Interim Chief Operating Officer
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Our vision at Hampshire Hospitals is to provide outstanding care for every patient, and, in these financially challenged times, we are looking for a competent professional colleague, who lives our values, and can support our amazing teams to deliver that outstanding care, cost effectively.
We have six transformation programmes underway, and the COO is the lead executive for Urgent & Emergency Care, and for Elective Care, both of which aim to improve care and reduce costs. This is a full board member role and a key part of the Trust Board and the Executive Team.
The COO is accountable for our three clinical divisions and for our Facilities teams. The strong leadership teams in our divisions will undoubtedly support the successful candidate to succeed and this is a great opportunity for someone to develop their experience at Board level.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an interim Chief Operating Officer for at least 6 months starting in mid July. Our current COO leaves at the end of July and we are deferring the recruitment of a substantive appointment until our new CEO is in post, which we would anticipate being in the autumn.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are restricting applications to existing employees of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS System only.
Interviews will be on the 3 June in Basingstoke.
Please attach a copy of your CV and covering letter.
Person specification
Relevant experience
Essential criteria- First degree of equivalent level of experience
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.