Sherwood Forest Hospitals Appoints New Chief Executive, Jon Melbourne

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which manages King's Mill, Mansfield Community, and Newark Hospitals in Nottinghamshire, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive, Jon Melbourne. Melbourne, who is currently the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, brings extensive experience in operational, financial, and strategic leadership to the role. He will play a key role in leading the trust, which has been named the East Midlands' best NHS organisation to work for in the past seven years' NHS National Staff Surveys.

Key Takeaways:

Jon Melbourne has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Sherwood Forest Hospitals, subject to essential pre-employment checks.
Melbourne is currently the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, where he has worked since January 2022.
The new Chief Executive will play a key role in helping to lead the Trust, which was named the East Midlands' best NHS organisation to work for in each of the past seven years' NHS National Staff Surveys.
Melbourne brings extensive experience in operational, financial, and strategic leadership to the role, having previously worked at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
The trust's Acting Chief Executive, David Selwyn, will continue to serve in the role until Melbourne takes up his new post, once essential pre-employment checks have been completed.
Melbourne has a personal connection to the area, having been born and raised in Nottinghamshire and now bringing up his family there.
The trust is committed to improving lives across the communities it serves, with Melbourne sharing this ambition and looking forward to working with the team to build on the trust's existing work.

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The trust was named the East Midlands' best NHS organization to work for in the past seven years' NHS National Staff Surveys.
Melbourne has worked at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust since January 2022.
The trust has achieved the largest reduction of long waiters in England under Melbourne's leadership at University Hospitals of Leicester.
Melbourne has also overseen complex cross-site reconfigurations, major improvements to operational productivity, and the implementation of a new Patient Administration System at University Hospitals of Leicester.

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.