Director of Performance: Sponsorship Available

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

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.

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

  • Master’s degree or equivalent knowledge and experience in management.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

  • Degree Level education or equivalent, preferably in a health care subject.

Experience

Essential

  • 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

  • Experience within an acute hospital setting.
  • Experience of partnership working

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential

  • 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

  • Evidence of playing a major role in an organisational change programme.
  • Formal project management training.
  • Presentational media experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 20 August 2026

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