Job summary
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and dynamic Director of Recovery and Improvement to lead the organisation's financial recovery programme. This is a 12-month VSM fixed-term contract/secondment and a critical role in ensuring the Trust's financial sustainability. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the postholder will drive the delivery of cost improvement and transformation programmes to achieve financial targets and operational productivity improvements. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the Trust's future by embedding a sustainable approach to financial management and operational efficiency.
This role is being offered as 12-Month FTC or secondment
Main duties of the job
Lead the delivery of the Financial Recovery Programme, ensuring the Trust meets its strategic objective of reducing the underlying financial deficit by 31 March 2026.
Oversee and drive the implementation of cost improvement and transformation programmes, ensuring that the Trust achieves its agreed financial targets.
Work in collaboration with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), clinical and operational teams to embed financial sustainability initiatives.
Build strong partnerships across the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) to enhance financial performance.
Identify and lead programmes to improve operational productivity and workforce efficiency, including optimising workforce deployment, reducing temporary staffing usage, and enhancing the use of digital solutions.
Ensure robust governance arrangements for financial and performance monitoring, identifying risks and mitigations proactively.
Provide high-level advice and assurance to the CEO, Chief Financial Officer, and Board, enabling data-driven decision-making on financial and operational recovery.
About us
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust is committed to delivering high-quality, safe, and sustainable healthcare services for our communities. We are at a pivotal moment in addressing financial challenges and require a forward-thinking leader to drive change. The Trust fosters an environment of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, ensuring that financial recovery is balanced with maintaining excellence in patient care. Working closely with system partners, our leadership team is dedicated to improving value, affordability, and effectiveness across all services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Drive the delivery of financial and operational recovery, ensuring alignment with the Trusts strategic plan.
Develop and implement financial improvement initiatives, ensuring best practices are embedded across the organisation.
Work with the Finance team to optimise commercial activities and revenue opportunities.
Embed a culture of learning, development, and financial accountability within the Executive Team and across the organisation.
Provide high-quality insights and evidence-based recommendations to enable Board scrutiny and accountability.
Lead initiatives to streamline processes, eliminating inefficiencies and identifying value-driven opportunities.
Support clinical and operational teams in identifying and mitigating risks to financial sustainability.
Establish and maintain clear performance trajectories for financial recovery, ensuring timely interventions when needed.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead transformational change within the Trust. If you have the expertise, leadership skills, and drive to deliver sustainable financial improvement, we encourage you to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Drive the delivery of financial and operational recovery, ensuring alignment with the Trusts strategic plan.
Develop and implement financial improvement initiatives, ensuring best practices are embedded across the organisation.
Work with the Finance team to optimise commercial activities and revenue opportunities.
Embed a culture of learning, development, and financial accountability within the Executive Team and across the organisation.
Provide high-quality insights and evidence-based recommendations to enable Board scrutiny and accountability.
Lead initiatives to streamline processes, eliminating inefficiencies and identifying value-driven opportunities.
Support clinical and operational teams in identifying and mitigating risks to financial sustainability.
Establish and maintain clear performance trajectories for financial recovery, ensuring timely interventions when needed.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead transformational change within the Trust. If you have the expertise, leadership skills, and drive to deliver sustainable financial improvement, we encourage you to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Educated to Masters Level
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable record in senior management and/or leadership roles of achieving challenging operational and financial targets.
- Demonstrable understanding and experience of complex financial issues and implications to ensure Trust can deliver the required improvements to financial sustainability.
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate understanding of balance of collaborative development and Trust improvement methodology in implementation of transformation with the requirement for pace and delivery in very challenging timescales.
- Ability to influence and persuade clinical and non-clinical colleagues to review and change practice where appropriate to deliver improvements in quality, performance, and financial sustainability.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Educated to Masters Level
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable record in senior management and/or leadership roles of achieving challenging operational and financial targets.
- Demonstrable understanding and experience of complex financial issues and implications to ensure Trust can deliver the required improvements to financial sustainability.
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate understanding of balance of collaborative development and Trust improvement methodology in implementation of transformation with the requirement for pace and delivery in very challenging timescales.
- Ability to influence and persuade clinical and non-clinical colleagues to review and change practice where appropriate to deliver improvements in quality, performance, and financial sustainability.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
