Chief Operating Officer

Job summary

We are seeking an outstanding and values-driven Chief Operating Officer (COO) to join our Executive Team, where you will sit at the heart of how care is delivered today while shaping how it must evolve for the future.

Like many health and care organisations across the country, the Royal Devon is facing significant operational and financial pressures, but these do not define us. We are responding with ambition and pace for our patients and staff strengthening how we work, making the changes we need to make, and embracing the NHS 10-year plan to deliver sustainable, highquality, patientfocused care for our communities.

This is a compelling opportunity for an experienced COO or Deputy COO with the ambition, resilience and expertise to lead at scale, build strong partnerships across the system, inspire teams through change and make a lasting impact. In return, the Royal Devon offers a highly rewarding executive role alongside an exceptional quality of life in one of the UKs most desirable locations.

Main duties of the job

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Job responsibilities

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.