Job summary
Associate Director of Strategic Business and Pathology
Are you a seasoned healthcare leader with a passion for driving excellence and delivering top-quality patient care? Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional candidate for the position of Associate Director of Operations for Strategic Business Delivery and Pathology. A role at the forefront of shaping the future of healthcare delivery. As the Associate Director of Operations, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and deputising for the Director of Operations, who oversees a budget of approximately £100 million. Leading our engagement with Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS), including oversight of the mortuary , you will be instrumental in ensuring the highest standards of patient care, efficient resource utilization, and strategic leadership within our Networked Care Group.
As the Associate Director of Operations for Networked Care at Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust the postholder will support and deputise for the Director of Operations who holds a budget of circa £100 million.
Main duties of the job
Exceptional Leadership: Demonstrate proven senior management experience in a diverse and complex healthcare environment, contributing to the strategic vision and operational excellence.
Financial Acumen: Showcase your knowledge of NHS financial regimes, budgetary management, and your ability to implement cost-effective strategies
Strategic Thinker: Drive the development and implementation of the Care Group strategy alongside the Director of Operations, ensuring alignment with Trust and community needs.
Innovative Problem Solver: Utilise business intelligence methodologies to identify and implement innovative solutions, leading on actions that realize benefits for cost improvement programs.
People-Centric Approach: Foster a collaborative and supportive Triumvirate working environment, promoting an improvement culture where staff are empowered to make positive changes.
Performance Management Expertise: Take a lead role in ensuring the delivery of performance targets, operating an effective and transparent performance management framework.
About us
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the job role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the job role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to Master's Degree or an equivalent qualification
- A management/ leadership qualification or proven track record in a senior management/professional/clinical management and leadership role.
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of tactical management and delivery at a senior level in a large, complex, service focused organisation, including staff management, change management, performance management, and service improvement.
- Demonstrable experience of building personal and professional credibility with clinical and operational senior managers, Directors, staff, external agencies and the public.
Desirable
- Experience deputising for a director of operations
Knowledge
Essential
- Track record of successful organisation wide project management including as Senior Responsible Officer or programme management delivery of formal change initiatives.
- Demonstrates ability to manage complex and conflicting priorities, balancing competing priorities of services and staff
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to Master's Degree or an equivalent qualification
- A management/ leadership qualification or proven track record in a senior management/professional/clinical management and leadership role.
Experience
Essential
- Proven track record of tactical management and delivery at a senior level in a large, complex, service focused organisation, including staff management, change management, performance management, and service improvement.
- Demonstrable experience of building personal and professional credibility with clinical and operational senior managers, Directors, staff, external agencies and the public.
Desirable
- Experience deputising for a director of operations
Knowledge
Essential
- Track record of successful organisation wide project management including as Senior Responsible Officer or programme management delivery of formal change initiatives.
- Demonstrates ability to manage complex and conflicting priorities, balancing competing priorities of services and staff
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).
