Job summary
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VACANCY WILL CLOSE AT MIDDAY ON FRIDAY 2nd AUGUST
The Chief of Clinical Operations is seeking to appoint a high calibre professional to undertake a the Head of Make Ready Services role within the Operations Support Team that will focus on the efficient running of our Make Ready Services.
The Head of Make Ready Services is a key senior role in the Trust. This is the lead role in developing and implementing a Trust-wide make ready service for all operational vehicles thereby ensuring the right quality of vehicle preparation, reliability and consistency.
To initiate, lead and manage business and commercial change initiatives. This includes stakeholder identification and involvement, effective staff communication, drafting and driving through business plans and suggestions, cost improvement initiatives and assessing benefit realisation.
The role is heavily focussed on engaging with managers and staff of all levels, including key senior operational and clinical management, to ensure there is a holistic system buy in to the right make ready service.
This role will lead the implementation of the make ready strategy developing new depots and services as well as reconfiguring any existing make ready functions.
As make ready services are introduced the postholder will establish operationally focused management and performance arrangements to ensure the delivery cost-effective and safe services uniformly across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
This post will lead, advise and report to the Trust on all matters related to make ready services and support the Trust's Risk Management and Integrated Governance team(s) to ensure effective governance to national standards and mitigate risks.
Responsible for:
Management responsibilities for all Make ready personnel (c200 staff), managing recruitment/selection, personal development and individual performance management.
To manage the multi-year capital development for this initiate.
To manage the operational make ready budgets
To manage on a day to day basis all vehicles, equipment, fuel and consumables allocated to make ready locations.
About us
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) have a bold vision to ensure that the people of the East of England region are provided with excellent urgent and emergency healthcare by a dedicated team of nearly 5,000 staff and 1,500 volunteers. The overarching aim is to place patients and staff at the heart of everything they do while delivering the vision of 'outstanding care, exceptional people, every hour of every day'.
After two years of focused cultural change and organisational transformation initiatives by dedicated staff, EEAST came out of the NHS Oversight Framework in January 2024.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification for full detail of responsibilities and requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification for full detail of responsibilities and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMasters Degree level qualification or equivalence in a relevant discipline or, demonstrable equivalent experience at this level.
- oPossess suitable qualifications or equivalent experience to provide expert, professional advice relating to supplies, make ready, fleet and procurement legislation/regulatory compliance.
Desirable
- oManagement qualification at NVQ Level 4, or equivalent experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- oSkills in assessing systems and implementing transformational change.
- oAbility to formulate strategic plans and produce proposals for consideration by senior management including the Senior Leadership Board/Executive Leadership Board and the Trust Board.
- oA comprehensive knowledge of the governance standards and requirements relating to make ready services.
Experience
Essential
- oA minimum of five years senior management experience managing supplies, sourcing, make ready or an equivalent area.
- oExperience of budget management at a senior level (>£1M) and development of strategic budgets/business cases (both capital and revenue).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMasters Degree level qualification or equivalence in a relevant discipline or, demonstrable equivalent experience at this level.
- oPossess suitable qualifications or equivalent experience to provide expert, professional advice relating to supplies, make ready, fleet and procurement legislation/regulatory compliance.
Desirable
- oManagement qualification at NVQ Level 4, or equivalent experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- oSkills in assessing systems and implementing transformational change.
- oAbility to formulate strategic plans and produce proposals for consideration by senior management including the Senior Leadership Board/Executive Leadership Board and the Trust Board.
- oA comprehensive knowledge of the governance standards and requirements relating to make ready services.
Experience
Essential
- oA minimum of five years senior management experience managing supplies, sourcing, make ready or an equivalent area.
- oExperience of budget management at a senior level (>£1M) and development of strategic budgets/business cases (both capital and revenue).
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).
