YORK - Key Persons
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- Superintendent Sonographer
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- Advanced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist: Long COVID and Respiratory Outpatients
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- Member of the Nursing Team
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
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- Member of the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction - Meet the Team
- Secretary
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- Finance Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Andrew was appointed as finance director in January 2009.
As finance director, Andrew is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership and advice. Andrew has a key role to play to ensure effective professional input to the definition and development of the Trust's overall strategic vision and direction and the day-to-day managerial decision making process. He advises the Board and chief executive on matters of financial governance and probity and ensures the highest standards of financial governance and management in line with best practice.
Andrew joined the NHS in 1991 as a finance trainee at York as part of the NHS graduate management training scheme. Upon qualifying as an accountant, he undertook a number of financial roles supporting many of the Trust's clinical teams and later became directorate manager for medicine for a short time.
Andrew left the Trust in 2005 to take up the role of deputy finance director at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. He subsequently returned to the Trust in 2009 as finance director.
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- Staff Benefits Coordinator
Hello, my name is Annabel and I am a Staff Benefits Coordinator. I am based at York Hospital and I have worked in the Staff Benefits Team since 2018.
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- Gastroenterology / Hepatology Specialist Pharmacist
Medicines are supplied by the Healthcare at Home pharmacy at York Hospital and will be delivered to other clinic locations. Our Specialist Pharmacist is available for any advice and questions about medications used to treat hepatitis and works closely with our hepatology team.
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
Hello, my name is Cally and I work in the Scarborough Staff Shop. I have worked in the Staff Shop since April 2023.
Hello, my name is Carole and I work in the York Staff Shop. I have worked in the Staff Benefits Team for over 11 years.
My favourite time at work is when we get freebies from our partners. I love giving them our customers and seeing how happy it makes them.
The thing I love most about my job is interacting with people and being as knowledgeable and helpful as possible. I also enjoy working with my work colleagues and pulling together as a team.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Managing Director, York Teaching Hospitals Facilities Management
As the Managing Director of York Teaching Hospitals Facilities Management (YTHFM) LLP, Chris leads the estates and facilities services, capital development, medical engineering, and sustainability efforts for the Trust. His primary focus is to ensure the maintenance of a safe, compliant, and clean estate for all.
Chris's journey began in the private sector as a Chartered Civil Engineer, where he had the opportunity to deliver infrastructure projects in the water industry and airports. This experience laid the foundation for his transition into the health sector, where he contributed to capital projects for Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, delivering major service improvement projects.
Chris embarked on his NHS career at Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals, spending 12 years working across capital, estates, and facilities services. This diverse experience eventually led him to the role of Estates Director at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, where he delivered a service redesign programme and produced and delivered the estates strategy.
Throughout his career, Chris has gained valuable insights into system working, operational delivery, and strategic planning. He is passionate about fostering a culture of compassion, collaboration, and excellence, ensuring that both patients and staff are at the centre of every decision.
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
Claire was appointed as Chief Operating Officer for the Trust in July 2023.
As Chief Operating Officer, Claire is responsible for the leadership and delivery of the Trust's operational services and is the lead executive director for Strategic Planning.
Claire began her career in the Strategic Health Authority undertaking statistical analysis before moving to Clinical Audit in secondary care. Her career was in Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust where she worked for over 20 years across many of the specialities spanning hospital and community services, culminating as Deputy Chief Operating Officer. For the two years prior to joining York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust Claire was Programme Director for the Humber Acute Services Review which developed a pre-consultation business case for services across Hull University Teaching Hospitals and Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust and the 4 Places of North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Hull and East Riding. Claire has also been involved in workforce design with the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and wider system and is a qualified 360 Facilitator.
She brings with her experience as a leader in both system working, operational delivery and strategic planning, and is passionate about ensuring patients and staff are at the heart of sustainable service design.
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- CT Superintendent Radiographer
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- Member of the Nursing Team
- Advanced Nurse Specialist
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- Chief
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Nurse
Dawn joined the Trust as Interim Chief Nurse in July 2023.
