Directorate Manager for IMPRES and Clinical Haematology

Job responsibilities

Specifically, the Directorate Manager is accountable for:

Functioning at a senior level within the Directorate leadership team, proactively leading and providing solutions to resolve complex operational issues, in accordance with agreed Divisional objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints.

The postholder will have extensive leadership experience in driving the performance of teams and will possess personal qualities and skills to deal competently with complex issues in ensuring that policy is implemented, and performance managed within the Directorate.

Leading the implementation of a patient-centred clinical strategy and operational plans, ensuring that systems and processes are in place to comply with relevant legislation and governance requirements, linking with external bodies such as commissioners about service developments, contracts and clinical care pathways whilst utilising the expertise and skills of the wider Divisional team. This includes accountability for the delivery of those clinical and clinical technical services within their area.

As a lead member of the Directorate team, the Directorate Manager defines the strategic direction and policy setting for the Division, forming an essential communication link between the Divisions and relevant external organisations, demonstrating a coaching style of leadership in ensuring that clinical, staff and stakeholder engagement is reflected in the decision-making process.

Providing a highly visible, accessible and authoritative presence in order to support the delivery of the Trusts overall objectives and service priorities.

The Directorate Manager will be fully accountable for the Directorate budgets and will monitor the income for the Directorate alongside controlling all pay spend (to include bank/locum and agency staff costs and controls) and also non-pay.

Ensure achievement of the WRP target for the Directorate and represent the senior team at appropriate meetings to monitor financial performance.

The post holder has line management responsibility for the Performance Manager, Deputy Directorate Manager (s) and other identified direct reports.

The post holder may be asked to undertake project work across the Division and/or corporately. Directorate Managers may be asked to move/support another Directorate by the Divisional Director of Operations at any time as required with agreement from the Clinical Director.

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE Level 4 or above in English or equivalent
• GCSE Level 4 or above in Maths or equivalent
• Degree in relevant healthcare/management subject OR equivalent experience

Desirable

• Management /leadership qualification
• Educated to Masters level

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of managing performance targets
• Experience in day to day operational management
• Leading change in a complex environment.
• Extensive budget management experience
• Business planning and development of business cases
• Extensive staff management experience
• Experience in achieving a range of complex performance and financial targets
• Experience of leading and working within multi-disciplinary teams including clinicians.
• Leading on capacity and demand planning.

Desirable

• Involvement in NHS service development and reconfiguration.

Knowledge

Essential

• Comprehensive knowledge of the performance agenda including the challenges, initiatives, outcomes, and targets.
• Knowledge and understanding of computerised financial, management, budgetary management, and workforce information systems
• Knowledge and understanding of governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy
• Evidence of structured and professional career development.
• Understanding and appreciation of inclusion and diversity
• Demonstrable understanding of NHS policy and NHS Constitution

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Ability to lead and motivate a large team of staff including senior clinicians.
• A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching skills.
• Ability to prioritise work to competing timescales and targets
• Ability to influence others in a positive and assertive way to achieve results.
• Analyse detailed data and information, including preparing responses to issues, weighing risks and forming judgements often within tight timescales

Desirable

• Advanced IT skills.

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).