Job summary
Corporate
General Manager Chief Executives Office
We
are values driven, are you?
An
opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking, innovative individual with a
deep understanding of the NHS and wider heath and care system to join Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. We are a
CQC Good rated organisation, with high levels of staff engagement and
excellent clinical outcomes.
Working
directly to the Chief Executive and closely with other members of the Chief
Executives Office, you will be responsible for ensuring actions assigned to
the Chief Executive are taken forward by engaging and working with teams from
across the Trust and partners across the wider health and social care system
and will have agreed delegated responsibilities in strategy development and
policy initiatives. You will also be responsible for ensuring the Chief
Executive is briefed and prepared for all meetings and events with
appropriate information, presentations, speeches and background.
The
successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their ability to commit to
and role model our agreed trust wide values and behaviours, The Leeds Way,
and apply our continuous improvement methodology, The Leeds Improvement
Method.
For
more information, contact James Goodyear, Director of Strategy,
jamesgoodyear@nhs.net, or to make an appointment with Professor Phil Wood,
Chief Executive, please contact Kat Ellarby, kat.ellarby@nhs.net.
Interviews
will be held on 3rd May, 2023.
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will be responsible for providing a high level executive support
service for the CEO. Working closely with other members of the Chief
Executives Office (see structure below), the post holder will be responsible
for ensuring actions assigned to the CEO are taken forward by engaging and
working with teams from across the Trust and partners across the wider health
and social care system and will have agreed delegated responsibilities in
strategy development and policy initiatives. They will also be responsible
for ensuring the CEO is briefed and prepared for all meetings and events with
appropriate information, presentations, speeches and background.
Principal
Duties and Responsibility
Responsibility for leading and
delivering on specific projects on behalf of the CEO.
Support the CEO in ensuring the
completion of day-to-day duties and achievement of Executive Team objectives.
Undertake research into current
issues and provide timely briefings to ensure the CEO is prepared to
represent the Trust effectively at meetings with key stakeholders and staff.
Contribute to Senior Leader Team
meetings as an active and collaborative member.
Author reports,submissions,speeches and presentations.
To take a lead role on the
development and implementation of identified policies and procedures.
Monitor and manage a budget for a
range of services.
Line Management of the Executive
Assistant Team Leader to ensure effective working of the team.
About us
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Liaise extensively with Clinical Service Units and
departments, partners and with external stakeholders including patients, public
and the voluntary sector.
Work with members of the CEO
office, Executive Directors, and other key personnel to ensure effective
environment scanning for emerging issues which could have an impact on the
Trust such as policy, legislative or regulatory changes and provide detailed
briefing to the Chief Executive, Board or Executive Team as appropriate.
Liaise with WYAAT (West Yorkshire
Association of Acute Trusts), Leeds place of the West Yorkshire ICB
(Integrated Care Board), Leeds City Council and NHS England regional
colleagues for the development of effective city and wider partnership work.
Work with the EA to the CEO and
Associate Director of Communications to ensure effective and timely
correspondence with Members of Parliament and other key stakeholders.
Draft reports and Board papers.
Support development and monitor
delivery of key Trust Executive work plans and co-ordinate Executive Team
progress against actions for meetings and events including, for example, the
NHS Improvement Integrated Delivery Meeting etc.
Ensure Trust Executive Team
Meetings and Executive Management Group meetings are effectively organised
(agendas, papers etc.) and held in accordance with terms of reference and
recorded effectively (minutes/summary points for senior leaders) and
associated actions followed up.
To provide reports and produce
evidence as requested to the Chief Executive in relation to compliance with
regulatory frameworks.
Support the Executive Assistant to
the Chief Executive when required to liaise with patients, relatives, and the
Patient Relations team to oversee correspondence from the Chief Executive in
relation to complaints and compliments.
The post holder may be required to
take responsibility for the management of a range of HR issues, including
disciplinary and grievance matters, complaints, recruitment and appraisal.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Liaise extensively with Clinical Service Units and
departments, partners and with external stakeholders including patients, public
and the voluntary sector.
Work with members of the CEO
office, Executive Directors, and other key personnel to ensure effective
environment scanning for emerging issues which could have an impact on the
Trust such as policy, legislative or regulatory changes and provide detailed
briefing to the Chief Executive, Board or Executive Team as appropriate.
