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Mrs Amanda Headland
SEFTON
30 Bonny Grove
Marton
Middlesbrough
TS8 9QZ
 01642 274889
Mobile: 07916579031
 amanda.headland@btinternet.com
PERSONAL PROFILE
A highly accomplished senior manager, with a clinical background demonstrating considerable success across all NHS
sectors. I have 18 years operational and strategic management experience, most recently as local system leader.
My leadership style is built on personal integrity, empowering and challenging the system, the organisation, clinical
teams and individuals to innovate and test new ways of working/ new pathways of care. The outcomes are focussed
on achieving the best patient / staff / system experience and improving population health outcomes.
KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
 A strategic thinker with a broad innovative approach to problem solving and decision making;
 Driven by results and being achievement focussed;
 Politically astute at system level, achieving respected stakeholder status and relationship builder;
 Effective manager across multiple organisations and within complex organisations;
 An accomplished storyteller, vision setter and programme leader;
 Resilient manager/ leader who is explicit about the expectations of others allowing risk taking / assurance
building approaches to operational delivery;
 Driven by constant purpose and focus on the detail of specific deliverables/ targets;
 Highly experienced in dealing with difficult behaviours / teams in difficulty / culture change;
SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Largest integrated trust in the Tees Valley, providing Primary, Community, District General for the local population
and , Regional and Sub Regional Specialist services for a population of 1.5million spanning a significant geographical
patch.
Managing Director Integrated Medical Care Centre April 2014 – March 2016
Divisional Manager Community Services Division Dec 2012 – March 2014
Deputy Director of Transformation Operational Services July 2012 – Dec 2012
Divisional Manager Specialty Medicine Division June 2007 – July 2012
A versatile senior leader who over a 9 year period continuously developed and contributed to the delivery of
corporate priorities and strategic plans. Most recently leading a large / diverse clinical services centre (comparable
to a medium sized DGH) covering 2 acute sites, 6 community hospital sites across a large geographical patch. (£100m
business, leadership of circa 1800 staff).

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Key personal achievements
 CEO designate for System Leadership in South Tees patch
 Development of medical leaders
 Delivery of the Trust’s commitments to the IMPROVE Programme outcomes on time and with retained staff
engagement (inc decommissioning of 2 Community Hospitals) and recognised with the Trust Chairman’s Award
2015/16 and a nomination with system partners for a HSJ award 2015.
 Leadership of significant people culture change
 Awarded PgC Innovation and Improving Performance from Teesside University
Key delivery achievements
 Significant reduction in emergency admissions resultant from system wide transformation (7.5 %)
 Delivery of annual 4% efficiency of which >85% recurrent and >95% recurrent in the first 3 years.
 Improved standards of care on a ward supported by Special Measures programme
 Significant reduction in the number of patients with a length of stay >10days
o Significant reduction in hospital acquired/ community caseload acquired pressure ulcers
o Significant reduction in in-patient falls
 Stabilised and made resilient community based services 24/7
 Programme managed the delivery of the transformation of community services plans.
 Led large scale staff consultation process
 Established new Division within the organisation
 Successfully supported a group of Consultants in difficulty (Team)
 Most senior operational manager for the business case, design, build and implementation of the Endeavour
Cancer Centre and Chemotherapy Day Unit (£35m build programme) and including the clinical service resign
programme.
 Operational lead the re-procurement of Satellite Dialysis provision for STEES
 Improved standards of care on a ward supported by Special Measures programme
LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND PRIMARY CARE TRUST (PREVIOUSLY MELTON, RUTLAND & HARBOROUGH
PRIMARY CARE TRUST)
Rural commissioning and provider organisation responsible for the provision of primary and community services
across its 3 localities and health commissioner for the local population.
Locality Manager (Melton, Rutland & Harborough)
Acting Director of Primary Care January 2003 – June 2007
Locality Manager (Rutland)
LEICESTER HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
Paediatric Process Manager (Emergency)
Orthopaedic Trauma Process Manager May 1996 - Dec 2002
Rehabilitation Coordinator (Trauma)
REGISTERED GENERAL NURSE
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust Sept 1992- May 1996
West Middlesex University Hospital April 1992 – Sept 1992
Leicester Royal Infirmary Jan 1991 March 1992

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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
RGN Derby School of Nursing 1990
ENB 371 Spinal Cord Injury Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital 1993
NHS North East Leadership Academy Aspiring Leaders Programme 2011
Post Graduate Certificate Teesside University 2011
(Innovation & Improving Performance)
Post Graduate Certificate Teesside University 2015
(Health & Social Care)
GENERAL EDUCATION
7 O levels including Maths and English 1986
City & Guilds Community Care Distinction 1987
REFERENCES
Dr Brendan McCarron Mrs Tricia Hart
Chief of Service / Consultant Chief Executive (retired Jan 2016)
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
James Cook University Hospital MOB: 07736345260
Marton Road storeyhart@aol.com
Middlesbrough
TS3 4BW
 01642 850850 Ext 54236
MOB: 07809677645
brendan.mccarron@stees.nhs.uk
Mrs Gill Collinson
Associate Director of Transformation /Lead Nurse
Hambleton, Richmondshire & Whitby CCG
Civic Centre
Stonecross
Northallerton
DL6 2UU
01609 767600
MOB: 07957371410
gillcollinson@nhs.net