Chief People Officer

The Royal Free London – World class expertise, local friendly care 

A historic teaching hospital which has served communities in North London and its surrounds since its foundation in 1828, the Royal Free London combines world class medical expertise with local and friendly care, as it strives to tackle health inequalities in this vibrant part of the capital.

Operating across three hospital sites, the Royal Free it is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country, treating approximately 1.6m patients every year. With a strong reputation for innovation, high performance and partnership-building: not only does the Trust closely collaborates across the local provider landscape as well as performing a significant role within UCL Partners, the UCL Health Alliance, and in the North Central London ICS. 

Our mission is to be world class in innovative healthcare services, ground-breaking clinical research, and future-focused teaching, ultimately combining world-leading expertise with local care. We are now looking for a talented Chief People Officer who will share our ambition, and work inclusively across the group, providing strategic and operational leadership on all People matters and tackling longstanding recruitment and retention challenges.

Reporting to the Group CEO, the Chief People Officer will be a pivotal appointment to the senior leadership team. Working in conjunction with the Board, group executives and hospital leadership teams the successful candidate will work to strengthen our culture, from ward to the Board, ensuring our values are embedded across the organisation and motivating our staff to deliver the Trust’s vision to provide world class care.

As an active board member and inspirational leader, our new CPO will be instrumental in making a clear and visible difference to our incredible and hard working staff. You will have demonstrable board level experience in providing HR and OD advice in acute healthcare organisations or comparable settings.

The MBS Group are acting as The Royal Free’s advisors on this appointment. To apply, please send a covering letter and CV to royalfreelondon@thembsgroup.co.uk by Monday 16^th October, 2024.

For more information, please contact tori.birkenshaw@thembsgroup.co.uk.