Deputy Coo

**The closing date is 26th Jan 2025**

**Job summary**:
We have an extremely exciting opportunity to join our Trust as Deputy COO - Mental Health and Deputy AEO. Our future Deputy COO will be a very experienced senior manager, with a high level of personal resilience and strong leadership skills amassed in leading large, complex and diverse service portfolios at sub-board level across a range of organisational settings. The postholder will be expected to act independently, and able to evidence taking timely and at times, significant decisions to ensure operational delivery, driving change and improvement, through supporting, influencing and directing.

The Deputy COO - Mental Health & Deputy AEO will lead on Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) governance, processes and assurance on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer. You will support our Chief Operating Officer in their role, and will have delegated authority through the COOs office, providing significant leadership across the Trust, working closely with the Divisional teams to provide effective patient flow, timely admission and discharge within inpatient care.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
We are looking to speak with experienced, compassionate and driven leaders who want to join us on our journey. This is an exciting time to be working with us and as our Deputy COO you will contribute to the delivery of the Trust's strategic plan, work in partnership with the Divisional teams and external organisations and others to help us achieve our objectives.

We are looking to speak with experienced, compassionate and driven leaders who want to join us on our journey. This is an exciting time to be working with us and as our Deputy COO you will contribute to the delivery of the Trust's strategic plan, work in partnership with the Divisional teams and external organisations and others to help us achieve our objectives.

You will support our Chief Operating Officer in their role, and will have delegated authority through the COOs office, providing significant leadership across the Trust, working closely with the Divisional teams to ensure the safe and effective day to day operations of the organisation, as well as supporting tactical planning on wider operational and process improvements.

**About us**:
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS FT (HIOW Healthcare) is a new NHS Trust, bringing together community, mental health and learning disability services, aiming to improve consistency of care between these services and the organisations responsible. Over the past 18 months, we've worked hard to align our mental health, community and learning disability services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to improve access to care, reduce duplication and resolve unnecessary differences in practice and outcomes.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

**Job description**:
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
Postgraduate qualification in Leadership/ Healthcare Management/ Project Management

Evidence of professional Development

Previous experience of successful senior healthcare leadership, line managing operational Directors within Divisions/Localities within a similar/ equivalent size, scale and

Demonstrable achievement in negotiating and influencing others to achieve desired outcomes and win-win through collaboration.

DEPUTY COO (MH) - Previous experience of managing at a senior level a complex and large
- scale provision of MH across multiple

**Experience**:
**Essential**:
Proven track record of leadership at a senior level, managing an equivalent size, scale and complexity within a health or social care

Successful track record of managing complex organisational/transformational change and leadership management, workforce redesign and at a large scale.

Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.

Ability to or experience of presenting to Health Scrutiny Committee, Council Chamber or Equivalent