# Deputy Chief Operating Officer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Harrogate District Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Chief operating officer
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27T09:31:20.423Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Operational_Management/Operational_Management-v8213117
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8213117?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Harrogate & District Foundation Trust aims to drive improvement across the organisation and the integrated care system, working with our system partners to improve the sustainability of high value service delivery for our patient population. Our purpose being to raise healthcare standards through innovative and sustainable change.

The Deputy Chief Operating Officer (Deputy COO) deputises for the Chief Operating Officer across the operations portfolio and provides leadership of Trust operations on a daily basis working closely with triumvirate teams and executives.

They will lead on delivery of the Trust’s core performance and quality standards related to ED, cancer, diagnostics and elective care including recovery. They will also lead key strategic changes to how HDFT delivers care in partnership with Divisional Teams in areas such as ED, patient flow and theatre productivity.

### Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Leadership
- Service and Business Planning and Delivery
- Delivery of Performance Standards and Quality Patient Care
- Emergency Planning
- Corporate Governance
- Budgetary, Performance and Resource Management

Further details of the role can be found in the job description attached or in the job description and responsibilities section below.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this position, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Interview

**Essential**

- Masters qualification or undertaking Master’s Degree/MBA or equivalent experience
- Extensive leadership and senior management experience in an acute healthcare provider setting.
- Substantial management experience and achievement at operational level plus evidence of achievement in strategic level projects or work streams.
- Substantial evidence of further Leadership and Management qualifications, further postgraduate study or equivalent experience.

**Desirable**

- Experience in the mobilisation of integrated services

## Documents

- [jd-deputy coo-b8d (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10572136)

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