Dawn is the former Director of Nursing and Quality at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust and has held this board position since June 2022. She has previously been the Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality a role which she held between 2015 and 2022, and several other senior leadership roles across West Yorkshire.
An experienced nurse and service leader, she started her career as a registered adult nurse at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust before moving into clinical strategic leadership and transformational work.
Dawn is passionate about the quality of services patients receive and the impact that well led and motivated staff have on the compassion and care we give to our patients and communities. Dawn's key focus is to further develop a culture across organisation's that sets patient safety at the heart of what everyone does by engaging colleagues to be the very best that they can be.
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- AHP Professional Lead Consultant Radiologists
- Breast Imaging Unit Manager
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- Musculoskeletal Radiology / 01904 726674
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- Breast Radiology / 01904 725593
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- CT / MRI Head and Neck & Neuro / 01904 726675
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- General Respiratory Consultant
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- Musculoskeletal Radiology / 01904 726674
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- Colorectal, Gynaecology and Urology Radiology / 01904 721097
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- SHYPS Operational Director
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- Interventional Radiology / 01904 726674
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- Chest & Cardiac Radiology / 01904 726672
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- Chest Radiology, Body CT & MRI / 01904 726672
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- Paediatric Radiology / 01904 726673
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- Neuro Radiology / 01904 726671
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- General Respiratory Consultant
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- Musculoskeletal Radiology / 01904 726673
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- Paediatric Radiology / 01904 726672
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- Musculoskeletal Radiology / 01904 726672
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- Medical Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Karen was appointed as Medical Director for the Trust in November 2022.
As Medical Director Karen is responsible for the appointment, development and professional leadership of medical and dental staff. Karen acts as the Responsible Officer for the Trust and is responsible for medical leadership including professional standards, appraisal and revalidation and appointments. She also has responsibility for medical education, patient safety, clinical audit, medication safety, clinical risk and medico-legal matters.
Karen graduated from Birmingham University with a medical degree in 1990. She then worked in posts in paediatrics in Birmingham, London and Yorkshire. She was appointed to a consultant paediatric post with an interest in emergency paediatrics at Pontefract General Infirmary in 2001 after obtaining her Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training. Her career at Pontefract, which became part of the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, saw her develop into an accomplished medical leader. In 2014 Karen became the Medical Director, a post that she has left to join York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Karen comes to us with a wealth of experience in medical leadership, quality improvement, patient safety, clinical reconfiguration and is passionate about multi professional education.
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- Breast Imaging, Chest Radiology / 01904 726674
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- Associate Specialist in NIV / Sleep
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- Musculoskeletal Radiology - General CT / Ultrasound / 01904 721097
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- CT / MRI Neuro and Head & Neck / 01904 726672
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- Consultant Microbiologist
- Pathology Group Director
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- General Respiratory Consultant
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- Abdominal Wall Research Fellow
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- Interventional Radiology / 01904 726675
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- Centre Director
- General Respiratory Consultant
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- Breast Imaging / 01904 726671
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- Musculoskeletal Radiology / 01904 726673
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- General Respiratory Consultant
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- Interventional Radiology / 01904 726673
Clinics are run by Dr Kate Jones, Dr Stephen Emegbo, Dr Ian Molyneux and the specialist nurse team:
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- General Respiratory Consultant
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- Member of the Management Team
- Directorate Manager
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- Advanced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist: Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Respiratory Outpatients
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- Radiographer Principal, CT
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- Member of the Secretarial Team
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Helen is a solicitor and spent her executive career in the private sector as General Counsel and Group Secretary of large, complex listed companies and latterly at the Co-op Group. The majority of her career was spent in consumer-facing organisations going through periods of significant change and having executive responsibility for legal, compliance, governance, risk, audit and corporate affairs functions. Her roles also involved extensive stakeholder engagement.
Since stepping away from her executive career she has concentrated on non-executive roles with a focus on education, community, well-being and the natural environment. She has a strong commitment to supporting diverse and inclusive organisations.
She is a Council member at the University of Leeds, where she chairs their remuneration committee. She also chairs the Yorkshire and North-East Advisory Board at the Canal and River Trust which provides green and blue spaces in communities across the region.
