Job summary
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join the Executive team at the Royal London and Mile End Hospitals and really make a positive difference to the lives of East Londoners.
The Royal London Hospital is an internationally renowned teaching hospital one of London's leading trauma and emergency care and hyper-acute stroke centres. Our hospital is home to a major specialised internal medicine programme, one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK, a tertiary maternity centre, and evolving complex surgical centres in abdominal and head & neck cancer. We are the district general hospital for Tower Hamlets, one of the most diverse and deprived Boroughs in England, but also home to Canary Wharf and the City of London fringes - as such we are key partners within our Place, Tower Hamlets Together. At our Mile End Hospital site, we are focusing on a range of outpatient inflammatory and community-based services.
We are part of the Barts Health Group, one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country with over 7,000 staff employed at the Royal London and Mile End Hospitals alone. As well as deputising as CEO, you will be leading the delivery of our transformation, informatics and specialised strategies for our Group and at our hospitals, working with your Executive team colleagues to drive the priorities and at North East London's major hospital.
Main duties of the job
We need a deputy Chief Executive committed to inclusive and progressive leadership, intent on driving collaboration within a still-forming ICB. Someone for whom values matter, and shape their leadership style. We need a Director of Transformation who will thrive in a fast-paced environment, responding creatively to financial, strategic, operational, quality and people challenges at system and place. Whilst you may not have worked in a Group model before, you will have some appreciation of both its benefits and complexities.
The role will oversee the design and implementation of system strategies for to-be-delegated specialised services, working with Barts and NEL acute and other provider collaboratives, steering service reconfiguration drawing on GIRFT and other benchmarking data. It will include acting on behalf of the RLHME to improve our informatics offer, driving RLHME within the Barts Group to more mature data-driven clinical pathways, able to understand and respond to clinical and other variation. And you will support our PMO with our COO and head of Finance, with shared oversight of transformation projects that deliver our cost-improvement programme.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
This is a critical appointment for us and no doubt an important step for you. It is important that you have an opportunity to find out more about the role before you apply. If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to meet informally with our Chief Executive, Neil Ashman and other members of the Executive team prior to the selection process. You can also contact the hospital CEO on neil.ashman1@nhs.net for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
This is a critical appointment for us and no doubt an important step for you. It is important that you have an opportunity to find out more about the role before you apply. If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to meet informally with our Chief Executive, Neil Ashman and other members of the Executive team prior to the selection process. You can also contact the hospital CEO on neil.ashman1@nhs.net for further information.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant Senior leadership Experience either at Executive level or similar in an acute hospital setting. NHS experience is essential for the role, with a demonstrable track record of successful delivery
Desirable
- Experience of being a member of a board
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of improvement methodology, of transformation and of programme management.
- Detailed knowledge of digital and informatics opportunities.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-level qualification
- Master's Degree (or working towards) or equivalent experience.
- Formal training in a range of improvement techniques e.g. Agile or Prince 2 methodology
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant Senior leadership Experience either at Executive level or similar in an acute hospital setting. NHS experience is essential for the role, with a demonstrable track record of successful delivery
Desirable
- Experience of being a member of a board
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of improvement methodology, of transformation and of programme management.
- Detailed knowledge of digital and informatics opportunities.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-level qualification
- Master's Degree (or working towards) or equivalent experience.
- Formal training in a range of improvement techniques e.g. Agile or Prince 2 methodology
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).
