the client is inviting applications for the Chief Operating Officer role, offering an opportunity for an experienced, ambitious leader to join a high-performing organization at a pivotal moment. As an integrated provider of acute and community services, the organization delivers care across hospital sites, community settings, and patients’ homes, serving a population of over half a million people and employing more than 7,000 colleagues.
the client has demonstrated improvements in performance in recent years, including reducing long waiting times and being recognized for emergency care and frailty services, while maintaining a strong commitment to staff wellbeing. The organization leads a regional neighborhood program and is progressing an approach to embedding digital and AI in its services, with construction underway for a new hospital building.
the Chief Operating Officer will share the client’s ambitions and will be motivated to lead meaningful change for patients, staff, and communities. The role will support transformational change by building high-performing teams and driving sustainable improvement in performance, with an expectation of being values-driven, politically astute, resilient, and able to make difficult decisions in the best interests of patients and staff. Applicants should be able to demonstrate alignment with essential requirements through a supporting statement, using examples that show experience meeting the role criteria.