Job summary
A voting member of the Board, the CEO of the Royal Free Hospital, will contribute fully to the development of strategy and policy as well as the delivery of statutory and corporate responsibilities across the Royal Free Hospital site and the wider group. Responsible for leading the Royal Free Hospital, ensuring the delivery of both the group and local strategy, providing the highest quality clinical care, the CEO will support, through this work, the Royal Free Group's governing objectives to achieve optimum patient care, outcomes and experience, and efficient use of resources.
The Hospital CEO will lead a strong site executive team, each of whom has a critical role in enabling transformation across the hospital and the wider group, including local executive HR and Finance colleagues, bringing together the whole group as a cohesive, motivated, high performing site leadership team. The successful candidate will develop and ensure the visibility of leadership, deploying strategic joined up thinking across the Royal Free Hospital to motivate staff and deliver excellent patient care efficiently and effectively.
As well as their leadership role within the hospital, the CEO will hold important leadership responsibilities for developing and managing external stakeholder relationships and promoting the hospital and wider group externally within the Integrated Care System, taking the leadership role with local authorities and Trust governors for the local Place strategy and delivery.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities of Job Holder
- Lead the strategic and operational day to day activities of the Royal Free Hospital and its services (some of which are delivered across the wider Group and region), including fully managed networks and the hospital's specialised (tertiary) services, ensuring they are run effectively and to budget;
- Develop and mentor a cohesive site leadership team, who are visible across the Royal Free Hospital, driving a supportive and inclusive culture of accountability and improvement;
- Take a Place based leadership role in developing and nurturing external stakeholder relationships with local healthcare and social care providers, local authorities and the ICS strengthening collaborative working to improve patient outcomes and experience;
- Ensure the Royal Free Hospital Site complies with all quality, governance and statutory requirements;
- Meaningfully contribute at Group Board to drive improvements and efficiency and deliver on the Group's strategic objectives.
Please refer to the attached candidate brief for full details about the role.
About us
A historic teaching hospital which has served communities in North London and its surrounds since its foundation in 1828, the Royal Free London combines world class medical expertise with local and friendly care, as it strives to tackle health inequalities in this vibrant part of the capital.
Operating across three hospital sites, the Royal Free Group is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country, treating approximately 1.6m patients every year. With a strong reputation for innovation, high performance and partnership-building, the Trust closely collaborates with partners across the local provider landscape, as well as performing a significant role within UCL Partners, the UCL Health Alliance, and in the North Central London ICS.
Royal Free London's mission is to be world class in innovative healthcare services, ground-breaking clinical research, and future-focused teaching, ultimately combining world-leading expertise with local care. We are now looking for a talented executive leader to be responsible for the development of the Royal Free's strategy, its people, its partnerships, its services and ways of working, and for the delivery of its services at the Royal Free Hospital site in Hampstead.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details about the role and responsibilities, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack.
The pack includes job summary, person specification, application and selection process, and contact details.
The MBS Group are acting as The Royal Frees advisors on this appointment. To apply, please send a covering letter, a CV, and a completed Equality Monitoring Form to royalfreelondon@thembsgroup.co.uk by noon on Friday 10th May 2024.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details about the role and responsibilities, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack.
The pack includes job summary, person specification, application and selection process, and contact details.
The MBS Group are acting as The Royal Frees advisors on this appointment. To apply, please send a covering letter, a CV, and a completed Equality Monitoring Form to royalfreelondon@thembsgroup.co.uk by noon on Friday 10th May 2024.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Royal Free Group's values: o Positively welcoming o Actively respectful o Clearly communicating o Visibly reassuring
Experience
Essential
- Board level experience in providing HR and OD advice in an acute healthcare organisation or comparable healthcare or services setting
- Experience of developing and delivering HR and OD strategies
- Experience of leading wide-ranging cultural change programmes
- Evidence of successfully developing and supporting workforce transformation in a large, multi-disciplinary organisation
Desirable
- Experience of working in a teaching hospital environment, Foundation Trust and/or multisite environment
- Experience of working in a shared services environment
- Experience of leading a merger or integration, or equivalent, similar in size and significance
- Significant experience of personal achievement in developing HR and OD services
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Strategic thinker
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
- Able to lead and motivate others, strong influencing and negotiation skills
- Ability to cope with complex organisational issues and able to relate to a wide spectrum of NHS professionals
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of Employment Legislation, best HR practices and Workforce planning
- Able to assess priorities and make decisions, quick to grasp a point, able to "think on feet", influence, persuade, give leadership and direction
- Knowledge and understanding of key NHS issues, including at a national level and has ability to establish local policy drivers
Desirable
- Service improvement and redesign techniques
- Relates immediate situations to trends and pressures
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Educated to Masters Degree or equivalent level management qualification
- Postgraduate management / leadership/ organisational development qualification e.g. MSc, MBA Chartered FCIPD
Other
Essential
- Meets the requirement for fit and proper persons
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Royal Free Group's values: o Positively welcoming o Actively respectful o Clearly communicating o Visibly reassuring
Experience
Essential
- Board level experience in providing HR and OD advice in an acute healthcare organisation or comparable healthcare or services setting
- Experience of developing and delivering HR and OD strategies
- Experience of leading wide-ranging cultural change programmes
- Evidence of successfully developing and supporting workforce transformation in a large, multi-disciplinary organisation
Desirable
- Experience of working in a teaching hospital environment, Foundation Trust and/or multisite environment
- Experience of working in a shared services environment
- Experience of leading a merger or integration, or equivalent, similar in size and significance
- Significant experience of personal achievement in developing HR and OD services
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Strategic thinker
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
- Able to lead and motivate others, strong influencing and negotiation skills
- Ability to cope with complex organisational issues and able to relate to a wide spectrum of NHS professionals
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of Employment Legislation, best HR practices and Workforce planning
- Able to assess priorities and make decisions, quick to grasp a point, able to "think on feet", influence, persuade, give leadership and direction
- Knowledge and understanding of key NHS issues, including at a national level and has ability to establish local policy drivers
Desirable
- Service improvement and redesign techniques
- Relates immediate situations to trends and pressures
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Educated to Masters Degree or equivalent level management qualification
- Postgraduate management / leadership/ organisational development qualification e.g. MSc, MBA Chartered FCIPD
Other
Essential
- Meets the requirement for fit and proper persons
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).
