Chief Executive
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- Employer:
- Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Location:
- Nottinghamshire
- Salary:
- VSM - Attractive Salary
- Closing date:
- 9am Monday 23rd June 2025
- Job Ref:
- GSe121316
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Description
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SFH) is an award-winning organisation, providing acute and community healthcare services to 500,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. With 5,800 dedicated colleagues, we operate across three hospital sites—King’s Mill, Newark, and Mansfield Community—delivering high-quality care and innovative services. We are proud to have been recognised by our colleagues as the best nationally for staff engagement, and assessed as Good in our latest CQC inspection, with King’s Mill Hospital rated as the only Outstanding acute hospital in the East Midlands.
Our new 5-year strategy, Improving Lives, sets out our vision of ‘Outstanding care, provided by compassionate people, enabling healthier communities’ which is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with our partners across health and social care, and as an anchor institution, taking collective responsibility for improving the health of the population we serve, managing resources, and reducing health inequalities.
We are seeking an inspirational and compassionate leader to join us as our new Chief Executive. This is an exciting opportunity for a values-driven and progressive leader who will implement our vision and strategy, drive change and innovation, and deliver financial sustainability. You will play a significant leadership role across our system; quickly establishing credibility with our staff, patients and our partners.
As either an aspiring or existing Chief Executive in a complex healthcare organisation, you will bring a track record of delivering continuous quality improvement, demonstrate a relentless focus on patient experience, a passion for reducing inequalities, and be an exceptional communicator with a high degree of political acumen. A strategic, inspirational and inclusive leader, your track record of collaborating with stakeholders to deliver complex change and of driving operational excellence will allow you to successfully build on our solid foundations.
Our local population and our people are diverse, and we are committed to ensuring our board represents the diversity of our local community. We warmly welcome expressions of interest from the widest range of backgrounds who can bring diverse perspectives.
There is so much to be proud of in our Team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you are excited by this opportunity to bring your leadership experience to make your mark with us, then we would love to hear from you. To learn more about this exceptional role and the recruitment process, please visit our dedicated recruitment microsite: https://sfh-recruitment.com/
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Will McAlpine, Principal Researcher
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Niamh Blair, Delivery Consultant
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T: 07747 207285
Emma Pickup, Partner
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How to Apply
- Please submit an up to date copy of your CV, along with a Supporting Statement that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements.
- A completed fit and proper person form – the template can be downloaded from the same place as the job description.
- Detail any employment or education gaps.
- You should provide the names, positions, organisations, and contact details for your referees, which must be your line managers and include your current and most recent employer. The referees should cover at least two roles as the minimum. Please note, should you be appointed, you will be required to provide references covering your last 6 years of employment as per the new NHS Fit and Proper Person regulations. Where there have been gaps in employment, this six year period will be extended accordingly. Referees will only be contacted for those proceeding to the final stage - we will always gain your permission before we contact referees.
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