Deputy Director of Strategy

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Do you have proven senior leadership experience within Healthcare? Are you an inspirational leader looking for a new challenge?

As the Deputy Director of Strategy you will be a highly visible member of the Trust's senior leadership team, where you will develop and maintain the Trust Clinical Strategy whilst ensuring this is in alignment with the national and system strategies. You will support with leading cross-site strategic projects and activities, enabling engagement with partner organisations and local communities in relation to strategic direction and associated strategic projects. You will deputise for the Director of Strategy, Research and Innovation as and when required.

We are seeking a dynamic and values-driven leader who is committed to collaborative working. You will be a highly strategic thinker with extensive knowledge and experience in strategy development and analysis, with a proven ability to influence and engage effectively.

If you have a strong desire to make a difference and help steer our Trust into the future, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will co-ordinate the development of Trust strategies and plans.
Attend or chair meetings - this may include team meetings, trust meetings, ICB partnership meeting, provider collaborative meetings, regional and national meetings.
Support the Director of SRI to manage and develop the teams in the Strategy, Research and Innovation clinical delivery group (CDG).
You will provide specialist knowledge of systems and work procedures to develop strategies with the ability to engage multiple stakeholders in innovation techniques including proposals and financial ventures.
Develop the Trust's strategic planning and evaluation capability.
Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies and plans.
Act as an ambassador for the Trust, ensuring the positive development of the Trust brand, championing the Trust's values.
Write, contribute, and speak to reports, proposals, business cases and presentations.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

02 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£105,385 to £121,271 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1789-24

Job locations

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience in working across organisational boundaries to develop strategies, lead and manage change, fostering collaboration and shared vision towards a common goal.
Experience in initiating and leading complex, multi-year, multi-stakeholder change-management initiatives within both operational and clinical teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Experience in leadership within a complex healthcare setting
Experience in presenting complex information and project updates to diverse groups, including executive and board level stakeholders.
Experience in interpreting and implementing changes in response to national healthcare policies and guidelines.

Desirable

Experience in leading large-scale transformation projects across an entire organisation, with a focus on continuous improvement and operational efficiency.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Thorough knowledge of NHS policy, particularly in the context of healthcare provider collaboration and the functioning of Integrated Care Boards.
Understanding of ESNEFT's strategic goals, objectives, and the current healthcare landscape.
Familiarity with NHS priorities and policy.
Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills
Highly strategic with ability to consider future impact of upcoming and longer-term changes with demonstrable experience of writing and delivering significant strategies
Highly analytic with the ability to review and use data as an evidence base with the ability to question the source and trends

Desirable

Knowledge of resource optimisation and process efficiency strategies in healthcare management.
Knowledge in the application of improvement science methods and approaches for enhancing the quality and safety of healthcare services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience in working across organisational boundaries to develop strategies, lead and manage change, fostering collaboration and shared vision towards a common goal.
Experience in initiating and leading complex, multi-year, multi-stakeholder change-management initiatives within both operational and clinical teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Experience in leadership within a complex healthcare setting
Experience in presenting complex information and project updates to diverse groups, including executive and board level stakeholders.
Experience in interpreting and implementing changes in response to national healthcare policies and guidelines.

Desirable

Experience in leading large-scale transformation projects across an entire organisation, with a focus on continuous improvement and operational efficiency.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Thorough knowledge of NHS policy, particularly in the context of healthcare provider collaboration and the functioning of Integrated Care Boards.
Understanding of ESNEFT's strategic goals, objectives, and the current healthcare landscape.
Familiarity with NHS priorities and policy.
Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills
Highly strategic with ability to consider future impact of upcoming and longer-term changes with demonstrable experience of writing and delivering significant strategies
Highly analytic with the ability to review and use data as an evidence base with the ability to question the source and trends

Desirable

Knowledge of resource optimisation and process efficiency strategies in healthcare management.
Knowledge in the application of improvement science methods and approaches for enhancing the quality and safety of healthcare services.

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.