Job summary
Hello and thank you for your interest in this exciting role.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN) was formed in 2021 from Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital. We employ 11,000 colleagues who deliver high quality services to the population of Northamptonshire and beyond and our combined income is £1 billion. We are now advertising for the UHN Chief Executive.
We expect our new CEO to be excited by the opportunities for radical change, but they also need to recognise the risks. They will understand how NHS Trusts and Universities work together to deliver research, education and improvement and they will want to work closely with us to strengthen our relationships with our local communities and our system partners in the Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board.
Main duties of the job
The UHN CEO will be responsible for the operational and strategic leadership of UHN. They will lead on; supporting our organisation to become employers of choice, improving care and outcomes, reducing health inequalities, facilitating transformation and strengthening teaching and research.
We have a once in a generation chance to transform healthcare through our new hospital programme at KGH and the wide-ranging transformation programme will ensure the teams deliver the highest quality service and will significantly improve outcomes and care for patients and our local communities.
Collaboration and integration are now firmly the way to sustainably deliver population health improvements and we are excited about our developing provider collaborative between UHN and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Both trusts are large multi-site providers of integrated patient care, research and education. Our combined turnover is £2.4 billion and we employ 29,000 people. Working together, we have a huge opportunity to make a positive difference to many people. The UHN CEO will work closely with me, as the Group CEO of UHN and UHL, to deliver collaboration at scale across UHN and UHL.
About us
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The success of the role is dependent on three factors; clear governance, a high trust relationship between the UHN CEO and the Group CEO and the relationship between the UHN CEO and UHN integrated leadership team. We have worked with nationally recognised subject matter experts to deliver clear and effective governance and we now want to recruit an outstanding candidate for this exciting role. I believe we get out of our working lives what we put into it. The scale and speed we want to change UHN will require the UHN CEO to work hard and to be committed to our plan. You will recognise that as the UHN CEO your role is to look after people (those who work at UHN, use our services and live in our communities), to take decisions, often difficult ones, and to provide hope and optimism grounded in reality. In return for this, you will receive as much autonomy and support as you require to be an outstanding CEO of a £1 billion organisation. Our future will not be easy, but it will be an exciting and positive one.
For a full list of roles and responsibilities please see attached candidate pack and Job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The success of the role is dependent on three factors; clear governance, a high trust relationship between the UHN CEO and the Group CEO and the relationship between the UHN CEO and UHN integrated leadership team. We have worked with nationally recognised subject matter experts to deliver clear and effective governance and we now want to recruit an outstanding candidate for this exciting role. I believe we get out of our working lives what we put into it. The scale and speed we want to change UHN will require the UHN CEO to work hard and to be committed to our plan. You will recognise that as the UHN CEO your role is to look after people (those who work at UHN, use our services and live in our communities), to take decisions, often difficult ones, and to provide hope and optimism grounded in reality. In return for this, you will receive as much autonomy and support as you require to be an outstanding CEO of a £1 billion organisation. Our future will not be easy, but it will be an exciting and positive one.
For a full list of roles and responsibilities please see attached candidate pack and Job description.
Person Specification
Education. Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Appropriate managerial qualification
- Evidence of ongoing professional development, or suitable equivalent experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Clear appreciation of the context of acute healthcare provision within the modern NHS
- Successful record of consistent personal achievement at Executive Director level in a healthcare or comparable large and multidisciplinary organisation
- Demonstrable achievement of success leading high profile projects including the management of organisational development and service change in a demanding public arena.
- Record of success in developing effective corporate strategies, standards and policies that support and deliver business objectives of a comparable large and complex multi-disciplinary organisation
- Record of working effectively to influence the political landscape and the environment in which the organisation operates
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Outstanding personal impact. Highly developed interpersonal, networking, advocacy, written and presentation skills that are persuasive and influential and develop relationships that inspire respect, trust and confidence with a wide range of organisations and individuals, both internally and externally.
- Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to think and act strategically/laterally, maintain a clear view of the issues affecting the Trusts.
- The ability to translate strategic vision into operations, to communicate those objectives and ensure they are actioned.
- Demonstrable success, especially at Board level, in building, leading, motivating and developing multi-disciplinary teams and promoting, leading and implementing strategies and change programmes to secure continuous service improvement, successful outcomes and significant operational and service changes.
- Evidence of communicating successfully and working effectively in co-operation with a wide range of internal and external bodies, including statutory and non-statutory organisations, senior managers, colleagues and their representatives. High level of political awareness
- Able to deal positively and promptly with colleagues concerns and personal problems, challenge colleagues on any inappropriate behaviours or poor performance and investigate and deal with complaints as required.
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Works in a highly collaborative manner with colleagues across UHN, UHL and other partners. Role models collaborative behaviours.
- Aligned to the Group's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage
- Highly motivated, hard-working, self-confident, robust and resilient individual with drive and determination to deliver.
- Able to adapt to changing priorities and re-focus the work of self and others on new priority areas that may require urgent action
- High level of personal resilience and ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
- Commitment to personal development and development of colleagues
- Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion.
- Passionate commitment to embedding diversity and equality internally and externally
Person Specification
Education. Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Appropriate managerial qualification
- Evidence of ongoing professional development, or suitable equivalent experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Clear appreciation of the context of acute healthcare provision within the modern NHS
- Successful record of consistent personal achievement at Executive Director level in a healthcare or comparable large and multidisciplinary organisation
- Demonstrable achievement of success leading high profile projects including the management of organisational development and service change in a demanding public arena.
- Record of success in developing effective corporate strategies, standards and policies that support and deliver business objectives of a comparable large and complex multi-disciplinary organisation
- Record of working effectively to influence the political landscape and the environment in which the organisation operates
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Outstanding personal impact. Highly developed interpersonal, networking, advocacy, written and presentation skills that are persuasive and influential and develop relationships that inspire respect, trust and confidence with a wide range of organisations and individuals, both internally and externally.
- Highly developed analytical skills with the ability to think and act strategically/laterally, maintain a clear view of the issues affecting the Trusts.
- The ability to translate strategic vision into operations, to communicate those objectives and ensure they are actioned.
- Demonstrable success, especially at Board level, in building, leading, motivating and developing multi-disciplinary teams and promoting, leading and implementing strategies and change programmes to secure continuous service improvement, successful outcomes and significant operational and service changes.
- Evidence of communicating successfully and working effectively in co-operation with a wide range of internal and external bodies, including statutory and non-statutory organisations, senior managers, colleagues and their representatives. High level of political awareness
- Able to deal positively and promptly with colleagues concerns and personal problems, challenge colleagues on any inappropriate behaviours or poor performance and investigate and deal with complaints as required.
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Works in a highly collaborative manner with colleagues across UHN, UHL and other partners. Role models collaborative behaviours.
- Aligned to the Group's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage
- Highly motivated, hard-working, self-confident, robust and resilient individual with drive and determination to deliver.
- Able to adapt to changing priorities and re-focus the work of self and others on new priority areas that may require urgent action
- High level of personal resilience and ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
- Commitment to personal development and development of colleagues
- Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion.
- Passionate commitment to embedding diversity and equality internally and externally
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).
