East Midlands ISDN Senior Manager

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and NHS England are seeking to appoint a dynamic and motivated senior manager to join our new East Midlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network (ISDN) team. The successful candidate will take on a busy and rewarding role in improving stroke care in the Region.

ISDNs are an integral part of the NHS Long Term Plan aims for improving stroke care. They work to ensure there is equity of access to resources offered by providers across wide geographical areas, together with consistency of treatment and improved outcomes for patients and focus on the operational elements of care delivery. The ISDNs will work closely with the East and West Midlands Clinical Networks, STPs, Ambulance Services and the third sector partners including the Stroke Association and Academic Health Science Networks. This ISDN footprint includes Derbyshire STP, Nottinghamshire STP, Lincolnshire STP, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutlands STP, Northamptonshire STP.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support delivery of transformational change and quality improvement within and across local systems. The proven ability to work at a senior level in a cross-cutting multi-organisational setting to facilitate service-specific and wider organisational change is vital. Advanced communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as is demonstrable experience of project management in the design, development and delivery of change management and quality improvement. The successful candidate will have the ability to think, act and respond quickly to changing circumstances whilst maintaining a clear view of overall priorities.

About us

This is a fixed term /secondment contract. The post-holder will be employed by Nottingham University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as the host organisation for the ISDN, and will be reporting into the Midlands Stroke Delivery Board and the Midlands Medical Director, as well as the Midlands CVD-R Clinical Network. The post holder will be able to initially work remotely and agree office-based working arrangements with their Supervisor. Some travel within the ISDN footprint and occasionally in the Midlands will eventually be expected, and will be risk assessed as we move beyond Covid measures.