Job summary
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week - VSM salary
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional leader to join our Executive Team as Director of Strategy and Partnerships. This is a pivotal role to define and deliver our ambitious vision for the future of healthcare in our region.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and accountable to the board, the purpose of the role is to lead the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's new approach to strategic planning and partnerships. This includes overseeing the increasing alignment of the Trust with Place, ICS, Regional and National stakeholders to represent the best interests of the Trust and most importantly our Patients.
This is an exciting time to join the Trust and you will play a leading role as you will be at the heart of leading that strategic change. The successful candidate will be expected to provide visible leadership on all matters relating to corporate strategy and strategic partnerships, working, and improving patient outcomes for the local community.
Applicants should apply by completing a short application form and provide a CV and covering letter.
Main duties of the job
Overall responsibility for the development and establishment of Trust partnerships and strategies relating to; The Anchor institution charter, Net zero, Social Value. Innovation, Community strategy, Population Health, Systems Leadership.
Lead the co-creation and development of our strategic vision and framework for COCH so that our clinical and corporate directorates are supported and enabled to formulate long-term plans to meet future opportunities and challenges, actively engaging with staff and stakeholders (including patients, families and carers) to ensure their views and experience are at the heart of this process.
Lead the overall approach to innovation at COCH, working collaboratively with other executive directors and senior leaders.
Lead the delivery of the five components of NHS Impact (building a shared purpose and vision; investing in people and culture; developing leadership behaviours; building improvement capability and capacity and embedding improvement into management systems and processes), across the organisation.
Together with other members of the Board of Directors, demonstrate inspirational and compassionate leadership to the entire workforce, ensuring that staff, students and volunteers are supported and motivated to provide the safest and best patient care, and are at the heart of all our actions whilst show casing behavioural standards.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a CoS for this post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on theVisas and immigration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a CoS for this post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on theVisas and immigration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ongoing evidence of leadership and management development
Desirable
- Further professional or management qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- You will be a talented senior leader with experience leading the development of strategy as well as experience of roles with accountability for budget, people management, communications and programme governance.
- Senior leadership experience in a complex NHS organisation or equivalent with a deep interest in health and social care
- You will possess excellent knowledge of the political and organisational structures that define the relationship between Government policy and NHS delivery.
- Knowledge and experience of leading pan-organisation programmes of innovation
- Experience of driving the strategic development of an organisation, entity or division shaping the vision and operation to enable effective delivery
- Demonstrable experience in engaging and leading meaningful collaborations with clinicians and multidisciplinary teams to build a culture of safety, learning, well-being and innovation
- Evidence of building, leading, motivating and inspiring successful and effective senior teams within a complex organisation
- Experience of dealing with a range of complex issues within a political and demanding stakeholder environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ongoing evidence of leadership and management development
Desirable
- Further professional or management qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- You will be a talented senior leader with experience leading the development of strategy as well as experience of roles with accountability for budget, people management, communications and programme governance.
- Senior leadership experience in a complex NHS organisation or equivalent with a deep interest in health and social care
- You will possess excellent knowledge of the political and organisational structures that define the relationship between Government policy and NHS delivery.
- Knowledge and experience of leading pan-organisation programmes of innovation
- Experience of driving the strategic development of an organisation, entity or division shaping the vision and operation to enable effective delivery
- Demonstrable experience in engaging and leading meaningful collaborations with clinicians and multidisciplinary teams to build a culture of safety, learning, well-being and innovation
- Evidence of building, leading, motivating and inspiring successful and effective senior teams within a complex organisation
- Experience of dealing with a range of complex issues within a political and demanding stakeholder environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
