Winter Resilience Director
Barts Health NHS TrustLondon
Overview
This is a NHS role (fixed-term) with Barts Health NHS Trust based in London. The advertised salary is £118,919 to £135,920. Applications close on 26 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Whipps Cross Hospital is seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly motivated Winter Resilience Director to lead our operational response throug...
We are looking for a leader who leads with compassion, inspires confidence and empowers teams to find solutions. The role requires someone who can engage colleagues at every level, harness innovation from the frontline and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will share our values and place them at the heart of everything they do, demonstrating a genuine commitment to our patients, staff and local communities.
The role is a secondment opportunity for 6 months starting from November 2026
Interviews will take place w/c 26th October, final date to be confirmed.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Essential: - Masters level education in health care management or equivalent experience; - Evidence of continued learning/development
Essential: - Significant senior management experience in an NHS Acute Trust; - Hospital Flow and discharge experience; - Highly developed knowledge across quality, operational management and finance domains; - Board level exposure (either Hospital or Trust) with experience of presenting to boards; - Demonstrable track record of sound financial and operational management in a position; - Experience of leading service and / or transformational change; - Experience of management of complex projects; - Experience of effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders
Desirable: - Previous experience as a senior manager in acute sector operations; - Experience of chairing board sub committees (Hospital or Trust
Essential: - Able to influence, negotiate and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues; - Ability to operate effectively in clinical academic operational environment with multiple stakeholders; - Ability to motivate and lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards; - Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills both verbal, written and presentation and excellent listening skills, including facilitation; - Ability to encourage multi-professional team working and problem solving; - Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively
How this role compares
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