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Job overview

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is an internationally renowned organisation. We provide services as a local hospital for people in Cambridge, South and East Cambridgeshire, and as a specialist hospital for a much wider population. As an academic medical centre, we work across 75 medical and surgical specialties, with corporate and support teams – and health, care, academic and industry partners – to deliver care, learning and research. Our location in Cambridge, as part of an innovation ecosystem, unlocks huge opportunity to go further. As the largest centre of life science and medical research in Europe, we aspire to continue developing the cross industry partnerships that further improve outcomes for patients while powering economic growth. Our workforce is a community of twelve thousand people and together with our partners, we are passionate about delivering expert care for our patients and improving people’s lives.

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Main duties of the job

As the NHS continues to face enormous pressure, we face our own set of challenges and opportunities. This newly created role of Deputy Chief Operating Officer provides the opportunity to join a successful and ambitious Shelford Group trust in a senior operational leadership role. This role will support the Chief Operating Officer in coordinating trust-wide delivery of clinical and operational services, working alongside the Divisional leadership teams to ensure that safe, high quality patient focused services are delivered to time and to budget. The Deputy Chief Operating Officer will also oversee the Trust’s operational performance framework, co-ordinating teams as needed to achieve required standard and provide leadership, motivating and supporting staff to deliver the objectives of the Trust and the best possible patient experience and care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

We are seeking a senior leader who has a track record of delivering performance improvement, with evidence of excellent people management and managing change effectively.

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We invite applications from all sections of the community regardless of race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation or age.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.