Job summary
Cheshire and Mersey Adult Critical Care and Major Trauma Specialised Clinical Networks (SSCN's) formerly Operational Delivery Networks are looking to recruit to their joint Director position.
Hosted by The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust this full time, permanent, band 8D post offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to progress their career within a regional and strategic position, crossing traditional boundaries working with a range of commissioner and provider stakeholders across Cheshire and Merseyside and the Isle of Man.
Building on proven, previous experience and successful delivery in clinical, operational management and leadership roles the successful candidate will provide leadership and oversight of both networks informing and progressing the delivery of work plans that reflect the changes in commissioning arrangements for both services and that are aligned to the new national SSCN specifications.
In addition to working collaboratively with a range of providers, networks, NHS England and the Integrated Commissioning Board across the Cheshire and Merseyside and wider Northwest footprint, the post holder will be required to proactively engage in a number of nationally driven forums, initiatives and service developments.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead and manage the core SSCN team and ensure that both networks deliver an annual work plan, aligned to their respective SSCN Specification and that is reflective of both national and local regional needs and priorities and aligned to the following core network functions.
To facilitate cross organisational engagement and activity bringing together clinicians and managers from commissioning, provider organisations and educational institutions to develop services and care in a consistent and equitable manner.
To create a climate of innovation and improvement leading to the delivery of safer, higher quality patient centre care acting as a conduit between commissioners and providers across an Integrated Care System (ICS) to provide monitoring, collaboration and oversight of service delivery in line with national specifications and standards.
To provide oversight and facilitate coordination of patient pathways between providers over a wide area to ensure:
Equitable access to specialist resources and expertise
Improving outcomes and quality standards.
Development of evidence-based patient pathways
Reduction in any unwarranted variation in practice.
To ensure the network team are equipped to provide objective, specialist expertise and advice to support provider Trusts in service delivery, improvement and coordination of commissioned pathways, with a key focus on the quality and access to service provision.
About us
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent within a clinical discipline
- Master's level qualification or equivalent
- Management qualification/ post graduate diploma/ degree or equivalent experience
- Robust evidence of sustained continuing professional development across range of clinical, professional, operational and strategic fields of practice.
Desirable
- Previous experience within critical care or major trauma services at senior clinical, professional/operational management level.
- Previously held network role.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within a higher senior leadership position within an acute provider setting.
- Proven delivery of strategic leadership at an organisational or network level.
- Extended post-registration higher level clinical and operational management experience
- Evidence of preparing and implementing business and operational plans and in informing the wider strategic service development at a local and wider cross organisational/ regional level
- Demonstrates ability to influence, develop and use effective professional networks
- Demonstrable evidence of successful operational and business planning and subsequent service delivery and evaluation
- Extensive experience in staff and performance management and dealing with complex issues
- Management and leadership of staff from a range of clinical and professional backgrounds.
- Knowledge of organisational and system activity performance management principles and practice
- Ability to initiate lead, manage and implement complex change to improve services to patients
- Demonstrates evidence of innovation and improvement in the provision of services
- Ability to use skills in facilitation to collaborate and engage multiple stakeholders to inform and introduce service improvement.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable working knowledge of the wider functioning of the NHS including understanding of the commissioner and provider interface and landscape
- Detailed understanding of the clinical and operational delivery aspects of the SSCN specialist pathways and other interfacing clinical specialities and services.
- Proven implementation of quality and service improvement and project management methodologies.
- Evidence of the ability to make operational judgements involving highly complex facts and situations
Skills & Abillities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate, challenging, complex and sensitive information
- Ability to apply advanced communication skills in a variety of settings including situations where information relayed may be challenged or disputed
- Advanced people skills
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills across wider systems and networks
- Experience in managing budgets and controlling resources.
- Ability to think and operate both tactically and strategically at both an internal and cross organisational level.
- Ability to analyse highly complex data and produce written reports
- Ability to travel across sites
- Experience in managing and delivering projects across a wide range of services
- Develop, implement and monitor policies and guidelines
Desirable
- Audit, research and analytical skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent within a clinical discipline
- Master's level qualification or equivalent
- Management qualification/ post graduate diploma/ degree or equivalent experience
- Robust evidence of sustained continuing professional development across range of clinical, professional, operational and strategic fields of practice.
Desirable
- Previous experience within critical care or major trauma services at senior clinical, professional/operational management level.
- Previously held network role.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working within a higher senior leadership position within an acute provider setting.
- Proven delivery of strategic leadership at an organisational or network level.
- Extended post-registration higher level clinical and operational management experience
- Evidence of preparing and implementing business and operational plans and in informing the wider strategic service development at a local and wider cross organisational/ regional level
- Demonstrates ability to influence, develop and use effective professional networks
- Demonstrable evidence of successful operational and business planning and subsequent service delivery and evaluation
- Extensive experience in staff and performance management and dealing with complex issues
- Management and leadership of staff from a range of clinical and professional backgrounds.
- Knowledge of organisational and system activity performance management principles and practice
- Ability to initiate lead, manage and implement complex change to improve services to patients
- Demonstrates evidence of innovation and improvement in the provision of services
- Ability to use skills in facilitation to collaborate and engage multiple stakeholders to inform and introduce service improvement.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable working knowledge of the wider functioning of the NHS including understanding of the commissioner and provider interface and landscape
- Detailed understanding of the clinical and operational delivery aspects of the SSCN specialist pathways and other interfacing clinical specialities and services.
- Proven implementation of quality and service improvement and project management methodologies.
- Evidence of the ability to make operational judgements involving highly complex facts and situations
Skills & Abillities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate, challenging, complex and sensitive information
- Ability to apply advanced communication skills in a variety of settings including situations where information relayed may be challenged or disputed
- Advanced people skills
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills across wider systems and networks
- Experience in managing budgets and controlling resources.
- Ability to think and operate both tactically and strategically at both an internal and cross organisational level.
- Ability to analyse highly complex data and produce written reports
- Ability to travel across sites
- Experience in managing and delivering projects across a wide range of services
- Develop, implement and monitor policies and guidelines
Desirable
- Audit, research and analytical 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.
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.
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).
