King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chief Operating Officer
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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Seeks Chief Operating Officer
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an exceptional Chief Operating Officer to join its Board at a pivotal point in the organisation's development.
About the Role
Reporting to the recently appointed Chief Executive, Matthew Trainer, this is an opportunity to help lead one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching hospital Trusts as KCH delivers its new five-year strategy and ambitious vision to transform healthcare.
Serving more than 1.5 million patients across south east London and beyond, KCH provides outstanding local hospital services alongside internationally recognised specialist care, supported by pioneering research, education and innovation.
As Chief Operating Officer, you will be responsible for leading operational delivery across the Trust, ensuring patients receive safe, timely and effective care whilst improving operational performance, patient flow, productivity and financial sustainability. Working as a member of the Trust Board, you will work closely with clinical and corporate colleagues to translate the Trust's strategic ambitions into practical delivery across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead operational delivery across the Trust
- Ensure patients receive safe, timely and effective care
- Improve operational performance, patient flow, productivity, and financial sustainability
- Work closely with clinical and corporate colleagues
- Translate the Trust's strategic ambitions into practical delivery
Requirements
This is a role for an experienced operational leader who is comfortable working in a large, complex organisation and who understands how to deliver improvement through others. You will build strong relationships with clinicians, operational leaders and staff across KCH, providing clear leadership whilst creating the pace, clarity and accountability needed to deliver sustained improvement.
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We are looking for someone with a successful Board-level track record of leading operational services within a large and complex healthcare organisation. You will bring sound judgement, resilience and credibility, together with experience of improving performance, leading major change and delivering sustainable operational and financial improvement. Equally importantly, you will value collaboration, develop high-performing teams and create an environment in which people feel supported to deliver their best.
You will also play an important role beyond KCH, working with partners across South East London to strengthen pathways, improve services and support more integrated models of care for local communities.
About King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
This is an opportunity to join a new executive leadership team at an important moment for KCH. If you are looking for a Board-level role where you can make a lasting contribution to one of the NHS's largest and most complex teaching hospital Trusts, we look forward to hearing from you.
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.
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Strategic Ambitions
- Delivering high-quality patient care
- Creating a great place to work
- Leading pioneering research, innovation and education
- Building strong and successful partnerships
- Providing timely and efficient care
- Ensuring long-term financial sustainability
Organisational Values
- Caring
- Collaborative
- Inclusive
- Innovative
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Application Information
For further information and to apply for this role, please visit the below website or contact Alumni Global on the following details:
https://alumniglobal.com/job/coo-kchnft
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
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Name: Frank McKenna
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Job title: Global Managing Director
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Email address: frank.mckenna@alumniglobal.com
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Telephone number: 07721 613 260
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David Heaton, Principal Researcher
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Phone: +44 7842 003 200
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