Executive Chief People Officer

We are looking for an experienced Director to join our Executive Leadership Team at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to lead and develop our people, culture and workforce agenda.

The Executive Chief People Officer will have a remit in relation to being strategic leader for a range of innovative people, workforce and organisational development strategies which will support our improvement and culture journey.

As the strategic lead, the Executive Chief People Officer is accountable for all matters relating to people, culture and workforce for the Trust, The Executive Chief People Officer will have a wide ranging portfolio across a range of People and Culture functions with the opportunity to lead the development and implementation of the Trust's new People and Culture Strategy which needs to be underpinned with a programme of transformation which reflects the opportunities for improvement that the Trust has embarked on.

Working with the wider executive team and external stakeholders, you will focus on building a culture of providing safe and effective high quality care for our patients and staff at County Durham and Darlington.

The postholder will play a leading role in working with senior leaders and partners in transforming the Trusts approach to care, ensuring that our people are at the heart of our new clinical strategy that we have started to develop.

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You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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