Chief Quality Officer & Chief Medical Officer (2 posts)

Two Chief Officer Positions

-           Chief Quality Officer

-           Chief Medical Officer

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust is one of the UK’s leading teaching Trusts, providing acute and specialist services to a population of over 1 million. We have a strong reputation for innovation, clinical research, teaching and high-quality patient care and are the principal teaching hospital for Warwick Medical School.

We employ over 8900 staff, have a turnover of £660 million and have 1.7 million patient contacts a year. The Trust comprises of two busy hospitals with over 1,300 beds and 32 operating theatres, running clinical services from a number of other sites.

Our values-driven organisational development programme, and our five-year partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute; focussing on improving services via lean methodology, are key to us achieving our vision of becoming a national and international leader in healthcare.

We are seeking two inspirational leaders to join our executive team as we continue on this journey; leading from the front, shaping strategy and initiating change, you will play a critical role in helping us to ‘Care, Achieve and Innovate’. In return we can offer a unique opportunity to be part of an experienced Executive Leadership Team within an innovative organisation.

The Chief Quality Officer (CQO) is a new role to our organisation and it is anticipated that this post will work extremely closely with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in providing and ensuring delivery of a comprehensive and high-quality service to our patients and public.

Chief Medical Officer – Competitive Salary

You will contribute across the full breadth of the corporate agenda and have responsibility for the professional leadership and education of the Trust’s medical workforce.

Acting as the Trust’s Caldicott Guardian and Responsible Officer, you will ensure that the required standards of confidentiality and information sharing are adhered to and will lead on Medical Education, Consultant Appraisal, Revalidation and professional standards.

A driven and influential leader, you will have an excellent track record of successful medical leadership in a large complex organisation and demonstrate excellent communication and influencing skills. You will be experienced at Consultant level, hold current GMC/GDC registration and inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register. The post is offered on a full time basis but may be able to accommodate some clinical time by agreement with the Chief Executive Officer.

Chief Quality Officer - Competitive Salary

Responsible for leading on, developing and embedding a robust strategy for corporate and clinical/quality governance and assurance, supported by our Governance Teams; you will establish and manage procedures to ensure that governance, quality and safety is a key responsibility for all employees.

You will provide expert advice to the Trust Board, Chief Executive Team and across the organisation, and ensure that this expertise is maximised thorough structured/specialist training programmes and effective communication techniques.

As a strategic and credible leader, you will possess a comprehensive understanding of the NHS and it’s infrastructure, with the ability to assess, analyse, synthesize and act upon complex data. Highly credible in your field, you will have a successful track record at Director/Senior Management level and demonstrate understanding of negotiation theory and practice, combined with first class communication and influencing skills which will allow you to successfully motivate and influence effectively.

To arrange an informal discussion regarding the posts with Professor Andrew Hardy, Chief Executive Officer, please contact us on 02476 965201.

For an application pack please contact Cherie Karafistan, Resourcing Manager via cherie.karafistan@uhcw.nhs.uk

Assessment Dates:

Chief Medical Officer: 8 March 2019

Chief Quality Officer: 13 March 2019

Closing date: 3rd February 2019