Why work at  NHS Hillingdon Hospital

About Hillingdon Hospitals

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was established on 1st April 2011 when the organisation was granted Foundation Trust status by Monitor,  now NHSE&I.  Based on two hospital sites, Hillingdon and Mount Vernon, the trust provides healthcare services to local residents and patients in North West London.

Hillingdon Hospital is the sole provider of acute services in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers additional services including accident and emergency (A&E), inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. On an annual basis the Trust provides care to over half a million patients , including approximately 100,000 emergency department attendances.

With recent capital investment Hillingdon future is bright and their vision is to be an outstanding provider of healthcare. By promoting collaboration with health and academic partners, Hillingdon’s aims to provide high quality, safe and compassionate care which improves the health and wellbeing of the population that they serve.

Your Career at Hillingdon

You’ll be joining a team that drives their values of communication, attitude, responsibility, equity and safety to promote a collaborative, caring and performance culture. Your role will not be the status quo, they’re looking for passionate people who want to develop their career and gain a range of experience. Hillingdon will encourage you to think big and challenge the norm fostering an improvement based culture. You can expect the handpicked leadership team to take the time to listen, understand and discuss new and diverse viewpoints which are supported by their values with the goal of improving the lives of those they serve.

Our people strategy

The Future is Bright for Hillingdon Hospitals

In October 2018 Hillingdon received a commitment from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to support Hillingdon Hospitals in the form of major capital investment.  This commitment, driven by the then Local MP, Boris Johnson,  and current Prime Minister, was driven by the purpose of creating a beacon for high quality healthcare in West London.

Since the announcement of its initial ‘seed funding’ in 2019, Hillingdon Hospitals have made a brilliant start  on their journey; creating plans for a new state-of-the-art hospital to deliver high quality patient care and services to local residents and patients.

Chief Executive Sarah Tedford stated her desire for the plans and investment “to happen at pace” and that she is looking forward to “leading the vital work, working in partnership with our staff, partners and patients to ensure we have the best possible facilities for our community”.

With approximately £450million investment, The Hillingdon Hospital is at the forefront of one of the largest capital investment projects the NHS has seen in decades. In addition, the Government has also committed to invest a further £2.25billion, in the NHS, by 2025 as  part of the new “health infrastructure plan”.

Meet the team

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Technical Specialist

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Sarah Tedford
Sarah Tedford
Chief Executive

Sarah became Chief Executive of Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in March 2018.

Sarah became Chief Executive of Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in March 2018. She spent the 6 months prior to this on secondment to NHSI/ NHSE as Winter Director London to provide assurance on the systems and processes in place to monitor delivery of the National A&E standard across London. She was eager to return to London and have a role that gave her more scope.

Tina Benson
Tina Benson
Chief Operating Officer

Tina Benson is a qualified radiographer who got her first clinical job at Hillingdon Hospital.

This was followed by time at the Royal Free Hospital in a variety of clinical and managerial roles, London North West Hospitals as a manager and Deputy COO, and then Deputy COO, Hospital Director, at West Middlesex Hospital.  

Cathy Cale
Cathy Cale
Medical Director

Cathy was the Deputy Regional Medical Director, NHSI (since October 2017) and was the GIRFT Clinical Ambassador.

Her prior experience includes being the Medical Director of North Middlesex University Hospital and Interim Medical Director Great Ormond Street. She is also a Consultant in Pathology / Immunopathology / Immunology, including Paediatrics. Her areas of strength include clinical quality improvement and strategic experience, NHSI and GIRFT, MD experience in an acute setting with demonstrable experience of clinical governance and risk management. She has an acute awareness of financial management and demonstrates understanding of partnership/system working.

Jason Seez
Jason Seez
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy

With a strong background in strategic development, Jason joined the Trust in February 2019.

He joined from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust where he was Executive Director of Strategy, Transformation and Infrastructure. Jason was appointed as a Non - Voting Interim Executive until the end of the financial year.