Chief Operating Officer

The Trust is looking for a Chief Operating Officer who shares their ambitions, and who is motivated to lead meaningful change for patients, staff and communities. You will bring a strong track record of delivering transformational change, building high-performing teams and driving sustainable improvement to performance. Just as importantly, you will be values driven, politically astute and resilient, with the strength of character to make difficult decisions in the best interests of their patients and our staff.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of healthcare delivery in Buckinghamshire, to lead meaningful change at scale, and to make a lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of local communities.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is inviting applications for the role of Chief Operating Officer, offering an outstanding opportunity for an experienced and ambitious leader to join a high-performing NHS organisation at a pivotal moment in its development. As an integrated provider of acute and community services, the Trust serves a population of over half a million people and employs more than 7,000 colleagues, delivering care across hospital sites, community settings and patients' homes.

Please see the Candidate Pack for further information on the role and about our organisation:

This is an organisation with a strong sense of purpose and momentum. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has achieved significant improvements in performance in recent years, including reducing long waiting times and being recognised nationally for emergency care and frailty services. At the same time, it has maintained a deep commitment to staff wellbeing, ranking highly in national staff survey results and demonstrating a culture where people are supported to thrive. The Trust leads the Buckinghamshire Neighbourhood Programme, as well a forward thinking approach to embedding digital and AI in its services, whilst construction has begun on the new Wycombe Hospital building., Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire as well as some people living across the borders in surrounding counties. We provide care to over half a million patients every year in our hospitals, community settings and in people's own homes. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, create healthy communities and make a BHT a great place to work.

Our patients are at the heart of everything that we do, providing you with safe and compassionate care, every time. Our focus is on providing right care, right place, right time, first time and everything we do is aimed at delivering high-quality care when and where you need it.

We deliver this care in a range of ways; from community health services provided in people's homes or from one of our local bases, to hospitals at Stoke Mandeville, Wycombe and Amersham. And we are proud of the nationally recognised services that we provide. Stoke Mandeville Hospital is home to the internationally recognised National Spinal Injuries Centre; our stroke service is one of the best in the region and we are a regional centre for burn care, plastic surgery and dermatology.

More than 7,000 people work for us. This includes clinical colleagues, such as doctors, nurses, midwives, health visitors, therapists, support workers and healthcare scientists, all supported by corporate and administrative colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that BHT embraces and celebrates diversity as we strive to tackle inequalities both within the workforce and in our local communities. We want all of our people to be listened to, safe and supported.

Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.