Job summary
We have an extremely exciting opportunity to join our team as Deputy Divisional Director of Operations for our Medicine Division. Reporting to the Divisional Director of Operations, this role forms a key part of our Divisional Management team and works closely with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues across the Trust and beyond. As Deputy Director of Operations, you will lead on all aspects of performance management and service delivery within the Division. You will work together with our colleagues to ensure that quality, performance, constitutional standards, CIP and budgetary targets are monitored and delivered.
Main duties of the job
This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop and progress your career into a Director of Operations, with support from the current Divisional Director to achieve this progression. We are seeking a motivated and influential leader who is partnership led and who has significant operational management experience within the NHS. This is a tough but rewarding role and the successful post holder will need to have strong personal resilience to deal with the day-to-day pressures of leading large and complex services through the busiest time the NHS has ever seen.
Your duties will be completed with passion whilst leading and motivating from the front, promoting the trusts value of compassion, communication, teamwork, respect, professionalism and inclusion; allowing your staff to thrive and deliver outstanding patient care.
About us
Join us atUHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better neverstops
AtUHSussexwe're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of theUK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.
Improving lives:We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put ourPatient First.Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role atUHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourwellbeing programmefor staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need itbecausewe know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
Build a career with us:As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosingUHSussexyou are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that youdo.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As Deputy and in the absence of the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO):
- Lead on all aspects of performance management and service delivery within the Division.
- Take operational decisions including budget spend for any urgent short-term operational issues. Support the Hospital-wide operational functions providing leadership and decision making as required including escalation/liaison to external agencies where appropriate.
- Represent the Division and Trust at meetings as required for example: Divisional Strategic Deployment Review (SDR) meetings, Executive level committees and sub-committees, efficiency meetings, workforce transformation meetings
- Chair meetings in place of the DDO where appropriate
- Lead the strategic development of designated services, in partnership with the DDO and Chief of Service.
- In the absence of the DDO, have delegated responsibility for budgets across the division.
- Provide specialist knowledge of a range of services, policies and practices.
Work in conjunction with the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO):
- Ensure alignment of the Trusts strategic direction and resulting activities of the Division.
- Translate service strategy into robust management, financial and business planning activities across the Division, with the support and advice of other managers and clinicians.
- Ensure that the Division works actively and collaboratively with colleagues in the local ICS.
- Ensure service policy developments are in line with national directives and local frameworks.
- Direct management responsibility for specified Directorate(s) within the division, to be agreed in conjunction with the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO).
- Communicate clear and positive messages to staff, the Divisional Board, other parts of the Trust and key stakeholders. Translate highly complex information into easy to disseminate communications.
- In partnership with the Divisional Management Team contribute to the strategic development of the Divisional services through local innovation and service improvements.
- Lead improvement projects for designated objectives; from identifying and defining the problem through the identification of top contributors, engagement with others, development and implementation of mitigating actions to monitoring performance and improvement.
- Contribute to the development of guidelines ensuring policies and procedures are up to date, available, developed within the Trust format and that they take account of any NHS or legislative changes
-- Please see Job Description & Person Specs for full details --
Job description
Job responsibilities
As Deputy and in the absence of the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO):
- Lead on all aspects of performance management and service delivery within the Division.
- Take operational decisions including budget spend for any urgent short-term operational issues. Support the Hospital-wide operational functions providing leadership and decision making as required including escalation/liaison to external agencies where appropriate.
- Represent the Division and Trust at meetings as required for example: Divisional Strategic Deployment Review (SDR) meetings, Executive level committees and sub-committees, efficiency meetings, workforce transformation meetings
- Chair meetings in place of the DDO where appropriate
- Lead the strategic development of designated services, in partnership with the DDO and Chief of Service.
- In the absence of the DDO, have delegated responsibility for budgets across the division.
- Provide specialist knowledge of a range of services, policies and practices.
Work in conjunction with the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO):
- Ensure alignment of the Trusts strategic direction and resulting activities of the Division.
- Translate service strategy into robust management, financial and business planning activities across the Division, with the support and advice of other managers and clinicians.
- Ensure that the Division works actively and collaboratively with colleagues in the local ICS.
- Ensure service policy developments are in line with national directives and local frameworks.
- Direct management responsibility for specified Directorate(s) within the division, to be agreed in conjunction with the Divisional Director of Operations (DDO).
- Communicate clear and positive messages to staff, the Divisional Board, other parts of the Trust and key stakeholders. Translate highly complex information into easy to disseminate communications.
- In partnership with the Divisional Management Team contribute to the strategic development of the Divisional services through local innovation and service improvements.
- Lead improvement projects for designated objectives; from identifying and defining the problem through the identification of top contributors, engagement with others, development and implementation of mitigating actions to monitoring performance and improvement.
- Contribute to the development of guidelines ensuring policies and procedures are up to date, available, developed within the Trust format and that they take account of any NHS or legislative changes
-- Please see Job Description & Person Specs for full details --
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at senior operational management role
- oAnalytical and problem-solving skills in dealing with complex information and data.
- oAbility to collaborate effectively and maintain successful partnerships
Desirable
- Proven experience of planning and organising at a strategic level with highly complex and conflicting priorities
- oProven track record as a leader and professional role model. o
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at senior operational management role
- oAnalytical and problem-solving skills in dealing with complex information and data.
- oAbility to collaborate effectively and maintain successful partnerships
Desirable
- Proven experience of planning and organising at a strategic level with highly complex and conflicting priorities
- oProven track record as a leader and professional role model. o
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Royal Sussex County & Princess Royal Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton & Haywards Heath
RH16 4EX
Employer's website
https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
