Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major provider of hospital and community healthcare services to the people of Swindon, Wiltshire, and surrounding counties.
We’re a large employer, with more than 5,400 highly skilled, kind and compassionate staff and we’re an ambitious and progressive Foundation Trust, with 1.2 million patient contacts every year and a £500 million annual turnover.
In recent years we’ve put ourselves at the forefront of a new approach to integrated care and the future of our Trust is bright, with a new strategy being created in partnership with staff and local communities and the delivery of a multi-million pound redevelopment programme underway.
We’ve made huge investments in our infrastructure in recent years, totalling over £100m.
A year ago we helped bring radiotherapy treatment to Swindon thanks to the £3m raised by our Trust charity, and the Radiotherapy Centre is also celebrating its first anniversary. Our £16m Urgent Treatment Centre is now a year old and has gone from strength-to-strength delivering care to local people.
Construction on our £31m programme to create a new Integrated Front Door is well underway and due for completion this summer. But it’s not just about new buildings.
18 months ago, we launched Improving Together, our approach to continuous improvement, helping give us the skills to deliver change for our service users.
Swindon is a great place to be, on the edge of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Beauty.
We’ve got great relationships, a strong focus on place and our work with partners is integral to this. If you join us, we’ll look to you to help make Team Swindon even better.
More broadly, we’re a key part of the wider BSW integrated care system and along with acute trusts in Bath and Salisbury form the BSW Acute Hospital Alliance, which was selected in the first wave of NHS England’s national provider collaborative innovators scheme. We’re working together to deliver excellent care and reduce variation.
We’re looking for a new Chief Operating Officer, a pivotal role within the organisation supporting us on our journey from being rated Requires Improvement by the CQC on to Good and ultimately Outstanding.
As Chief Operating Officer, you will be driven to deliver excellent results as efficiently as possible working with nursing and medical staff, as well as being able to give outward assurances to regulators.
If you’re an exceptional leader who shares our ambition to do more for our patients, staff, volunteers and our communities then we want to hear from you.
If you believe that you have the experience, skills and ambition to lead this fantastic organisation, please contact Ruth Lewis at 02075293959 or Ruth.lewis@odgersberndtson.com or via www.Odgers.com/91702
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 26thJune 2024
The Chief Operating Officer is a key member of the Executive Team and the Trust Board, responsible for the delivery of the Trust’s operational objectives. The post holder will contribute to the developing and implementation of corporate strategies, policies and business plans, including the development of a culture of high quality personalised care.
The post holder is responsible for the development of the clinical directorate leadership teams, managing the delivery of efficient, high quality patient services with accountability for the achievement of the key clinical and operational performance activity standards. They will demonstrate excellent leadership and the culture that supports, recruits, nurtures, develops and retains a compassionate, skilled and flexible team. This includes enabling diversity & inclusion in all its forms, a culture of learning and improvement and an ability to deliver workforce innovation.
Please see attached full Job Description via the Candidate Brief
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Jun 2024
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