Chief Executive
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- Employer:
- Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
- Location:
- West Park Hospital, Darlington
- Salary:
- Attractive Salary
- Closing date:
- 9am Monday 7th April 2025
- Job Ref:
- GSe120404
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Description
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust provides inpatient and community mental health, learning disability, and autism services to a population of over 2 million people across County Durham, Tees Valley, North Yorkshire and York. We are geographically one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in England, and also a provider of forensic and health & justice services across the North East and Cumbria and in Yorkshire. Working in a collaborative, multi-agency environment, we are a large and complex organisation operating out of more than 90 sites, with an annual income of over £500 million.
It has been four years since we embarked on “Our Journey to Change”, a five-year plan setting out our commitment to co-creating a great experience for our patients, carers, and colleagues, and to being a great partner. Whilst we remain rated as ‘Requires Improvement’ by the CQC, their 2023 Inspection reflected we have made significant progress in improving our services, with all services rated ‘Good’ for ‘Caring’, and we aspire to be ‘Good’ or better in the ‘Safe’ domain. We remain committed to making the Trust a great place to work and building on the progress already made, to continue providing safe, kind, and effective care for our communities.
We are now seeking an exceptional leader who shares - and can live - our values, to join as our new Chief Executive. You will have extensive experience as a senior board-level leader within a large and complex healthcare organisation and possess high-level strategic leadership skills. As Chief Executive, you will play a significant leadership role in the ongoing development of effective system working. Establishing credibility with a wide and diverse range of stakeholders and influencing broadly with regional and national partners will therefore be essential to this role. You will require exceptional communication skills, an ability to define and articulate a compelling vision, and relationship building skills that set you apart from others. If you have an open and inspiring style, the ability to effectively lead large-scale change whilst encouraging innovation, and the ability to listen to staff, we want to hear from you. Our recent regulatory history means this is one of the most challenging jobs in the NHS today.
We want our Board to be as inclusive and diverse as possible, and we are keen to attract candidates who can bring diverse perspectives. We warmly welcome expressions of interest from the widest possible range of backgrounds, particularly those who are under-represented at board level in the NHS.
To learn more about this exceptional role and the recruitment process, please visit join-TEWV.com. For an informal conversation, please contact Robin Staveley or Helen Barkham of GatenbySanderson via helen.barkham@gatenbysanderson.com.
Closing date Monday 7th April
Preliminary interviews with GS w/c 14th April
Final selection process w/c 5th May
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How to Apply
- Please submit an up to date copy of your CV, along with a Supporting Statement that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements.
- A completed fit and proper person form – the template can be downloaded from the same place as the job description.
- Detail any employment or education gaps.
- You should provide the names, positions, organisations, and contact details for your referees, which must be your line managers and include your current and most recent employer. The referees should cover at least two roles as the minimum. Please note, should you be appointed, you will be required to provide references covering your last 6 years of employment as per the new NHS Fit and Proper Person regulations. Where there have been gaps in employment, this six year period will be extended accordingly. Referees will only be contacted for those proceeding to the final stage - we will always gain your permission before we contact referees.
- Let us know any difficulty you may have with the indicative timetable.
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