Chief Operating Officer

Contract - Permanent
Salary – VSM

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a key member of the Trust’s Executive Management Team and is a voting member of the Trust Board of Directors. As an Executive Director, the post holder shares responsibility with Director colleagues for the overall strategic direction and performance of the Trust.

This represents a really exciting opportunity for someone who has the motivation, energy and drive to work for an award winning, high quality mental health, community and learning disability and autism services provider.

The Trust is fully committed to supporting the ongoing personal and professional development of colleagues at all levels and so the post holder will be provided with access to role specific coaching, mentoring and developmental opportunities during the course of their employment. As an inclusive, compassionate and mindful employer, the Trust also welcomes applications from under-represented groups or with protected characteristics.

The COO will contribute to the strategic thinking and decision-making processes of the Trust and has overall responsibility for the delivery of high-quality operational services and effective performance across Community and Inpatient settings. The successful candidate will be required to implement and communicate a clear service strategy which is sustainable, supports quality and improves outcomes and enhances service user experience.

The COO will lead specific programmes as agreed with the Chief Executive and will also be the Executive Lead for Emergency Planning. The COO will need to have the drive and ambition to deliver a complex, challenging and exciting agenda whilst promoting an organisational culture that actively promotes the Trust’s Vision and Values and positively engages staff, service users and other stakeholders within Place and ICB, in quality improvement and service transformation.

The COO will particularly promote the development and delivery of the Trust’s Care Trust Way approach to continuous improvement and role model and further embed in the organisation the Trust’s values of We Care, We Listen, and We Deliver.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care- We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen- We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver- We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

To express an interest in this challenging role, please submit an application and covering statement explaining why you are suitable for the role in no more than 500 words to NHS Jobs, where you will find further details about the organisation and the role,including Job Description and Person Specification.

Closing date for applications: 14/04/23 at 5.00pm
Short-listing will take place: 24/04/23
Invitations for assessment & selection centre sent: 02/05/23
Assessment & selection day: 16/05/23