Acting Chief Executive Officer

**Butterwick Hospice Care**

**Post : Acting Chief Executive**

**Reporting to : Chair of the Board of Trustees**

**Location : Butterwick Hospice Care - Stockton/Bishop Auckland**

**Job Purpose**

The Acting Chief Executive will be required to support Butterwick Hospice Care improve its CQC rating as a priority, taking the organisation forward during the absence of the current Chief Executive.

The Acting Chief Executive will be accountable for all services and subsidiary businesses of Butterwick Hospice Care and will be the individual responsible for ensuring that the Hospice meets its statutory obligations whilst working effectively with key individuals and partner organisations.

The Acting Chief Executive will provide high level strategic leadership and management to the whole organisation, with an emphasis on quality standards of safe patient care and efficient/effective use of resources. The Acting Chief Executive is accountable for all services provided by the Hospice and is the individual responsible for ensuring that the Hospice meets it statutory and service obligations whilst working effectively with key individuals and partner organisations.

**Specifically, the Chief Executive will**:

- Lead and direct Butterwick Hospice Care and its services, resources, management and staff to achieve agreed objectives.
- Be responsible for the delivery of the CQC quality standards of safe patient care.
- Ensure financial stability
- Lead on strategic aims
- Influence key stakeholders to work with/support the Hospice.
- Develop services to meet the requirements of the local community and health economy.
- Ensure all legal and contractual requirements are fulfilled.
- Act as Anti Money Laundering Officer for the organisation
- Act as main signatory for organisation
- Ensure Charity Commission and Companies House information is correct and up to date.
- Manage 6 direct line reports.

**Key Responsibilities**

To provide leadership to enable the Hospice to achieve its strategic goals, increase CQC ratings and deliver objectives as agreed with the Board of Trustees.

To take ultimate responsibility for governance and standards of care, ensuring that the appropriate assurance and management processes are in place to fully comply with all legal regulations and standards.

To ensure that sound financial management and corporate governance systems/processes are in place to enable al objectives are met.

To support the appropriate senior leaders to ensure the development and implementation of strategies, plans, and performance management for all services and support functions including:

- Adult IPU
- Childrens IPU
- Day & Community Services
- Family Support
- Operations
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Income Generation
- Lottery

To develop and maintain positive and collaborative partnership arrangements with the local NHS services, local authorities, MP’s, MEP’s, Voluntary Sector, local Hospices, universities and other relevant organisations.

To ensure, that Butterwick Hospice Care complies with all necessary external regulatory bodies for example CQC, Charities Commission, Information Officer, HMRC and the Health & Safety Executive.

To build a positive external image/reputation for the Hospice and create opportunities to enhance the profile of the Hospice and its services.

To support the Chair and the Board of Trustees to fulfil their duties and responsibilities for the proper governance of the Hospice, ensuring that the Board receives appropriate information and timely advice on all relevant matters.

To lead and manage six direct line reports ensuring their professional performance and development needs are addressed and that a culture of a learning organisation delivering high quality services permeates throughout Butterwick Hospice Care.

To negotiate and agree service contracts and service level agreements (SLA) with local NHS commissioners/organisations and other organisations. Ensure all contracts entered into by Butterwick Hospice Care and subsidiaries are in line with current policies and procedures.

To review and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the all services, to ensure they remain within budget constraints, meet agreed plans, contracts and SLA’s.

Optimise all resources and produce innovative ideas, project analysis and business case proposals in the best interests of the future of Butterwick Hospice Care

To contribute to the development of policies affecting the Hospice’s services through active involvement in national, regional and local forums/initiatives/collaborative programmes.

Ensure robust risk management systems are in place throughout Butterwick Hospice Care.

Act as an Ambassador and Senior Spokesperson for Butterwick Hospice Care, attend activities and events as required, building appropriate relationships for the positive benefit of the whole organisation

Promote and maintain positive/productive relationships with the media as appropriate.

To encourage and facil