Job summary
University Hospital Dorset is one of Britain's leading healthcare providers in the NHS. It was created in October 2020 by bringing together two Trusts: Poole Hospital and Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch.
The new Trust has a turnover of approximately £750m and employs over 9,000 members of staff.
We are seeking to appoint a new Group Director of Operations to our Medical Care Group for a fixed period of 12 months. The Medical Care Group is one of three Care Groups in the Trust. It covers all aspects of medicine and is split across four directorates including Emergency & Urgent Care, Older People's Services and Acute Care, Networked Medicine and Specialist Medicine across all Trust hospital sites.
Base Location: Bournemouth & Poole
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
The Group Director of Operations is a key leadership role with the Trust, responsible for the safe and effective delivery of services. The successful applicant will work as part of a triumvirate to deliver the strategic ambitions of the Trust.
The total Care Group budget to manage is £220 million and a staff group of circa 2500 members.
The post holder will be accountable for the performance of their Care Group alongside the Group Director of Nursing and Group Medical Director in delivering national and local health care priorities, ensuring clinical quality, delivery of all constitutional standards, patient safety, finance and improving patient and staff experience.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Strategically, the Care Group Director will have a key enabling role in aligning site operational priorities with the ambition and vision of supporting the delivery of the Dorset Clinical Services review.
This is an exciting time to join the team with the transformational and investment programme to transform the local area, creating a new, state-of-the-art elective and planned care hospital.
The successful individual will be an astute, driven, flexible and determined individual who has a proven history of successful relationship building in order to deliver our strategy. You will have a strong track record of delivery and be considered inspirational and engaging by both staff and external partners.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Strategically, the Care Group Director will have a key enabling role in aligning site operational priorities with the ambition and vision of supporting the delivery of the Dorset Clinical Services review.
This is an exciting time to join the team with the transformational and investment programme to transform the local area, creating a new, state-of-the-art elective and planned care hospital.
The successful individual will be an astute, driven, flexible and determined individual who has a proven history of successful relationship building in order to deliver our strategy. You will have a strong track record of delivery and be considered inspirational and engaging by both staff and external partners.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or appropriate level of senior managerial experience
- Evidence of Post-Qualification study/professional development to masters levels or equivalent senior management experience
Desirable
- Senior Leadership Training
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering end to end change in a service or function with scale and complexity
- Experience of delivering performance improvement in a service or function
- A strong and demonstrable track record of promoting and delivering quality and productivity benefits
- Experience of delivering on a programme or other activity which required the individual to report to a Board
- Experience of managing a budget, carrying the weight of the responsibility and the ability to ensure the whole adds up
Desirable
- Experience of engaging external stakeholders
Technical Skills and Competancies
Essential
- Ability to analyse complex problems and develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Demonstrate a common sense approach, when advising and influencing internal and external colleagues.
- Articulate with highly developed communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills.
- Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
- High level of work organisation with the ability to meet strict deadlines, within resources available.
Knowledge
Essential
- A thorough understanding of the principles and techniques of process redesign and improvement including project management techniques
- Understanding of developing and implementing integrated performance management systems
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up to date knowledge of operational and clinical services.
Desirable
- Demonstrable understanding of the structure and framework of the NHS and how a Foundation Trust operates within this framework.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or appropriate level of senior managerial experience
- Evidence of Post-Qualification study/professional development to masters levels or equivalent senior management experience
Desirable
- Senior Leadership Training
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering end to end change in a service or function with scale and complexity
- Experience of delivering performance improvement in a service or function
- A strong and demonstrable track record of promoting and delivering quality and productivity benefits
- Experience of delivering on a programme or other activity which required the individual to report to a Board
- Experience of managing a budget, carrying the weight of the responsibility and the ability to ensure the whole adds up
Desirable
- Experience of engaging external stakeholders
Technical Skills and Competancies
Essential
- Ability to analyse complex problems and develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Demonstrate a common sense approach, when advising and influencing internal and external colleagues.
- Articulate with highly developed communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills.
- Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
- High level of work organisation with the ability to meet strict deadlines, within resources available.
Knowledge
Essential
- A thorough understanding of the principles and techniques of process redesign and improvement including project management techniques
- Understanding of developing and implementing integrated performance management systems
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up to date knowledge of operational and clinical services.
Desirable
- Demonstrable understanding of the structure and framework of the NHS and how a Foundation Trust operates within this framework.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
