Head of Performance | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

A senior strategic leadership role responsible for driving organisational performance, transformation, and delivery at scale. The post holder will work as a key member of the senior leadership team, directly supporting the Chief Operating Officer to deliver sustained improvement in operational, clinical, and financial performance.

The role will provide executive-level leadership across performance management, corporate delivery and transformation programmes. The post holder will be accountable for establishing a high-performance culture, leading complex improvement programmes, and ensuring delivery against national standards, regulatory requirements, and organisational priorities.

The post holder will operate with a high degree of autonomy, influencing at Board and system level, and shaping organisational strategy through the use of insight, analysis and innovation.

Act as a senior organisational leader, contributing to corporate strategy, decision making and governance

Provide expert advice and leadership on performance, delivery and improvement at Board level

Shape and deliver long-term organisational performance delivery strategy aligned to national priorities

Lead organisational response to regulatory requirements and external assurance processes

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Hold overall accountability on behalf of the Chief Delivery Officer for effective use of performance frameworks to ensure robust oversight

Drive the adoption of advanced performance management systems, leveraging data, benchmarking and predictive analytics to deliver improvement

Drive recovery and improvement programmes where performance is challenged, ensuring sustainable delivery

Ensure clear accountability frameworks are in place across all services

Provide senior leadership on performance delivery

Ensure performance delivery and improvement actions are informed by data insights

Oversee development of modern, efficient and responsive support services aligned to organisational priorities

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This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jul 2026