Hello, my name is Helen and I am the Staff Benefits Manager. I am based at York Hospital and have worked in the Staff Benefits Team since 2012.
My favourite event is without doubt the Summer Fairs. I love being able to see so many staff face to face and it's so much fun even if the weather is not always on our side!
The thing I love most about my job is our staff - working to try and make their days a little easier whether its offering a subsidised massage or negotiating a restaurant discount to help the pennies go further.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chief Digital and Information Officer
As Chief Digital and Information Officer James leads digital transformation of the Trust integrating with the Humber and North Yorkshire ICS.
He is responsible for the delivery of the strategic digital capabilities required to underpin new models of care provided across the Trust and the integrated care system.
James is also responsible for the delivery and maintenance of our digital infrastructure and providing assurance to both Trust and ICS board in this regard, which includes assurances around cyber security, service continuity and information governance.
James joined the Trust from NHS Digital where he had several different roles on the executive team and was central to the delivery of many of the national NHS IT systems and services and commercial frameworks, such as the NHS App, NHS.UK, NHS 111, NHS Summary Care Records and the GP IT Commercial Framework to name a few.
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- MRI Superintendent Radiographer
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Jane has worked in the NHS for over 30 years, including the last 14 years as an executive Director of Finance on a number of NHS boards including Humber and North Yorkshire ICB and Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.
She has spent most of her NHs career working in acute trusts but has also worked in commissioning and a strategic Health Authority.
Before working in the NHS, Jane worked in the private sector in a number of senior financial roles mostly in the brewing sector.
Jane is a qualified Chartered Management accountant and holds a degree in Accounting and Finance.
Hello, my name is Jane and I work in the York Staff Shop. I have worked in the Staff Benefits Team for over 17 years.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Jenny was appointed as a non-executive director in 2017.
Jenny is a qualified chartered accountant and brings over 30 years' experience gained of the private, public and charitable sectors. From 1997 until her retirement in October 2016 she was chief executive at The Retreat psychiatric hospital in York. She also has extensive non-executive experience.
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- Advanced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
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- Nuclear Medicine Radiographer Team Manager
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- Radiographer Principal, MRI
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director and Chair of York Teaching Hospitals Facilities Management
Julie Charge has worked at the University of Salford since 2014, originally as the Executive Director of Finance, but has most recently taken up the role of Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer.
Julie oversees the professional services of the University, including Finance, Strategy, Estates, Digital IT, Student services and Marketing.
Julie qualified as an accountant in 1995, completing her Master's in Business Administration in 2009. she has over 30 years of experience working in Finance. She's worked in a variety of Public and Private sectors including Health, Manufacturing and Higher Education.
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- Associate
- Chief Operating Officer
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- Clinical Services Manager
Hello, my name is Laura and I am the Staff Shops Manager. I am based at Scarborough Hospital and I have worked in the Staff Benefits Team for over 10 years.
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- Operational Manager ( Cross Site )
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- Acute NIV Specialist Nurse
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- Staff Benefits Coordinator
Hello, my name is Laura and I am a Staff Benefits Coordinator. I am based at Scarborough Hospital and have worked in the Trust since 2010.
My favourite project is the Staff Benefits Desk Calendar. I love the creativity it brings in deciding on a theme and matching design. Every year we get some fantastic entries from staff across the Trust and I love to see the variety of pictures and how each colleague has interpreted the brief.
The thing I love most about my job is getting to tell people when they've won the staff lottery, or a competition, or a raffle prize. Fortunately I get to deliver good news on a regular basis and I love to see how excited people get when they find out they've won something!
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- Member of the Management Team
- Service Manager
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- Member of the Secretarial Team
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director of the Trust
Lorraine was appointed as a non-executive director of the Trust in 2018.
Lorraine is a GP and brings 30 years' of experience of direct patient care.
In recent years Lorraine has been involved as GP representative within NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group and The Humber, Coast and Vale Sustainability and Transformation Partnership. She is the founder directory of City and Vale GP Alliance and she has supported the development of collaborative working between the Trust and primary care.
