Job summary
Job Title: Site Director
Division: Corporate
Salary: Competitive
Interview Date: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Medway NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Deputy Chief Operating Officer/Site Director, who delivers supportive and responsive day-to-day operational management of the hospital while supporting the Chief Operating Officer with their portfolio.
The Deputy Chief Operating Officer/Site Director will play a key role in ensuring the Trust delivers on the full range of performance targets ensuring the quality of services to patients, visitors and staff, including management of clinical governance, healthcare standards and risk.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic individual who will be an integral member of the Chief Operating Officer's team, supporting the implementation of service delivery and development plans, together with plans for on-site developments and leading in the business planning process for Operations.
The post holder is also required to establish essential working with partnerships across the system to ensure safe and effective care and flow for our patients.
This post is an exciting opportunity for a senior manager to expand their expertise of working across the whole operational agenda. It is ideally suited to an outstanding individual who can demonstrate the ability to deliver a complex and challenging agenda.
The Trust and its employees are all committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture.
As part of our commitment to you, we will give you the opportunity to utilise and enhance your talents to assist us in the development of shaping the future of Medway NHS Foundation Trust.
Every Person Counts,Sharing and Open andTogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy Chief Operating Officer/Site Director will on behalf of The Chief Operating Officer act as the Lead Director with specific responsibility to ensure the supportive and responsive day-to-day operational management of the hospital. In addition, they will play a key role in ensuring the Trust delivers on the full range of performance targets. They ensure quality of services to patients, visitors and staff, including management of clinical governance, healthcare standards and risk.
The post-holder will be an integral member of the Chief Operating Officers team, supporting the implementation of service delivery and development plans, together with plans for on-site developments and assisting in the business planning process.
The Trust offers a number of apprenticeships and training opportunities in Leadership and Management, Business Services, Finance, Accounting,
Human Resources, Clinical Support Work, Research and Innovation, Nursing Associate and Assistant Practitioner alongside our in-house comprehensive clinical pathways.
Our hope is that our education pathways will play a key role in enabling you to challenge the practices of the past and build capability for the future.
The Trust is committed to the protection of children, young people, their families and vulnerable adults accessing its services. Promoting the message that safeguarding is everyones business is vital to ensure our patients are protected and safe from abuse. To this end you must comply with Trusts and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Boards policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy Chief Operating Officer/Site Director will on behalf of The Chief Operating Officer act as the Lead Director with specific responsibility to ensure the supportive and responsive day-to-day operational management of the hospital. In addition, they will play a key role in ensuring the Trust delivers on the full range of performance targets. They ensure quality of services to patients, visitors and staff, including management of clinical governance, healthcare standards and risk.
The post-holder will be an integral member of the Chief Operating Officers team, supporting the implementation of service delivery and development plans, together with plans for on-site developments and assisting in the business planning process.
The Trust offers a number of apprenticeships and training opportunities in Leadership and Management, Business Services, Finance, Accounting,
Human Resources, Clinical Support Work, Research and Innovation, Nursing Associate and Assistant Practitioner alongside our in-house comprehensive clinical pathways.
Our hope is that our education pathways will play a key role in enabling you to challenge the practices of the past and build capability for the future.
The Trust is committed to the protection of children, young people, their families and vulnerable adults accessing its services. Promoting the message that safeguarding is everyones business is vital to ensure our patients are protected and safe from abuse. To this end you must comply with Trusts and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Boards policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- Management qualification
- Track record of continuous professional and management development
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the Health and Social care management environment and roles and responsibilities within it
- Ability to develop strategy for the Health Economy
- Ability to assimilate & co-ordinate various agendas prioritising appropriately
- Performance management methodology
Experience
Essential
- Substantial leadership and operational management experience in an acute hospital
- Significant senior management experience within a complex service provider organisation
- Experience of managing clinical services
- Experience of and ability to manage complex operational situations that involve staff from all levels within the organisation and across a range of professional and organisational boundaries
- Experience of leading and managing substantial service change and redesign in a complex environment
Skills
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, with a track record in writing complex business cases and policies
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to develop and deliver effective business and operational plans which are financially sound
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- Management qualification
- Track record of continuous professional and management development
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the Health and Social care management environment and roles and responsibilities within it
- Ability to develop strategy for the Health Economy
- Ability to assimilate & co-ordinate various agendas prioritising appropriately
- Performance management methodology
Experience
Essential
- Substantial leadership and operational management experience in an acute hospital
- Significant senior management experience within a complex service provider organisation
- Experience of managing clinical services
- Experience of and ability to manage complex operational situations that involve staff from all levels within the organisation and across a range of professional and organisational boundaries
- Experience of leading and managing substantial service change and redesign in a complex environment
Skills
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, with a track record in writing complex business cases and policies
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to develop and deliver effective business and operational plans which are financially sound
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).
