Chief Executive

Chief Executive

Executive Grade H - £130,043 to £173,278 per annum

The Role

We are seeking an exceptional leader who shares our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of the communities of Lanarkshire. You will provide effective and visible leadership in NHS Lanarkshire as we reshape and remobilise services. You will lead a successful organisation as it tackles new challenges and will be responsible for the continued development of NHS Lanarkshire’s reputation for progress and success in delivering high quality and safe healthcare, working with our communities, staff and partners to achieve excellence whilst building our Healthcare Strategy, “Our Health Together; Living our best lives in Lanarkshire” and delivering our vision for a new state-of-the-art University Hospital Monklands as key priorities.

This is a very significant job, leading the third largest health system in Scotland. The Chief Executive is the Accountable Officer for NHS Lanarkshire which is the most critical leadership role in the organisation. It offers excitement and challenge and is a real opportunity for an exceptional leader who shares our vision and can demonstrate and live our values.

You will lead NHS Lanarkshire’s ambitious reform plans to improve the health and care of the people of Lanarkshire. Your role will be to lead and drive the implementation of our evolving Whole System Transformation and Reform plans, and our innovative future service delivery plans with the aim of improving the clinical and care needs of the people of Lanarkshire and reducing the current health service pressures within Lanarkshire. You will deliver the implementation of these plans through your visible, clear, consistent and values-based leadership.

You will need to have considerable experience of operating at Board level in a diverse and complex organisation which requires the understanding of the practical application of the levers and drivers to achieve change, transformation and improved performance.

In addition, significant experience at a senior level in a commercial organisation along with experience of the NHS and the dynamics of the healthcare system, or other public sector organisation would be a distinct advantage.

To take on this role, you will require to be a highly visible and inspirational leader with the highest levels of communication skills.

NHS Lanarkshire

We have an opportunity to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 652,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

For a confidential discussion with Martin Hill, Board Chair, or to arrange to visit NHS Lanarkshire, please contact Sharon Brophy by email at sharon.brophy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.

Further Information

For more information on the role, the organisation and the selection process for this post, please see our Recruitment Pack:

Click here to view: NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Pack - Chief Executive

How to Apply

Applicants are invited to submit their CV with a statement in support of their application demonstrating how you meet the competencies for this post. CVs should include details of references and must be submitted to marlene.fraser@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk. Acknowledgment of receipt will be provided. Applicants are also asked to return the Equality Questionnaire which forms part of the recruitment pack.

Additional Information for Applicants

• This post will close at 23:59 on Friday 22 November
• Please note that our correspondence method is by e-mail, therefore please ensure you enter your email address accurately
• Please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and also your Jobtrain account for updates

In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk. Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.