Chief Executive (WQ00)

Pleaserefer to the supporting documents for the full Job Description, candidatebrief and information of how to apply for this position.

TheCEO will provide strategic leadership to a large and complex hospital Trustproviding specialist (examples; Childrens and Cancer Services) andintegrated care for the local, regional and national population, with a focuson delivering the Trust goals.

TheCEO will engage effectively, to represent the organisation with a wide rangeof stakeholders, NHS and other partners across the system and region as wellas working closely in our place-based local health and care economies.

TheCEO advocates and role models The Leeds Way Values and behaviours in all thatthey do.

Main duties of the job

Toprovide vision, direction and empoweringleadership in enabling the Trust to achieve its goals, objectives,underpinned by risk management and culture.

Tolead and manage members of the Trusts Executive Team ensuring theirprofessional performance and development needs are addressed and empowering ateam culture through which high performance is achieved.

Continueto develop and promote The Leeds Way, underpinned by championing inclusion toensure that all staff have equality of opportunity and treatment and thataccess to treatment for patents is focused on closing health inequality gaps.Lead the development of the Trust as employer of choice, with the aspirationto be the best place to work.

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals NHS Trust is a values-led organisation and one of thelargest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the country. The Trust provideshealthcare and specialist services for people from the city of Leeds,Yorkshire and the Humber region and beyond. We play an important role in thetraining and education of medical, nursing and dental students, and are acentre for world-class research, innovation and pioneering new treatments.

TheTrust has a budget of more than £2.1 billion and a 20,000-strong staff. Lastyear we treated close to 1.8 million patients, including 109,000 inpatientadmissions, 1.3 million outpatient attendances and 359,000 attendances in ourEmergency Departments. Our care and clinical expertise is delivered fromseven hospitals on five sites, all joined by our vision to be the best forspecialist and integrated care.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying at riskmembers of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Pleasesee supporting documents for full Job Description with further information onrequirements of the role, the full person specification and information ofhow to apply for the position.

Person Specification Experience

• 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

• 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.