Liaise with WYAAT (West Yorkshire
Association of Acute Trusts), Leeds place of the West Yorkshire ICB
(Integrated Care Board), Leeds City Council and NHS England regional
colleagues for the development of effective city and wider partnership work.
Work with the EA to the CEO and
Associate Director of Communications to ensure effective and timely
correspondence with Members of Parliament and other key stakeholders.
Draft reports and Board papers.
Support development and monitor
delivery of key Trust Executive work plans and co-ordinate Executive Team
progress against actions for meetings and events including, for example, the
NHS Improvement Integrated Delivery Meeting etc.
Ensure Trust Executive Team
Meetings and Executive Management Group meetings are effectively organised
(agendas, papers etc.) and held in accordance with terms of reference and
recorded effectively (minutes/summary points for senior leaders) and
associated actions followed up.
To provide reports and produce
evidence as requested to the Chief Executive in relation to compliance with
regulatory frameworks.
Support the Executive Assistant to
the Chief Executive when required to liaise with patients, relatives, and the
Patient Relations team to oversee correspondence from the Chief Executive in
relation to complaints and compliments.
The post holder may be required to
take responsibility for the management of a range of HR issues, including
disciplinary and grievance matters, complaints, recruitment and appraisal.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree and post graduate diploma in relevant subject.
Desirable
- Holding a relevant professional business qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working at a senior level in a large and complex organisation.
- Evidence of successfully handling sensitive situations efficiently and confidentially.
- Experience in the preparation of general correspondence and management reports.
- An understanding of acute hospital service priorities, whole system partnership working and the governance arrangements underpinning their delivery
- Experience of engaging with colleagues without authority to effectively to deliver against priorities.
- Experience of writing and developing presentations using Powerpoint and writing speeches on a wide and varied range of subjects.
- Evidence of managing complex arrangements to a high degree of accuracy, timeliness and effectiveness.
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to build productive working relationships with colleagues at all levels of LTHT and within partner organisations.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Flexible approach to working hours.
- Self motivated, trustworthy, reliable and conscientious.
- High level of personal integrity.
- Ability to cope with ambiguity, especially in an increasingly complex environment.
Desirable
- Employs a range of influencing strategies for suitable situations.
- Demonstrates confidence and self belief even in the face of opposition and is prepared to stand up for what they believe in.
Practical Skills or Additional Requirements
Essential
- A high level of leadership, communications (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Highly developed ability to interpret, monitor and evaluate management information.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to make effective judgments involving highly complex and multi-stranded facts or situations.
- The ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.
- The ability to develop, implement and maintain effective administrative and reporting procedures.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information to assess issues and anticipate problems.
- Is immediately credible to internal and external stakeholders.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree and post graduate diploma in relevant subject.
Desirable
- Holding a relevant professional business qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working at a senior level in a large and complex organisation.
- Evidence of successfully handling sensitive situations efficiently and confidentially.
- Experience in the preparation of general correspondence and management reports.
- An understanding of acute hospital service priorities, whole system partnership working and the governance arrangements underpinning their delivery
- Experience of engaging with colleagues without authority to effectively to deliver against priorities.
- Experience of writing and developing presentations using Powerpoint and writing speeches on a wide and varied range of subjects.
- Evidence of managing complex arrangements to a high degree of accuracy, timeliness and effectiveness.
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Ability to build productive working relationships with colleagues at all levels of LTHT and within partner organisations.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Flexible approach to working hours.
- Self motivated, trustworthy, reliable and conscientious.
- High level of personal integrity.
- Ability to cope with ambiguity, especially in an increasingly complex environment.
Desirable
- Employs a range of influencing strategies for suitable situations.
- Demonstrates confidence and self belief even in the face of opposition and is prepared to stand up for what they believe in.
Practical Skills or Additional Requirements
Essential
- A high level of leadership, communications (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Highly developed ability to interpret, monitor and evaluate management information.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to make effective judgments involving highly complex and multi-stranded facts or situations.
- The ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.
- The ability to develop, implement and maintain effective administrative and reporting procedures.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information to assess issues and anticipate problems.
- Is immediately credible to internal and external stakeholders.
