Chief Executive Officer

Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS FT; Darlington; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000

Job description

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Chief Executive Officer

Attractive Salary

West Park Hospital, Darlington

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 click on Apply. For an informal conversation, please contact Robin Staveley or Helen Barkham of GatenbySanderson via [e-mail].

Closing date: Monday 7^th April