Job summary
Royal Papworth Hospital is one of the world's leading cardiothoracic centres, recognised for outstanding patient outcomes, pioneering research and a culture of excellence. We are seeking an exceptional Divisional Director of Operations for Cardiology to join our divisional leadership team.
As Divisional Director of Operations, you will provide strategic and operational leadership and be accountable to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer for performance and assurance. Working in a triumvirate with the Divisional Director and Divisional Head of Nursing, you will be responsible for delivering safe, effective and efficient services that reflect the Trust's values and commitment to excellence.
We are looking for an inspirational leader who brings:
*Significant senior operational management experience within an acute or specialist healthcare setting.
*A proven ability to deliver complex operational performance and transformational change.
*Strong financial, analytical and problem solving skills.
*The ability to build strong relationships, influence at senior level and lead through complexity.
*A commitment to our values: compassion, excellence and collaboration.
This role will include some out of hours and weekend working. For an informal chat contact Harvey McEnroe, Chief Operating Officer.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include:
*Leadership and strategy: lead operational functions, work collaboratively with the Divisional Director and Head of Nursing to drive improvement initiatives and optimise patient care pathways.
*Operational excellence: develop and implement operational strategies to ensure the highest standards of patient care, outcomes and experience.
*Team management and development: foster an environment of continuous improvement and support the development of staff.
*Collaboration and stakeholder engagement: work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure system-wide goals are aligned.
*Decision-making and influence: influence Trust-wide initiatives and provide advice and guidance to senior management. You will deputise for the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Divisional Director when required.
Key Attributes:
*Strategic thinking: translate vision into actionable plans and improvements to drive excellence in patient care and service delivery.
*Collaborative leadership: ability to lead with empathy and create high-functioning collaborative, inclusive teams.
*Commitment to excellence: passion for delivering high standards of care and motivate others to strive for excellence.
The role is based at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus with a requirement to work at Royal Papworth House, Huntingdon.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience/qualification.
- Further evidence of management / leadership training.
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in management discipline.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working at a senior level in an acute or specialist hospital setting, including a sound understanding of the performance and governance requirements of the NHS for acute Trusts.
- Track record of achievement as a leader which demonstrates significant successes through innovation and a strong but sensitive style, which contributes directly to the patient experience and continuous improvement.
- Significant experience of financial management and rigorous financial management and control to meet agreed targets.
- Experience of establishing and applying performance management systems in areas like contract monitoring, staff management and departmental performance indicators.
- Demonstrate well developed negotiation skills coupled with the ability to tackle poor performance effectively.
- Experience of instigating and leading complex change to achieve continuous improvement
- Substantial experience of service demand and capacity planning and financial management including NHS costing and payment regimes
- Significant experience of influencing others with a view to delivery of desired outcomes and objectives.
- Experience of building effective working relationships with management and clinical teams and external stakeholders.
- Ability to negotiate and influence staff at all levels of seniority, including engagement in difficult situations.
- Ability to access, analyse and translate to clinical teams. Complex data and information.
- Significant experience of the development of business cases/proposals for both capital and revenue investment cases.
- Substantial experience of managing within a complex organisation and balancing multiple objectives.
- Highly numerate, confident manipulating and interpreting data.
- Sound analytical, negotiation and numerical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work proactively and cooperatively with senior management, clinical staff and other staff at all levels.
- Ability to develop and influence a high performing, collaborative team, whilst allowing flexibility for members to develop against their own personal targets.
- Detailed knowledge of annual service planning with the ability to support and direct divisional team effectively through the planning cycle.
- Skills in sourcing and analysing data (including waiting list, 18 RTT and demand information).
- Ability to assess situations and take calculated risks based on learning and experience, to achieve longer-term service improvements.
- Understanding of clinical and business information systems.
- Ability to deal with competing priorities and to organise self and team members to deliver outputs to meet multiple deadlines.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to travel
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience/qualification.
- Further evidence of management / leadership training.
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in management discipline.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working at a senior level in an acute or specialist hospital setting, including a sound understanding of the performance and governance requirements of the NHS for acute Trusts.
- Track record of achievement as a leader which demonstrates significant successes through innovation and a strong but sensitive style, which contributes directly to the patient experience and continuous improvement.
- Significant experience of financial management and rigorous financial management and control to meet agreed targets.
- Experience of establishing and applying performance management systems in areas like contract monitoring, staff management and departmental performance indicators.
- Demonstrate well developed negotiation skills coupled with the ability to tackle poor performance effectively.
- Experience of instigating and leading complex change to achieve continuous improvement
- Substantial experience of service demand and capacity planning and financial management including NHS costing and payment regimes
- Significant experience of influencing others with a view to delivery of desired outcomes and objectives.
- Experience of building effective working relationships with management and clinical teams and external stakeholders.
- Ability to negotiate and influence staff at all levels of seniority, including engagement in difficult situations.
- Ability to access, analyse and translate to clinical teams. Complex data and information.
- Significant experience of the development of business cases/proposals for both capital and revenue investment cases.
- Substantial experience of managing within a complex organisation and balancing multiple objectives.
- Highly numerate, confident manipulating and interpreting data.
- Sound analytical, negotiation and numerical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work proactively and cooperatively with senior management, clinical staff and other staff at all levels.
- Ability to develop and influence a high performing, collaborative team, whilst allowing flexibility for members to develop against their own personal targets.
- Detailed knowledge of annual service planning with the ability to support and direct divisional team effectively through the planning cycle.
- Skills in sourcing and analysing data (including waiting list, 18 RTT and demand information).
- Ability to assess situations and take calculated risks based on learning and experience, to achieve longer-term service improvements.
- Understanding of clinical and business information systems.
- Ability to deal with competing priorities and to organise self and team members to deliver outputs to meet multiple deadlines.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to travel
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).
