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Chief Executive
Grade
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
326-7113285-LW
Employer
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
East Surrey Hospital
Town
Redhill
Salary
£100,000 - £200,000 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/04/2025 23:59
Interview date
20/06/2025

Employer heading

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Chief Executive

Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM

 

We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.

We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.

  • We have been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years’. 
  • The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work. 
  • We are rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
  • We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.

Benefits to working with us

  • Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs).
  • Our location: you can access beautiful countryside, historic towns and villages and bustling city life all nearby. With good schools, nature reserves and cultural attractions on our doorstep, and both London and Brighton easily accessible too, there’s something for everyone nearby.
  • At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
  • NHS pension scheme.
  • A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands. from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
  • On-site nursery.
  • On-site Boots and WHSmith shops.
  • An Amazon locker and an InPost locker on site.
  • Restaurant facilities.
  • Full educational library services.
  • Excellent rail and bus links.
  • The local bus operator offer all new staff one month’s free travel to East Surrey Hospital when they first join.
  • Lockable storage for cycles.

About us

  • We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
  • We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill.
  • We offer a full range of acute and complex services at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we are the nearest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport.
  • We provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey, and at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals in West Sussex.

The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of benefits including, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks,  facilities and services to support staff well being.

 

Job overview

We are seeking a new Chief Executive to take forward the leadership of our Trust at this pivotal time. As a Trust in Segment 3 of the NHS Oversight Framework, we are seeking an experienced leader, who is motivated to take on this critical leadership role central to the future success of our Trust and broader systems. As CEO you will not only bring the inspirational leadership credentials that enables us to take the agenda forward with grip and pace, but you will be committed to improving quality of services, tackling inequalities in health outcomes, improving patient access and experience. All these things can only be done through our dedicated and committed people and by making our organisation a great place to work.

What we offer is a compelling mission, a committed Board, highly motivated staff and an objective to improve continuously. The successful candidate will be a leader who can inspire top performance and innovation on the ground and will understand and live our culture and values. They will also be effective in influencing and shaping collaborative working across our integrated care systems.

No matter where you have developed your leadership career, if you are passionate about the challenges this opportunity offers and believe that you have the experience and ambition to play a key leadership role in delivering our strategic objectives, then we would welcome an application from you.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached candidate brief for a full list of duties and responsibilities. For further information, please visit www.odgers.com/93584 

Working for our organisation

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is a vibrant and dynamic organisation. We provide acute and complex services at our hospital (East Surrey Hospital) in Redhill. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey and at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals in West Sussex. We are one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare and are part of two integrated care systems, Surrey Heartlands and Sussex Health and Care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information, please visit www.odgers.com/93584 or please call Donna Fendick 020 7529 6314 to arrange a further discussion in confidence about this opportunity.

Person specification

Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
  • A complete and accurate application
  • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
  • Evidence of essential experience for role
  • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
  • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
  • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
  • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingHSJ Acute or Specialist Trust of the yearStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Donna Fendick
Job title
Odgers Berndtson
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02075296314
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