Job summary

The CEO is the Accounting Officer for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and as such provides strong leadership in line with the Trust values and a continuous drive in the provision of high-quality care for our communities. They will provide leadership and a strategic approach in the planning, management, and implementation of organisational strategy.

The role of the CEO is a critical leadership role in the Trust. The key purpose of this role is to develop the strategic vision and direction through visible, clear, and consistent leadership. The Chief Executive creates and continually develops the organisational culture, levering the key strategic changes necessary to deliver high quality healthcare, improve health and address inequalities for our community.

You must submit a CV with a supporting statement outlining the experience and leadership competencies you will bring to the role.

Main duties of the job

  • Together with the Chair, provide coherent leadership of the Trust, including representing the organisation to patients, members, suppliers, government, fellow NHS bodies, regulators, the media and wider stakeholders and develop constructive relationships with system partners, integrated care boards, place-based partnerships, provider collaboratives, local authorities, MPs, the voluntary sector, and other relevant organisations in the community.
  • Ensure that patient safety, care, and experience is embedded in the culture of the organisation.
  • Lead the Executive Directors and senior management team in the day to day running of the Trust, the creation of a high performing organisation with a culture where the voices of patients and staff are welcomed, heard, and acted upon
  • Provide leadership for the Trust’s Organisational Development programme ensuring that the foundations are set for effective cultural change and colleagues are equipped and supported to create a just culture of innovation, inclusion, and psychological safety.
  • The Chief Executive is responsible for the overall performance of the executive functions of the Trust and will lead the evaluation of the Executive Team.

About us

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech.

In February 2022, the significant progress that has been made at QEH in just three years since 2019 was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures). We have an absolute determination to continuously improve care and services for our patients and their families.

Date posted

20 December 2022

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience Competitive Salary

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

426-174-22AD

Job locations

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

Kings Lynn

PE304ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached candidate pack for further information about this role.

If your values and ambitions match ours and the opportunity to join our Trust attracts you, I look forward to meeting you through therecruitment process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached candidate pack for further information about this role.

If your values and ambitions match ours and the opportunity to join our Trust attracts you, I look forward to meeting you through therecruitment process.

Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

  • Educated to master’s degree level or equivalent professional qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven high level leadership skills in a multifaceted complex organisation
  • Substantial and relevant senior management experience in a key operational role with healthcare
  • Significant health sector Board/senior management experience
  • Record of developing and building teams
  • Business planning, objective setting, and performance management experience
  • Demonstrates successful financial management
  • Experience of translating strategic goals into effective operational plans
  • Good understanding of the key issues facing the NHS and the wider health economy
  • Ability to work effectively as a corporate director within the Executive Team
  • Record of service delivery, improvement, and transformation
  • Experience of collaborative working, building effective partnerships
  • Record of achievement through organisational development
Person Specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

  • Educated to master’s degree level or equivalent professional qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven high level leadership skills in a multifaceted complex organisation
  • Substantial and relevant senior management experience in a key operational role with healthcare
  • Significant health sector Board/senior management experience
  • Record of developing and building teams
  • Business planning, objective setting, and performance management experience
  • Demonstrates successful financial management
  • Experience of translating strategic goals into effective operational plans
  • Good understanding of the key issues facing the NHS and the wider health economy
  • Ability to work effectively as a corporate director within the Executive Team
  • Record of service delivery, improvement, and transformation
  • Experience of collaborative working, building effective partnerships
  • Record of achievement through organisational development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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) .