Job summary
We want the best but, more importantly, the right people at James Paget University Hospital (JPUH). We are looking for a Leader who wants to understand and celebrate the diversity of our local patient and staff populations. Leaders who choose to see that there's always a solution to a defined problem and have the skills to coach and support the individuals and teams around them to implement change using a continuous improvement skillset and mind-set. We are looking for an ambitious and tenacious individual who has a passion for leading teams to success in the delivery of excellent quality patient care.
We have an opportunity to join our Operational Team to work as part of the Surgery, Women and Children Division.
You will be part of a team of operational managers leading a portfolio of services focusing on the strategic development, elective recovery and the quality for these services. In addition to leading these services you will have the opportunity to develop your own professional career with the support of both formal coaching and professional qualification opportunities.
Main duties of the job
Through collaboration with the speciality triumvirates coordinate and deliver high quality clinical services.- Be responsible for the delivery of effective operational performance quality standards and targets in both elective and urgent and emergency care patient pathways in line with the NHSE recovery plans and local objectives; this includes the responsibility for the planning and delivery of financial targets for each of the delegated areas of responsibility.- Leading the continuous development of a strategic service development plan in each of the areas of responsibility, linking in with Trust and System partners for their realisation.- Line management responsibilities which include responsibility for the development of team members.- Participation in the Hospital Silver On-call rota.
About us
At the JPUH we ensure our patients are central to everything we do. Our vision is to be an innovative organisation delivering compassionate and safe patient care through a well led and motivated workforce. We are a medium sized District General Hospital serving the local population of around 250,000 people.
We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as BAME, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups.
We are committed to developing you and providing a home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible.
We're a 450-bed district general hospital. Through the national NHS Staff Survey, our staff value our commitment to flexible working, and feel engaged an involved in how services operate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed overview of the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed overview of the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge and expertise across a number of subject areas
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Educated to relevant degree level or equivalent experience
- Professional management qualification (NVQ level 4)/ or working towards postgraduate level or equivalent recent senior management experience
- Master's degree in healthcare related subject or demonstrable ability to work at masters level
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive appropriate NHS management experience in an acute hospital and/or community setting
- Detailed understanding and extensive experience of the operation of NHS services
- Proven ability to manage financial and physical resources effectively
- Extensive experience in the performance management and development of staff
- Evidence of successful management of change in clinical services delivery in a complex organisation
- Evidence of delivery of key NHS targets and commitment to on-going service improvement
- Financial Management
- HR knowledge and good experience of resolution of complex people management issues
- Good understanding of IT systems, their application and potential
- Knowledge of change/OD (systems, structural, cultural factors)
Desirable
- Experience of managing clinical areas
Skills, abilities and competencies
Essential
- Well-developed leadership and motivational skills
- Capacity to operate and think laterally at Trust and operational level
- Well-developed influencing and negotiation skills
- Evidence of personal insight and sound judgement in situations of conflicting
- Pressures and complex information
- Innovative and responsive to change
- Capacity to build and develop teams, and maintain constructive working relationships at all levels and disciplines
- Proven track record of collaborative working with Senior Clinicians and Senior Managers
Behavioural Qualities
Essential
- Courteous and Respectful
- Kind and Helpful
- Responsive Communication
- Effective and Professional
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge and expertise across a number of subject areas
- Evidence of recent professional development
- Educated to relevant degree level or equivalent experience
- Professional management qualification (NVQ level 4)/ or working towards postgraduate level or equivalent recent senior management experience
- Master's degree in healthcare related subject or demonstrable ability to work at masters level
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive appropriate NHS management experience in an acute hospital and/or community setting
- Detailed understanding and extensive experience of the operation of NHS services
- Proven ability to manage financial and physical resources effectively
- Extensive experience in the performance management and development of staff
- Evidence of successful management of change in clinical services delivery in a complex organisation
- Evidence of delivery of key NHS targets and commitment to on-going service improvement
- Financial Management
- HR knowledge and good experience of resolution of complex people management issues
- Good understanding of IT systems, their application and potential
- Knowledge of change/OD (systems, structural, cultural factors)
Desirable
- Experience of managing clinical areas
Skills, abilities and competencies
Essential
- Well-developed leadership and motivational skills
- Capacity to operate and think laterally at Trust and operational level
- Well-developed influencing and negotiation skills
- Evidence of personal insight and sound judgement in situations of conflicting
- Pressures and complex information
- Innovative and responsive to change
- Capacity to build and develop teams, and maintain constructive working relationships at all levels and disciplines
- Proven track record of collaborative working with Senior Clinicians and Senior Managers
Behavioural Qualities
Essential
- Courteous and Respectful
- Kind and Helpful
- Responsive Communication
- Effective and Professional
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.
