Job summary
Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week
As the Directorate Manager you will be accountable for the delivery of all operational performance targets, including access targets, finance, quality of services to patients and improving services towards best practice standards within available income.
You will be responsible for identifying and correcting areas of current and future risk; ensuring that performance targets and strategic objectives are met, including leading capacity and demand to achieve national and local standards. You will be responsible for producing business plans/business cases to support development within the services of the Directorate; present these business plans to the Trust internal and external meetings.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the staff and budgetary management within the areas that you are responsible for as Directorate Manager. You will ensure the delivery of the Cost Improvement Scheme (CIP), for the areas within the directorate, providing robust directorate plans for cost reduction or income generation strategies.
You will be a key member of the divisional management team, taking full responsibility for actions and for keeping other team members informed.You will manage a senior divisional management team; within the areas that you will be responsible for as Directorate Manager. Working closely with the rest of the senior directorate team, the Directorate Manager will be accountable for developing and delivering a strategic approach to service improvement and developing optimum service models to meet national quality standards and performance targets.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to master's level or equivalent operational experience in an associated field.
- Management of Professional qualification at postgraduate level or equivalent relevant experience
Desirable
- Project Management Professional Accreditation e.g., PRINCE, PMP, or Significant relevant experience.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant knowledge of health strategy and priorities
- Specialist knowledge of service improvement methodology in a healthcare setting
- Substantial post qualification experience in a senior management / strategic role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to master's level or equivalent operational experience in an associated field.
- Management of Professional qualification at postgraduate level or equivalent relevant experience
Desirable
- Project Management Professional Accreditation e.g., PRINCE, PMP, or Significant relevant experience.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant knowledge of health strategy and priorities
- Specialist knowledge of service improvement methodology in a healthcare setting
- Substantial post qualification experience in a senior management / strategic role
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).
