Associate Chief Operating Officer - Performance Improvement

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Associate Chief Operating Officer (ACOO) - Performance Improvement to join our senior leadership team at Wye Valley NHS Trust.

This is a pivotal role supporting the Chief Operating Officer in delivering large-scale performance improvement, service transformation and productivity programmes across the Trust and the wider One Herefordshire system.

Working closely with Executive, Clinical and Operational leaders, you will lead complex improvement portfolios that drive quality, patient safety, operational performance and financial sustainability.

Main duties of the job

Lead and deliver performance improvement, productivity and transformation programmes within an agreed portfolio

Be accountable for the operational implementation of strategic plans, ensuring delivery of high-quality patient care

Work in partnership with Divisional Triumvirates, Clinical leaders and Corporate teams

Provide senior oversight of performance management, reporting and assurance

Act as Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for large-scale transformation projects

Lead service redesign and pathway transformation to reduce waiting times

Ensure strong clinical governance, risk management and complaint resolution

Contribute to Trust-wide and system-level business cases

Provide leadership for financial management and budgetary control

When required, act as Associate Chief Operating Officer for a Division

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.