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- Director of Communications
- Member of the Board of Directors
Lucy was appointed as Director of Communications in February 2020.
Lucy joined the Trust in July 2008 as Communications Service Manager, establishing the Trust's first in-house communications function. She was appointed Head of Communications in 2011 and latterly Acting Director of Communications in June 2018, reporting to the chief executive.
Lucy's portfolio includes media relations and PR, internal communications, stakeholder engagement and charity fundraising.
After graduating from The University of Sheffield in 2002, Lucy joined the press office at Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service (now Yorkshire Ambulance Service). She joined NHS Employers in 2005, holding a number of communications roles before becoming Senior Communications Manager.
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- Member of the Management Team
- Operational Manager
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
- Oxygen Therapy Team Lead
- Respiratory Specialist Nurse Team Lead
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- Chairman of the Board of Directors
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- Network Lead for Cellular Pathology and Microbiology SHYPS
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- Consultant
- Plastic Surgeon
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- Consultant
- Plastic Surgeon
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- SHYPS Health and Safety Advisor
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- Network Lead for Blood Sciences SHYPS
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- Member of the Nursing Team
- Hepatology Specialist Nurse
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- X - Ray Superintendent Radiographer
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
- Nurse
- Registered Nurse
Noel has been a registered nurse for over forty years. Prior to joining Y&SFT he held Executive Director of Nursing and Deputy Chief executive positions at three acute and integrated trusts over twenty years.
He has led workforce reform, service reconfiguration, large-scale strategic change, local and international recruitment, professionalisation of national nursing structures, patient safety and quality improvement, EPR transformation, and innovation and productivity programmes with both a nursing and multi-disciplinary focus. In 2020, he co-led his Trust's operational and clinical response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Noel is a cancer nurse by background, and commissioned and managed large leukaemia, bone marrow transplant, and general cancer and radiotherapy departments in the West of England. Noel subsequently became a lecturer practitioner in Oxford, where he developed the first multi-professional Masters and undergraduate programmes in Cancer care. He has also held senior positions at the Department of Health and been Director of Infection Prevention and Control at three NHS trusts.
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- Physician Associate ( Respiratory Medicine )
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Director of Workforce and Organisational Development
Polly became Director of Workforce and Organisational Development in February 2019.
She joined the Trust in September 2015 as Deputy Director of Workforce reporting into the Chief Executive. Her portfolio includes Human Resources, Organisational Development, Workforce Development, Occupational Health, Research and Equality and Diversity.
After graduating from Durham University in 2000, Polly began her career in Financial Services. In 2002 she joined the NHS working for Great Ormond Street Hospital, where she trained in Human Resource Management. Polly joined Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust in 2009 and progressed to Deputy Director of Workforce and Organisational Development before she left in 2015.
Polly is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.
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- Quality Manager ( Cross Site )
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- Associate
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
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- Radiographer Principal, Main X - Ray
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
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- Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner
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- Operational Manager ( Cross Site )
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- Member of the Respiratory Specialist Nursing Team
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- Chief Executive
- Member of the Board of Directors
Simon is the Chief Executive of the Trust - a role he started in August 2019.
Simon joined the Trust from Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where he has been Chief Executive since 2016.
He has more than 25 years' experience in the NHS, which he joined in September 1989 as a general management trainee in Greater Manchester.
After roles across Yorkshire he went on to be successful in number of senior positions. His first Chief Executive post was for the Doncaster Central Primary Care Trust in October 2000 and he was appointed Chief Executive of the former Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust (now NHS Bradford and Airedale) in October 2006. Following his time in commissioning organisations he became Chief Executive of Sheffield Children's Hospital.
Hello, my name is Sue and I work in the Scarborough Staff Shop. I have worked in the Staff Benefits Team for over 8 years.
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- Member of the Secretarial Team
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- CF Specialist Physiotherapists
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- Staff Benefits Administration Assistant
Hello, my name is Vanessa and I am the Staff Benefits Admin Assistant. I am based at York Hospital and joined the Staff Benefits Team in 2023.