Job summary
- Main area
- Management
- Grade
- Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-CR-2030
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Wide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £121,528 - £138,529 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Director of Performance
Band 9
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We’re looking for someone exceptional to take on a critical leadership posts in our Trust. As Director of Performance, you’ll report directly to the Chief Operating Officer and take the helm on driving operational performance across all areas of the organisation.
From cancer to diagnostics, urgent care to elective, you’ll be at the centre of the Trust’s delivery - ensuring we perform at our best, for the patients who rely on us most.
This is a high-profile, high-impact role where your leadership will be felt across the organisation. You’ll work closely with operational and clinical leaders, influencing decision-making at the very top and unlocking the insight, capability and action we need to deliver for patients.
We’re committed to finding the right person, and if that might be you, we strongly encourage you to get in touch for a conversation. Reach out to Ian Bateman, Chief Operating Officer for an informal conversation.
Main duties of the job
- To support the Chief Operating Officer in coordinating trust-wide delivery of all clinical and operational performance, working alongside the Divisional leadership teams to ensure that improvement plans are delivered to time and to budget.
- To oversee the Trust’s performance framework, co-ordinating teams as needed to achieve required standards.
- To provide leadership, motivating and supporting staff to deliver the objectives of the Trust and the best possible patient experience and care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master’s degree or equivalent knowledge and experience in management.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Degree Level education or equivalent, preferably in a health care subject.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Successful track record and relevant experience as a Senior Manager within an NHS organisation or similar.
- Successful track record of delivering performance improvement
- Evidence of sound financial management.
Desirable criteria
- Experience within an acute hospital setting.
- Experience of partnership working
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- A proven ability to obtain and consistently achieve results and targets.
- Proven ability to deal with a wide range of data and information and take appropriate decisions from it.
- Proven record of managing people to the highest standard from a range of levels, roles and disciplines.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of playing a major role in an organisational change programme.
- Formal project management training.
- Presentational media experience.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ian Bateman
- Job title
- Chief Operating Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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