Chief Executive

Accountable to the Trust Board for the leadership and management of the Trust and all itsoperations. The purpose of the job is:o As accounting officer and chief executive, provide executive leadership to theManagement Team and the Trust and fulfil the statutory functions specified in paragraph25 (5) of schedule 7 to the 2006 National Health Services Act.o Define the future vision and strategic direction for the Trust to enable it to achieve itsstrategic goals and objectives, determine priorities and ensure that policies andprocedures support their delivery.o Create and refine the local strategy which enables the successful delivery of nationalobjectives through the partnerships of Hertfordshire and West Essex the Integrated CareBoard (HWEICB).o Promote the interests of The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust on local and nationalhealth services agendas and programmes to re-model care.o Co-ordinate the organisation to work with its partners to deliver cost effective, high qualityclinical
services to its users; actively exploring how alternations to governance andorganisational boundaries might need to change to facilitate this.

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care