Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional individual to take on a challenging and highly rewarding senior leadership role within the Division. Building on the significant progress made in running operational services and delivering effective leadership balanced with scrutiny, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the division to ensure that operational delivery provides high quality patient care and enables the Trust to achieve its performance and quality objectives.
Working closely with the Divisional Director and Divisional Clinical Professional Lead the post holder will develop, direct, and lead service improvement and performance strategies and policies to support the delivery of flexible, efficient, effective, and safe services across the division.
You will have senior operational level experience within the NHS with proven expert management and leadership skills in a diverse, service-focused, complex organisation including staff management, change management, performance management, and service transformation.
For more information or to arrange an informal discussion about the post please contact James Thomas, Director of Operations, via PA amanda.buckle@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for strategic leadership of the division and supporting operational management of services making sure that delivery guarantees high quality patient care and enables the Trust and the division to achieve their performance and quality objectives.
To be accountable for developing, directing and leading service improvement and performance strategies and policies to support the delivery of flexible, efficient, effective and safe patient care across the Division.
Responsible for the delivery of financial performance, productivity and human resource management targets across all services in the division.
About us
Ashford and St.
Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000
people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across out two hospitals, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never
been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health
and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional
development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our
patient care.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Working in partnership with the Divisional Director and Divisional Clinical Professional Lead, the role will be responsible for the provision of leadership, direction, and governance for all services in the Division in order to achieve the highest quality Divisional performance. This will include delivery of local and national strategic and operational service objectives developed by the Division and agreed by the Trust Board.
Specifically, the post holder will be accountable for providing high-level operational leadership and planning, ensuring safe, high quality and efficient delivery of the day-to-day operational management of the Divisional services, which meets the needs of patients, achieves set and agreed standards and financial targets.
The post holder will work across planned and unplanned components of service delivery specifically focusing on issues needing the greatest level of support including capacity and flow, diagnostics and cancer performance/activity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working in partnership with the Divisional Director and Divisional Clinical Professional Lead, the role will be responsible for the provision of leadership, direction, and governance for all services in the Division in order to achieve the highest quality Divisional performance. This will include delivery of local and national strategic and operational service objectives developed by the Division and agreed by the Trust Board.
Specifically, the post holder will be accountable for providing high-level operational leadership and planning, ensuring safe, high quality and efficient delivery of the day-to-day operational management of the Divisional services, which meets the needs of patients, achieves set and agreed standards and financial targets.
The post holder will work across planned and unplanned components of service delivery specifically focusing on issues needing the greatest level of support including capacity and flow, diagnostics and cancer performance/activity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Relevant Masters professional qualification or equivalent
Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to participate in the Trust wide Senior Support Manager on-call rota
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous senior managerial experience in a large and complex organisation preferably within the NHS along with service redesign and development across organisations or cross boundary
- Senior operational leadership over more than one discipline/function including financial and performance management
- Proven track record of operational management and delivery at a senior level in a large, complex, service-focused organisation, including staff management, change management, performance management, and service improvement
- Experience of managing significant change, whilst maintaining high standards of quality, in a large complex organisation
Knowledge
Essential
- Trust vision, values and strategic objectives
- A sound working knowledge of acute service provision and an understanding of the complexity of service delivery in a large organisation
- Knowledge of NHS Improvement and other compliance and performance frameworks, safety, financial procedures and statutory regulations and evidence of working with these
Skills
Essential
- You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role
- You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role,
- Proven success in business planning and in the development and effective implementation of complex strategic plans and workforce plans
- Ability to work cooperatively within the senior management team of the Trust and to develop effective working relationships within the Division
- Ability to produce regular reports for use internally and external to the Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Relevant Masters professional qualification or equivalent
Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to participate in the Trust wide Senior Support Manager on-call rota
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous senior managerial experience in a large and complex organisation preferably within the NHS along with service redesign and development across organisations or cross boundary
- Senior operational leadership over more than one discipline/function including financial and performance management
- Proven track record of operational management and delivery at a senior level in a large, complex, service-focused organisation, including staff management, change management, performance management, and service improvement
- Experience of managing significant change, whilst maintaining high standards of quality, in a large complex organisation
Knowledge
Essential
- Trust vision, values and strategic objectives
- A sound working knowledge of acute service provision and an understanding of the complexity of service delivery in a large organisation
- Knowledge of NHS Improvement and other compliance and performance frameworks, safety, financial procedures and statutory regulations and evidence of working with these
Skills
Essential
- You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role
- You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role,
- Proven success in business planning and in the development and effective implementation of complex strategic plans and workforce plans
- Ability to work cooperatively within the senior management team of the Trust and to develop effective working relationships within the Division
- Ability to produce regular reports for use internally and external to the Trust
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
