Barts Health NHS Trust

As a healthcare provider and a major local employer, Barts Health vision is to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. With this, we also recognise our role with staff and in the wider community to promote equality and eliminate discrimination. We are one of the largest, most complex, NHS trusts in the country, with a workforce of c.17,000, five major hospital sites, and our WeCare values are at the heart of everything we do. And we are now looking for an ambitious leader to join us as Chief Executive of Newham Hospital.

Newham Hospital is a busy district hospital providing emergency care, surgery, children’s health, women’s health, maternity services, specialist medicine, long-term care and diagnostics, alongside innovative facilities such as its orthopaedic centre, a dedicated stroke unit, and clinical support services.

We see more than 500 patients in our Accident and Emergency department every day and have one of the largest maternity units in the UK with over 5,000 births each year. Our state-of-the-art Rainbow Centre is fully geared up to meet the needs of our young patients and their families in a child-friendly environment and we are dementia friendly across the whole site.

We are proud that many of our 1,700 staff stay at Newham Hospital for many years because of the opportunities to develop professionally, the real and meaningful relationships they make with their peers, and the visible impact they make working at a hospital serving one of the most diverse populations in England.

The Chief Executive of Newham Hospital will contribute to our strategy and future development as we enter this new phase during and post-pandemic, as a member of our group executive team. You will be accountable for leading hospital strategy and clinical operational delivery to ensure services provide optimum patient care and efficient use of resources. As a member of the Group Executive team, you will share corporate responsibility for the overall strategic direction and management of the Trust, as well as contributing to wider system leadership in the London Borough of Newham. As we embark upon our collaboration with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, the CEO will ensure we work well with BHRUT and other partners to reduce health inequalities and plan for local population growth.

You are responsible for enabling and establishing a positive ‘can do’ and thriving culture through excellent communication and engagement within and outside of the hospital sites and will share our WeCare values (welcoming, engaging, collaborative, accountable, respectful, equitable).
Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to Barts Health NHS Trust on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference AYYEA. Alternatively, telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on Tuesday 31st August.