Managing Director Acute Services

Job summary

Managing Director Acute Services

Full Time - VSM

The Managing Director for Acute Services will provide executive level leadership and be responsible at board level for all Acute Hospital Services. Working in tandem with the Managing Director - Community Services and Integration, they will ensure the Trust's operational services are delivered in a safe and effective way.

Proposed Interview Date - 4th July 2024

Main duties of the job

1. To act as executive lead for the Trust's response to urgent and emergency care demands, supporting the implementation of the winter plan and developing new approaches to mitigate ongoing additional clinical and operational risks. Specifically to ensure a focus on the safe delivery of care and achievement of the 4 and 12 hour standards and ambulance handover targets.

2. To ensure delivery of the elective care plan and specifically to ensure the Trust achieves the ERF target, 6 week diagnostic and agreed cancer standards.

3. To act as line manager for the Directors of Planned Care, Cancer and Urgent Care and support the 3 clinical directorates - IAC, ISCCS, IWCSH which are primarily focussed on acute service delivery. Specifically to ensure the delivery of quality, operational and financial targets as established in the annual financials plans, working through the performance management process.

4. With the Medical Director, provide line management support to the Clinical Directors and CBU leads of IAC, ISCCS and IWSCH.

5. To develop and run an effective Senior Management Team supporting the operational and strategic delivery of clinical services with clinical leadership being managerially enabled at its heart.

**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements.**

About us

Croydon is a trailblazer in integration to join-up the health and care services available for local people and breakdown barriers between professional teams to make the most of our workforce and expertise.

The Trust runs two hospitals, north and south of the borough. Its main campus, Croydon University Hospital, is home to the borough's only Emergency Department and often receives more ambulances than many major trauma centres.

The hospital provides more than 100 specialist services, including 24/7 maternity care.

An ongoing investment programme is also transforming the facilities available, with a dedicated new children's unit and multi-million pound intensive care unit opening in 2023.

The Trust has one of the most diverse workforce profiles in the capital, with more than half of its staff from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups - almost twice the national average - reflecting the diverse communities it cares for. At the same time, the Trust is increasing its role as an anchor intuition at the heart of its local community. As the borough's largest employer, this includes supporting local business through kick-starters and apprenticeships to increase employment, and working with local universities to train the next generation of health and care workers in Croydon.