Job summary
Please
refer to the supporting documents for the full Job Description, candidate
brief and information of how to apply for this position.
The
CEO will provide strategic leadership to a large and complex hospital Trust
providing specialist (examples; Childrens and Cancer Services) and
integrated care for the local, regional and national population, with a focus
on delivering the Trust goals.
The
CEO will engage effectively, to represent the organisation with a wide range
of stakeholders, NHS and other partners across the system and region as well
as working closely in our place-based local health and care economies.
The
CEO advocates and role models The Leeds Way Values and behaviours in all that
they do.
Main duties of the job
To
provide vision, direction and empowering
leadership in enabling the Trust to achieve its goals, objectives,
underpinned by risk management and culture.
To
lead and manage members of the Trusts Executive Team ensuring their
professional performance and development needs are addressed and empowering a
team culture through which high performance is achieved.
Continue
to develop and promote The Leeds Way, underpinned by championing inclusion to
ensure that all staff have equality of opportunity and treatment and that
access to treatment for patents is focused on closing health inequality gaps.
Lead the development of the Trust as employer of choice, with the aspiration
to be the best place to work.
About us
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is a values-led organisation and one of the
largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the country. The Trust provides
healthcare and specialist services for people from the city of Leeds,
Yorkshire and the Humber region and beyond. We play an important role in the
training and education of medical, nursing and dental students, and are a
centre for world-class research, innovation and pioneering new treatments.
The
Trust has a budget of more than £2.1 billion and a 20,000-strong staff. Last
year we treated close to 1.8 million patients, including 109,000 inpatient
admissions, 1.3 million outpatient attendances and 359,000 attendances in our
Emergency Departments. Our care and clinical expertise is delivered from
seven hospitals on five sites, all joined by our vision to be the best for
specialist and integrated care.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please
see supporting documents for full Job Description with further information on
requirements of the role, the full person specification and information of
how to apply for the position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please
see supporting documents for full Job Description with further information on
requirements of the role, the full person specification and information of
how to apply for the position.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Must have a demonstrable successful record of leadership and strategic management with impact evidenced both within an organisation and across system and regional footprints, likely gained at CEO level
- Experience of delivering organisational strategic goals through working in partnerships and collaboration with others.
- Must have a demonstrable experience and a track record of building, developing and leading successful organisations/programmes to deliver transformation ideally in a multisite environment.
- A record of effectively leading the management of considerable resources with experience of delivering long term sustainability and improvements, leading large scale innovative or organisational change
- Experience of delivering financial, sustainability demonstrating the balance between this and quality and safety.
- Must have a demonstrable track record in quality improvement, exceptional service user outcomes and deep knowledge of improvement technologies and methodologies.
- Experience of building and leading successful and effective teams within a large, complex organisation with evidence of driving positive staff engagement and improving diversity and inclusion
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to present the Trusts aims, achievements and values with logic, passion and impact
- Ability to create a culture of innovation, questioning and learning
- Ability to facilitate change constructively
- Ability to deliver under pressure
- Ability to empower, motivate and support people and teams
- An effective decision maker who leads by example and is able to take others with them
- Strategic thinker with the ability to communicate a vision and engage followership
- Drive and enthusiasm
- Able to communicate effectively with all staff and stakeholders
- Personal integrity and commitment to ensuring openness and transparency
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Must have a demonstrable successful record of leadership and strategic management with impact evidenced both within an organisation and across system and regional footprints, likely gained at CEO level
- Experience of delivering organisational strategic goals through working in partnerships and collaboration with others.
- Must have a demonstrable experience and a track record of building, developing and leading successful organisations/programmes to deliver transformation ideally in a multisite environment.
- A record of effectively leading the management of considerable resources with experience of delivering long term sustainability and improvements, leading large scale innovative or organisational change
- Experience of delivering financial, sustainability demonstrating the balance between this and quality and safety.
- Must have a demonstrable track record in quality improvement, exceptional service user outcomes and deep knowledge of improvement technologies and methodologies.
- Experience of building and leading successful and effective teams within a large, complex organisation with evidence of driving positive staff engagement and improving diversity and inclusion
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to present the Trusts aims, achievements and values with logic, passion and impact
- Ability to create a culture of innovation, questioning and learning
- Ability to facilitate change constructively
- Ability to deliver under pressure
- Ability to empower, motivate and support people and teams
- An effective decision maker who leads by example and is able to take others with them
- Strategic thinker with the ability to communicate a vision and engage followership
- Drive and enthusiasm
- Able to communicate effectively with all staff and stakeholders
- Personal integrity and commitment to ensuring openness and transparency
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.
