United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Divisional Managing Director Clinical Support Services Division

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Job summary

The Divisional Managing Director will support the Divisional Clinical Director in providing high-level operational and strategic business planning and leadership to ensure that the Division provides high quality patient care and achieves it performance objectives. This will include ensuring high quality patient care, patient safety, clinical quality and governance, the delivery of agreed performance and financial objectives, and ensuring that the Division operates with the needs of patients as its highest priority.

Main duties of the job

  • The Divisional Managing Director will be accountable to the Divisional Clinical Director and will ensure that services within the division are delivered within budget, to agreed quality standards, in accordance with the Division's Strategic objectives against required activity levels and are designed to deliver an exemplary patient experience. Take a lead role in supporting compliance with key financial and access requirements. Provide strategic leadership and professional advice within the Division within a climate of change that enables high quality services to be delivered to patients and families consistently. Will be responsible for the development and provision of transformational leadership across all clinical services to ensure and consistently develop a safe, high-quality, cost effective service for patients, families and carers.

About us

Our Group is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire, serving a population of more than 750,000 people. Lincolnshire is such a wonderful place to live and work with many opportunities to grow and develop as well as spend time on hobbies, activities and taking in local historic sites. Find out more on the Visit Lincolnshire website.

Our Group provides community, acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. Our 2023/24 Group annual income was c£874m, and we employ approximately 11,000 WTE staff.

We provide services at Lincoln County Hospital, Grantham and District Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, as well as running services from community hospital sites and other community locations across Lincolnshire.

We are looking for an inspirational leader to move our Group into the next phase of integration. We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people working to co-design services with our population.

Details

Date posted

15 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£105,385 to £121,271 a year per annum, dependant on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

357-LN-1815-24

Job locations

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership and Management and will be managerially responsible for Divisional Delivery, Planning and Performance, Daily Operational Oversight for all clinical services, performance management of Clinical Business Units, delivery of corporate access standard 18 weeks, Cancer, 4hr standard and DM01, emergency planning response and business continuity within area of responsibility and General Managers and Deputy General Manager.

Service Delivery, Business Management and Performance - maintains regular access and contact with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO) for matters relating to delivery issues and keeps the DCOO appraised of any concerns.

Financial and Resource Management - lead and ensure delivery of Divisional budget ensuring all financial Standing Financial Instructions are adhered to and budget control targets are met.

Governance and Risk - ensure patient safety and experience is at the centre of planning, analysis and delivery.

Communication - provide necessary, accurate and timely information to appropriate governance, delivery, and transformational oversight groups.

Human Resource - promotes a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for the service they provide and managers are supported to lead, motivate and develop staff who feel valued and respected.

Education and training - ensure that all staff in the department receive appropriate training and ongoing development to enable them to competently and safely fulfil their roles.

Trust-Wide responsibilities - ensure involvement of local people in planning and development of services, engaging and consulting as appropriate. Take necessary steps to engage with vulnerable and hard to reach groups to deliver equality of outcomes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership and Management and will be managerially responsible for Divisional Delivery, Planning and Performance, Daily Operational Oversight for all clinical services, performance management of Clinical Business Units, delivery of corporate access standard 18 weeks, Cancer, 4hr standard and DM01, emergency planning response and business continuity within area of responsibility and General Managers and Deputy General Manager.

Service Delivery, Business Management and Performance - maintains regular access and contact with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO) for matters relating to delivery issues and keeps the DCOO appraised of any concerns.

Financial and Resource Management - lead and ensure delivery of Divisional budget ensuring all financial Standing Financial Instructions are adhered to and budget control targets are met.

Governance and Risk - ensure patient safety and experience is at the centre of planning, analysis and delivery.

Communication - provide necessary, accurate and timely information to appropriate governance, delivery, and transformational oversight groups.

Human Resource - promotes a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for the service they provide and managers are supported to lead, motivate and develop staff who feel valued and respected.

Education and training - ensure that all staff in the department receive appropriate training and ongoing development to enable them to competently and safely fulfil their roles.

Trust-Wide responsibilities - ensure involvement of local people in planning and development of services, engaging and consulting as appropriate. Take necessary steps to engage with vulnerable and hard to reach groups to deliver equality of outcomes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level qualification plus higher-level management qualification at master's or equivalent level
  • Significant additional role related and personal development training commensurate with a very senior management post

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience at very senior manager level in the NHS
  • Demonstrates experience of delivery across organisation boundaries

Desirable

  • Experience in an acute trust

Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Experience of performance managing others to ensure organisational delivery and success
  • Highly credible leader with experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders
  • Experience of problem solving at the most senior level
  • Ability to analyse high complex areas of work to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and to ensure these materialise in a sustainable way
  • Experience of understanding and interpreting relevant national policy in a complex organisational
  • Standard keyboard skills
  • Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
  • Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

Specific Requirements

Essential

  • Experience of strategic long-term planning
  • Experience of managing complexity such as managing numerous workstreams/projects whilst simultaneously delivering on performance targets to tight deadlines
  • Able to design and operate performance management systems and processes that deliver sustainable performance
  • Experience of leading planning cycles from concept to delivery
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level qualification plus higher-level management qualification at master's or equivalent level
  • Significant additional role related and personal development training commensurate with a very senior management post

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience at very senior manager level in the NHS
  • Demonstrates experience of delivery across organisation boundaries

Desirable

  • Experience in an acute trust

Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Experience of performance managing others to ensure organisational delivery and success
  • Highly credible leader with experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders
  • Experience of problem solving at the most senior level
  • Ability to analyse high complex areas of work to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and to ensure these materialise in a sustainable way
  • Experience of understanding and interpreting relevant national policy in a complex organisational
  • Standard keyboard skills
  • Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
  • Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

Specific Requirements

Essential

  • Experience of strategic long-term planning
  • Experience of managing complexity such as managing numerous workstreams/projects whilst simultaneously delivering on performance targets to tight deadlines
  • Able to design and operate performance management systems and processes that deliver sustainable performance
  • Experience of leading planning cycles from concept to delivery

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY


Employer's website

https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY


Employer's website

https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Damian Carter

damian.carter@ulh.nhs.uk

07840841462

Details

Date posted

15 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£105,385 to £121,271 a year per annum, dependant on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

357-LN-1815-24

Job locations

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY


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