Deputy Chief Operating Officer

A Vacancy at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional Deputy Chief Operating Officer to join our team to lead our Emergency and Medicine Division. As a talented and experienced senior leader, you will help drive performance, innovation and compassionate care across our services.Are you ready to apply Make sure you understand all the responsibilities and tasks associated with this role before proceeding.Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) you will work in partnership with Divisional Medical Directors and Divisional Head of Nursing supporting the Trust’s ambitious Community First Programme for services within Division 2 to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place.The Trust’s Emergency and Medicine Services include one Emergency Department (ED), two Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs), two Same Day Emergency Care Services (SDECs), 470 inpatient beds at New Cross Hospital and ambulatory care services across multiple sites including outpatients, endoscopy, renal dialysis and service diagnostics. The Division is split into twelve separate Directorates and the post holder is also responsible for Capacity and Site Management.If you’re strategic, resilient, and passionate about empowering teams to achieve their best — we’d love to hear from you.Provisional Interview Date - Thursday 11th December - New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton.Key ResponsibilitiesThe Deputy Chief Operating Officer, together with the Divisional Medical Directors and the Head of Nursing, will take considerable responsibility within a devolved structure for the management of the services within their area. This will include delivering the clinical services strategy – providing best practice care and improving the efficiency of these services and improving the experience of these services whilst ensuring finances are sustainable. This will also include developing clinical pathways for delivering innovative care to deliver the best quality for patients in a sustainable way.Take specific responsibility for the day‑to‑day management and operational and financial performance of the clinical and other services within the Division – across all hospital sites.Be responsible for providing an appropriate infrastructure to support the clinical activity of the Division, ensuring the optimum utilisation of all resources available.Be responsible for developing a clear, detailed and shared understanding of the Division’s performance and financial contribution, and the factors driving these, and using this understanding to inform better operational decisions and the planning and prioritisation of change.Form and drive a coherent strategy and change agenda to achieve the quality and finance expectations set out in the Clinical Services Strategy and Trust business plans. To achieve this, the DCOO will secure effective support from corporate functions and make best use of resource and outputs from the Clinical Quality and Service Transformation and Efficiency Programmes.Work closely with Wolverhampton Place colleagues and across the Group Structure to further develop and refine services.Lead bids for services and contract negotiations within the Trust’s corporate framework, collaborating as needed with Trust colleagues and other health care providers to promote innovation and the development of services. xpwpeyx Ensure the line management of Divisional staff is undertaken professionally and that each member of staff has a development and training plan consistent with Division and Trust objectives.See attached job description for full details including:Operational ManagementManagement of ServicesCorporate and Clinical GovernanceFinancial and physical resourcesPerformance ManagementStrategic, Service and Change Planning and DeliveryHuman Resource ManagementDevelopment of the Culture within the DivisionThis advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025#J-18808-Ljbffr