Chief People Officer

Job summary

Join one of England's top-performing and safest NHS Trusts, leading a workforce dedicated to delivering innovation and exceptional patient care.

As Chief People Officer, you will drive our People Strategy, shape culture and lead workforce transformation across the Trust and the North West London Integrated Care System. We seek a dynamic, compassionate leader with a proven track record in large-scale change, strategic leadership and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

We have spent the last two years working with our interim CPO on developing our People Strategy and our People & OD delivery model and supporting structures. We are now excited to be making permanent appointments to pivotal senior leadership roles within the new structure.

We are seeking an exceptional leader who can quickly assimilate into the Chief People Officer role and join our high-performing executive team. You will be highly driven, goal- and action-oriented, with a talent for inspiring and motivating teams, backed by a proven track record of delivery. You will bring significant experience in driving strategy and change within a large-scale, complex environment, collaborating with senior leadership teams and boards. Your ability to establish strong working relationships across systems will be crucial in inspiring your teams to achieve their goals.

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/cpo

Stakeholder panels and interview: w/c 2nd or 9th Dec

Main duties of the job

As a compassionate and culturally inclusive individual, your leadership should be ethical, collegiate and professional, with a core focus on equity, diversity and inclusion. You will be pivotal in supporting us to address the staffing challenges facing the NHS at the moment, but will recognise this also provides us with an opportunity to make a real difference in how we attract, retain and develop a modern workforce to provide the best possible care to patients. A key priority is improving the safety and wellbeing of our staff while ensuring that our patients remain at the heart of everything we do.

As an executive leader within the Acute Provider Collaborative (APC), you will represent our Trust in the North West London (NWL) Integrated Care System (ICS), playing a vital role in building links within the system, working closely with the NWL Acute CPOs to deliver People Services Transformation and leading the Learning and OD function across our Trust and the Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust within our strategic partnership arrangement.

We are looking for a leader who will be proud to work alongside our 7,500 dedicated staff to deliver on this agenda.

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.