CEO Recruitment

Welcome from the Chair

Thank you for your interest in becoming Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s next Chief Executive.

This is an exciting and challenging time to join #TeamSFH as we enter the new era of significant change in the NHS. We are a strongly values-driven organisation with a clear focus on delivering our five strategic objectives to help us achieve our vision: healthier communities and outstanding care for all, so everyone has easy access to safe and effective care, enabling more people to remain well and independent throughout their lives.

We are proud of our performance as a great place to work – clearly evident in our employee survey, outstanding care demonstrated by our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ for caring.
We are an organisation that is keen on external partnerships, exemplified by our role with system providers.

We are very much a learning organisation with a culture that embraces feedback and the opportunity to improve and we are committed to embedding equality and diversity as one of our signature strengths.
We are looking for a new Chief Executive who shares our ambition for both our Trust and for the system as a whole. We are looking for someone who is values-driven, who will embrace our positive empowering culture.
We are seeking someone who will drive and implement our vision and strategy, and who can develop, implement and embrace change and innovation, and who can deliver financial stability.

Our Chief Executive needs to provide stability to the Trust, during change as we deliver against the 10-year NHS Plan and implement the triple shift of treatment to prevention, hospital to community, and analogue to digital.
We need someone who will lead our organisation and who has the emotional intelligence and bravery to look outwards and play a big part in developing our system.

We are a well-respected Trust and want someone who can grasp the bigger picture and ensure that we are integral in building a strong system, delivering better care to ensure we deliver for our communities.
I hope this role captures your imagination and we look forward to receiving your application.

Graham Ward
Chair