Chief Executive Officer

Job summary

We are seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic and engaging leader to take us into the next era of our service, seeking always to expand and develop the services to meet the ever-growing and changing need. The successful candidate will be a good team leader with vision, skills, experience and a commitment to the Philosophy and Ethos of the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Whilst the Chief Executive will be responsible for all areas of the Charities Operation the primary duties can be summarised as follows

To ensure that Francis House reaches as many children and young adults and their families as possible with a high quality and responsive service.

To exercise a duty of care towards children, families, employees and volunteers.

To ensure that Francis House Family Trust maintains sufficient resources to staff and fully fund the service and its charitable activities into the future.

To be an authoritative representative of the Trust with External agencies across the Northwest and nationally.

To ensure that the Trust works always to an approved strategy and operational plan.

To manage budgets and meet the requirements of all relevant regulatory bodies.

To support the Trustees in all areas of their governance, fiduciary and legal responsibilities.

To oversee and take responsibility for all aspects of Care Delivery working closely with the Registered Managers to develop inclusive, responsive, research led care services based upon data collection measuring impact and value for money and feedback from all users of the service

To support the Registered Managers in their collaboration with NHS hospital and community teams and their association with the various networks relating to Paediatric palliative care

To engage with the Children, young people and their families

To represent Francis House Family Trust in the wider hospice sector both for children and adults

About us

Francis House Childrens Hospice was established in 1990, the fifth childrens hospice.

The hospice developed out of the work of the Catholic Childrens Rescue Society, the Salford Diocese adoption and fostering society.

Our philosophy has remained a constant throughout our thirty years and comes from a belief in the sanctity of life and the dignity of the individual. We aim to care for the sick young people as individuals, each with their own needs. Care is available to families regardless of faith or cultural backgrounds.

The following guidelines set us apart from most childrens hospices

i) Once accepted onto our roll young people can use the service for as long as they wish or until they die. We have no upper age limit.

ii) Care is provided for the whole family.

iii)As statutory provision for most of our families is limited, we provide additional services for them rather than entering into Service Agreements with the Integrated Care Boards.

We care for our families in a home from home environment even though Clinical Care is of the highest standard.

Our reputation as a centre of excellence is recognised worldwide and we have assisted in the establishment of childrens hospice services in Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina and Japan. We are currently speaking to the Czech Republic and Australia.

Our expenditure last year was £5.9 million of which 15% came from public grants.

A full range of our services is detailed on our website www.francishouse.org.uk .