# Chief Operating Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chief-operating-officer/79d98be6-5ace-4092-82de-86988f418d93 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chief-operating-officer/79d98be6-5ace-4092-82de-86988f418d93.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Gateshead - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T14:31:03.875Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Gateshead/Gateshead_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Director/Director-v8056521 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8056521?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Closing date for application:  Thursday 18 June at midnight Shortlisting: Friday 19 June Interviews: Friday 26 June This is an important moment to join Gateshead Health. With a new five-year corporate strategy, a strong alliance of regional partners and a clear focus on delivering safe, high-quality care, our next Chief Operating Officer will play a central role in shaping how our services are delivered for our communities. This role provides the opportunity to influence at organisational, system and regional levels, working as part of a clinically led, values-driven organisation with a committed, compassionate and talented workforce. If you share our commitment to safe, compassionate and high-quality care, and want to help shape the future of Gateshead Health, we would be pleased to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Chief Operating Officer who can: - provide visible, credible and compassionate operational leadership across hospital, community and diagnostic services - lead delivery of safe, high-quality and effective services, with a strong focus on patient experience and timely access to care - drive operational performance, improvement and transformation across urgent and emergency care, elective care and community pathways - work with clinical and corporate teams to support productivity, financial sustainability and the best use of our resources - build strong relationships with staff, patients, partners and system colleagues to improve services and reduce health inequalities - contribute as a key member of the executive team, bringing sound judgement, operational expertise and thoughtful challenge - be ambitious for Gateshead, our people and the communities we serve ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached recruitment pack which contains the job description and responsibilities for this role. ## Job Details Closing date for application: Thursday 18 June at midnight Shortlisting: Friday 19 June Interviews: Friday 26 June This is an important moment to join Gateshead Health. With a new five-year corporate strategy, a strong alliance of regional partners and a clear focus on delivering safe, high-quality care, our next Chief Operating Officer will play a central role in shaping how our services are delivered for our communities. This role provides the opportunity to influence at organisational, system and regional levels, working as part of a clinically led, values-driven organisation with a committed, compassionate and talented workforce. If you share our commitment to safe, compassionate and high-quality care, and want to help shape the future of Gateshead Health, we would be pleased to hear from you. ## Job Description We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Chief Operating Officer who can: provide visible, credible and compassionate operational leadership across hospital, community and diagnostic services lead delivery of safe, high-quality and effective services, with a strong focus on patient experience and timely access to care drive operational performance, improvement and transformation across urgent and emergency care, elective care and community pathways work with clinical and corporate teams to support productivity, financial sustainability and the best use of our resources build strong relationships with staff, patients, partners and system colleagues to improve services and reduce health inequalities contribute as a key member of the executive team, bringing sound judgement, operational expertise and thoughtful challenge be ambitious for Gateshead, our people and the communities we serve ## Responsibilities Please refer to the attached recruitment pack which contains the job description and responsibilities for this role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - - Demonstrable and successful recent experience and achievement at Executive Director level or equivalent in a similarly complex organisation or system - - Experienced, compassionate and inclusive leader with significant operational experience and responsibility for meeting a wide range of service and business performance targets. **Desirable** - - Recent Executive level experience in an Acute Provider organisation ### Knowldge and Qualifications **Essential** - - High level of education to Master’s level qualification in a related subject or equivalent/proven ability and experience. - - Recent track record of continuous personal and professional development **Desirable** - - Doctorate level qualification ## Documents - [chief operating officer recruitment pack (pdf, 544.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10346390) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.