a recognised senior NHS leadership development programme or equivalent executive leadership programme
• Chartered status, fellowship or senior professional accreditation relevant to the role

Experience

• Significant senior leadership experience within a large, complex NHS provider organisation
• Substantial experience operating at Board, Executive Director or equivalent level within a large and complex organisation
• Proven track record of leading operational services and delivering sustained improvements in performance, quality and productivity
• Demonstrable experience of leading large-scale operational performance improvement programmes within challenging environments
• Evidence of successful delivery of national operational standards, including urgent and emergency care, elective care, diagnostics and cancer performance
• Significant experience of leading and managing large, complex service portfolios, multiple professional groups and multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of developing and delivering strategic objectives through operational plans and measurable outcomes
• Demonstrable success in leading major organisational change, service redesign and transformation programmes
• Extensive experience of working collaboratively with clinical leaders to improve quality, safety, performance and patient outcomes
• Significant experience of delivering operational performance within a financially constrained environment whilst maintaining quality and safety standards
• Experience of leading productivity, efficiency and value improvement programmes resulting in measurable benefits
• Proven experience of managing large and complex budgets and ensuring effective stewardship of resources
• Experience of leading organisations or services through periods of significant operational pressure, organisational challenge or regulatory scrutiny
• Experience of building and maintaining effective relationships with commissioners, regulators, system partners and external stakeholders
• Experience of workforce leadership including organisational development, staff engagement, talent management and leadership development
• Experience of leading partnership working across organisational boundaries to improve services and outcomes for patients
• Experience of working with Governors, regulators and external assurance bodies
• Experience of system leadership across multiple organisations and sectors

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

• Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
• Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
• Seek to reduce unwarranted variance . click apply for full job details