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From the employer's advert, checked 26 October 2026.
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors as “Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust” (Skilled Worker). Register checked 23 October 2026.
About the job
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and values-driven operational leader to join our team as Head of Operations and Performance for Integrated Urgent and General Paediatric Care. Working alongside senior clinical, nursing and operational colleagues, you will provide strategic and day-to-day leadership across the portfolio. You will drive operational performance, service improvement and transformation, while providing assurance across quality, safety, access, workforce and finance.
You will bring significant senior operational management experience, strong analytical and influencing skills, and a proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage complex challenges and deliver sustainable improvements for children, young people and families
You will be confident working across professional and organisational boundaries, using data and insight to support decision-making, identify improvement opportunities and drive delivery. You will be an inclusive and compassionate leader, able to engage teams, build credibility with senior stakeholders and support a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to make a meaningful contribution to improving services and outcomes for children, while helping to shape operational delivery within one of the country's leading specialist children's trusts.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate
- Significant operational management experience in a complex organisation
- Experience of delivering against performance standards and recovery plans
- Strong financial, workforce and governance awareness
- Ability to lead service improvement, transformation and productivity programmes
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
- A values-led, inclusive and collaborative leadership style
- Strong analytical and digital capability to support performance assurance and decision-making
If you are motivated by improving services, supporting teams and delivering high-quality care for children and families, we would welcome your application.
About us
Each year, we provide care to more than 450,000 children and young people. Alder Hey Children's Hospital, located in Liverpool UK, is at the heart of Alder Hey and is one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, where we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our Children's Health Campus, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man, ensuring we are able to provide the best care to our families in the heart of our communities. The Trust employs a workforce of 4,115 staff who work across our community and hospital sites. As a teaching and training hospital, we provide education and training to around 900 medical and over 800 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
Job responsibilities
The Head of Operations and Performance provides senior operational and strategic leadership within the System, working as part of the wider System and group management structure to deliver against agreed System priorities. The postholder is responsible for delivering operational plans within clinical group or area of responsibility, leading transformation and continuous improvement, and providing assurance on performance, quality, safety, workforce and finance. The role requires strong partnership working across organisational boundaries to improve pathways, reduce unwarranted variation and deliver sustainable outcomes for patients, carers and staff.
The Head of Operations and Performance is an integral part of the System management structure and works in partnership with Clinical Group(s) leadership team and reporting to the System Director of Operations and Performance or Deputy Director of Operations and Performance in accordance with specific System arrangements.
The postholder is responsible for the day-to-day general management of designated areas within the System. Working closely with the triumvirate and senior clinical and operational leaders, the Head of Operations and Performance provides oversight of performance, workforce and access standards, leads operational delivery and performance recovery activity, and ensures timely resolution and escalation of service issues.
Job description
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