Job description

Job responsibilities

• Providing visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership across the division, supporting teams to deliver high-quality patient care and excellent operational performance.
• Leading the day-to-day operational management of the division and ensuring delivery against national and local standards, performance indicators and Trust objectives.
• Working as a senior member of the COOs operational team, representing the division and contributing to wider Trust priorities and decision-making.
• Leading and supporting continuous improvement, innovation, transformation and service redesign, embedding the principles of the East and North Hertfordshire Production System (ENHPS).
• Ensuring robust clinical and corporate governance arrangements are in place, with effective management of quality, patient safety, risk and regulatory requirements.
• Providing effective financial leadership, including management of divisional budgets, delivery of cost improvement plans, financial recovery plans where required, and identification of efficiency and income opportunities.
• Working with clinical and operational leaders to develop sustainable services, identify future resource requirements and ensure the best use of available resources.
• Chairing the Divisional Board and ensuring effective oversight of divisional performance, risks, priorities and improvement plans.
• Championing equality, diversity and inclusion and creating a culture where colleagues feel valued, supported and able to perform at their best.
• Ensuring the patient voice is embedded in service delivery, improvement and redesign.
• Building strong relationships across the Trust and with external health and care partners, commissioners and other stakeholders to support effective system-wide working.
• Representing the division at Trust, system, regional and national level as required.
• Deputising where required, contributing to Trust-wide projects and participating in the Director on-call rota.

The postholder will be expected to demonstrate highly effective communication, leadership and relationship-building skills and have a strong track record of delivering operational performance and service improvement within a complex healthcare environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

• Higher professional or management degree (Masters Level), or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience.
• Evidence of extensive and recent commitment to continuing professional and personal development
• Postgraduate level management qualification or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience.
• Postgraduate level qualification or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience in leadership, change management or quality improvement

Desirable

• PRINCE2/ Managing Successful Programmes qualification, or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience

Previous Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working on both strategic and operational matters at a senior management level, in a large complex organisation preferably within the NHS
• Proven NHS and/ or wider public sector experience and knowledge.
• Demonstrable experience of effective budgetary management and control, including achieving annual targets
• Proven success in business planning and in the development and effective implementation of complex strategic plans.
• Experience of leadership of successful change management while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality.
• Quality focused with evidence of an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems.
• Experience of managing large numbers of multiprofessional staff, managing staff performance and commitment to multi-disciplinary working.
• Project management experience delivering complex change across a range of departments
• Recent experience in an acute Trust
• Evidence of achievement of milestones and targets to deadlines.

Skills

Essential

• Strong analytical skills, including use of information to drive performance
• Ability to work with and through others
• Demonstrable record of successful line management of staff and proven team leadership and motivational skills.
• Computer literate
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of a range of issues across the NHS and NHS patient agenda.
• Demonstrate evidence of influencing and persuading
• Dynamic, flexible and capable of inspiring confidence
• Knowledge, understanding and application for equal opportunities

Other Requirements

Essential

• Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Commitment to developing self and others.
• Evidence of political awareness and sensitivity to the high profile of the Trust
• Able to travel between sites

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Mount Vernon Hospital

Rickmansworth Road

Middlesex

HA6 2RN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)