Associate Director of Operations (Strategic Business Delivery)

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 02 March 2025

Job summary

Band 8C Associate Director of Operations (Strategic Business Delivery) - Planned Care Group

As the Associate Director of Operations for Planned Care at Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust you will support and deputise for the Director of Operations for the largest Care Group in the Trust with budget of circa £120M spanning all surgical and cancer pathways. You will take the lead on strategic business delivery within the Care Group.

The purpose of this role is to provide strategic leadership and drive the generation and use of business intelligence for the delivery and development of highly complex services across the Care Group including private patients. The post holder is responsible for defining the Care Group strategy alongside the Director of Operations and wider Care Group Board and taking the lead on performance and planning against strategic deliverables across the directorates.

The role will lead the management of a number of external partnerships, working closely with the BOB Integrated Care Board, strategic partners in the ICS and partnership working arrangements with independent sector providers. The post holder will take a lead operational role for the key functions in the services that attract significant regulatory, public and political scrutiny and identify opportunities for growth and development of our services through mechanisms such as lead provider arrangements.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director will provide leadership to directorate teams to develop, deliver and improve services, ensuring local and national targets are achieved through the delivery of the best quality patient care and experience within set financial controls and resources. The post holder will support the Director of Operations in the implementation of operational objectives within the care group and involves working closely with Care Group Board, and each Directorate and Speciality triumvirate.

The post holder will utilise business intelligence methodologies to identify and implement innovative solutions to address key issues. They will lead on delivery of actions with the operational team which realise benefits for cost improvement programmes and long-term efficiency and productivity.

Working closely with the Care Group PCP, the post holder will also lead the creation and embedding of a rolling learning and development programme that supports the overall development of the operational and administrative teams in the care group to ensure knowledge creation and skill development as well as retention and succession planning.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Date posted

17 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-7008259PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Craven Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Master's Degree or an equivalent qualification.
A management/ leadership qualification or proven track record in a senior management/professional/clinical management and leadership role.
Demonstrates evidence of on-going continuous professional development.
Detailed knowledge of NHS Improvement and other compliance and performance frameworks, safety, financial procedures and statutory regulations.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable senior management or leadership experience within a diverse complex and changing healthcare environment.
Demonstrable knowledge of the NHS Financial regime and probity and considerable proven experience of budgetary management.
Proven track record of tactical management and delivery at a senior level in a large, complex, service focused organisation, including staff management, change management, performance management, and service improvement.
Demonstrable ability to analyse and interrogate data sets to provide insight and communicate this in a clear and understandable manner.
Demonstrates experience of consultation, negotiation and influencing different stakeholders.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Master's Degree or an equivalent qualification.
A management/ leadership qualification or proven track record in a senior management/professional/clinical management and leadership role.
Demonstrates evidence of on-going continuous professional development.
Detailed knowledge of NHS Improvement and other compliance and performance frameworks, safety, financial procedures and statutory regulations.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable senior management or leadership experience within a diverse complex and changing healthcare environment.
Demonstrable knowledge of the NHS Financial regime and probity and considerable proven experience of budgetary management.
Proven track record of tactical management and delivery at a senior level in a large, complex, service focused organisation, including staff management, change management, performance management, and service improvement.
Demonstrable ability to analyse and interrogate data sets to provide insight and communicate this in a clear and understandable manner.
Demonstrates experience of consultation, negotiation and influencing different stakeholders.

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.