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Deputy Chief Operating Officer

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Harrogate & District Foundation Trust aims to drive improvement across the organisation and the integrated care system, working with our system partners to improve the sustainability of high value service delivery for our patient population. Our purpose being to raise healthcare standards through innovative and sustainable change.
The Deputy Chief Operating Officer (Deputy COO) deputises for the Chief Operating Officer across the operations portfolio and provides leadership of Trust operations on a daily basis working closely with triumvirate teams and executives.
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They will lead on delivery of the Trust's core performance and quality standards related to ED, cancer, diagnostics and elective care including recovery. They will also lead key strategic changes to how HDFT delivers care in partnership with Divisional Teams in areas such as ED, patient flow and theatre productivity.


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Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Leadership
- Service and Business Planning and Delivery
- Delivery of Performance Standards and Quality Patient Care
- Emergency Planning
- Corporate Governance
- Budgetary, Performance and Resource Management
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