Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive

Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive

£Competitive Salary

Working with NHS Coventry for the people of Coventry to help them live longer and healthier lives. NHS Coventry is ambitions about improving health and transforming services in a growing, changing and needy city. The public sector financial challenges have only strengthened our resolve to ensure that we continue to improve services, whilst transforming productivity, cost effectiveness and service integration.

The partnership with Coventry City Council is strong and we are facing the challenge together with NHS Warwickshire across the wider health economy. We need to

● commission joined-up health and care services to improve the wellbeing of local people.

● transform the services available to local people through world class

commissioning.

● narrow the health inequalities gap between some of the most affluent and most deprived areas in the city.

Following the impending retirement of our existing Director of Finance, we are looking to appoint an outstanding individual to our Board and Executive team. We need strategic leadership and vision, a commitment to using finance as a tool to lever service and health improvement, as well as an excellent technical understanding of the role, where success will be hard earned against a background of tough resource constraints and financial challenge.

You will need to demonstrate a track record of achievement in a complex, high performing healthcare-related organisation.

In addition to being a first class finance professional, you will be skilled in:

● Leading strategic change through effective negotiation and value for to money programming.

● Implementation of major public service strategies.

● Improving public services, partnership working and a focus on high

quality, cost effective delivery.

Your financial and commercial acumen will be matched by your passion for helping us transform the city, development of your team and your own personal growth.

In the first instance, interested candidates should contact Kyn Aizlewood at ATM Consulting on 01785 224854. For a candidate pack, e-mail: eileen_rock@atmconsulting.com

Closing date for applications: Friday 20th November 2009.