Our incredible Chief People Officer is now leaving us, and we're now looking for someone who can build on her foundation to maintain our focus on creating a compassionate, inclusive culture that delivers our People Promise to everyone who works with us and supports us to provide the best quality, safest care we can to our communities, whilst keeping an eye on growing the workforce of the future and delivering the NHS's Long Term Workforce Plan.

This is a critical role, reporting to our Chief Executive as a voting member of our board. You will have the experience we need to develop, implement and deliver our people and workforce strategy. With experience of working at or close to board level, you will understand the importance of forging effective partnerships with our people and system partners drive the change we need.

Main duties of the job

We can't deliver the change we need without our people, and as our Chief People Officer you will be leading the work to continue building an inclusive culture at work where everyone feels safe, healthy and supported: this not only leads to better patient care but will underpin our long term workforce strategy to attract, recruit, retain and develop our workforce to deliver better care for the people of Torbay and South Devon.

We believe we can only improve what we do by including, listening and acting upon what our people tell us to deliver the changes we - and our patients - need. As the executive lead for Freedom to Speak Up, you will be an advocate for giving our people a safe space and voice and working with them to embed change in our organisation.

About us

Why Work With Us

We have more than 6,000 dedicated people who are delivering compassionate health and social care in people's homes, in our communities and across more than 15 sites in Torbay and South Devon, including our main acute hospital site at Torbay Hospital. Thanks to their hard work we are one of the 20 best NHS hospital trusts in the country for cancer performance and one of just a handful to have met the faster diagnosis standard for more than 16 months.

Our exciting plans to deliver our new electronic patient record by 2026 will be a game-changer, helping us to transform the way we share information, deliver care and improve efficiency across Devon. A key leadership responsibility of the CPO is to continue to review the cost efficiencies of the workforce, working closely with the Finance Director and Recovery Director to ensure that the true value of workforce is understood and the operational plan delivers both patient services and value for money. The CPO also works closely with colleagues across the NHS in Devon to ensure that collectively the workforce experience by our fantastic staff in Devon is aligned and opportunities for more collaboration are fully explored: the new HR Digital programme, due for introduction in Spring 2025, across the NHS Trusts in Devon is an example of this.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Can you help us to take our commitment to our people to the next level and become a beacon for best practice? We're looking for that special someone who can help us shape a high performing, inclusive and empowering culture - could it be you?

This is a full-time role, with flexibility around base/location blended with travel and remote working.

For full information about the role and person specification please click the link below to access our interactive applicant booklet, which includes all you need to know about us, our new role and how to apply.

TSDFT Candidate Brief Chief People Officer

How to apply

Please apply directly through our search partners Hunter Healthcare - Chief People Officer - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust - Hunter Healthcare (hunter-healthcare.com)

All applications should be sent to apply@hunter-healthcare.com and must quote reference TSD and include the below:

• A covering letter explaining why the appointment interests you, how you meet the appointment criteria and what you specifically would bring to the post.
• A Curriculum Vitae (CV) with education and professional qualifications and full employment history. Please include daytime and evening telephone contact numbers and e-mail addresses. The CV should include names and contact details of three referees. References will not be taken without your permission.
• A completed Diversity Monitoring Form and Fit and Proper Person Monitoring Form.

Please note: applications should not be submitted directly through Trac and you should follow the process outlined above.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oFCIPD, professional organisation development (OD) qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

• oEvidence of continuous personal and professional development

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Regent House

Regent Close

Torquay

TQ2 7AN

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