Job summary
Director of Elective Performance and Improvement - Band 9
The Director of Elective Improvement will continue to strive to enable Barts Health NHS Trust to become a leader in the delivery of elective care for the population of East London.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
**Interviews will be held on 23 or 24 August 2023**
For any queries regarding this role please contact:
Jan Flint, Programme Director Elective Recovery janflint1@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a practice, skilled, compassionate and inclusive leader who has significant operational experience within elective care and has a good understanding of RTT rules and principles. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and directing the day to day management of the Trust RTT Improvement and Outsourcing team. They will be required to have good interpersonal and influencing skills and will work closely with Hospital Clinical and Operational teams to delivery access and activity targets relating to elective care.
The ability to work with complexity and with multiple stakeholders across the Trust, Acute Provider Collaborative, Integrated Care System is a critical part of this role.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachments.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Qualification
- Post Graduate Leadership training
- Training in NHS Finance Management
- Participation in continued professional development CPD to improve and update specialist knowledge
Desirable
- Project Management qualification or substantial project management experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience of senior operational management in the NHS
- Experience of leading large teams of professional staff and management of staff within a performance management culture
- Detailed understanding and experience of operational management of an acute hospital service
- Successful delivery of significant organisational change, including service improvement and service integration
- A record of significant achievement in directing and managing the delivery and improvement of services within an organisation of comparable complexity
- Experience in successful project management
- Experience of managing budgets at c£70 million and evidence of identifying and delivery significant saving plans
- Experience of managing Referral To Treatment Waiting Times at a Trust-wide level
- Experience of inter-agency working and the development of patient pathways across organisational boundaries
- Experience of business planning and identification of cost improvement programmes. Together with an understanding of NHS contracting
- Experience of working with clinical colleagues on pathway redesign to improve patient experience
Desirable
- Experience of holding responsibility for large groups of employees across multiple sites
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of NHS policy and other key policy drivers, (performance management, operating framework, capacity planning, payment by results, independent sector development).
- Knowledge and experience of developing systems to drive improvements in performance management, quality, risk and governance and research
Skills
Essential
- Full range of skills in using IT desktop applications
- Strong financial management skills and ability to manage services within budget
- Proven success in business planning and in the successful development and implementation of strategic plans
- Able to use detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to bring innovation to the service lines and the Trust
- Able to analyse and work through operational issues and to negotiate solutions with other stakeholders
- Highly developed report writing, MS Excel and presentation skills
- Highly developed skills of managing and analysing large amounts of data on MS Excel in particular in relation to waiting times monitoring
Skills
Essential
- Full range of skills in using IT desktop applications
- Strong financial management skills and ability to manage services within budget
- Proven success in business planning and in the successful development and implementation of strategic plans
- Able to use detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to bring innovation to the service lines and the Trust
- Able to analyse and work through operational issues and to negotiate solutions with other stakeholders
- Highly developed report writing, MS Excel and presentation skills
- Highly developed skills of managing and analysing large amounts of data on MS Excel in particular in relation to waiting times monitoring
Skills
Essential
- Full range of skills in using IT desktop applications
- Strong financial management skills and ability to manage services within budget
- Proven success in business planning and in the successful development and implementation of strategic plans
- Able to use detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to bring innovation to the service lines and the Trust
- Able to analyse and work through operational issues and to negotiate solutions with other stakeholders
- Highly developed report writing, MS Excel and presentation skills
- Highly developed skills of managing and analysing large amounts of data on MS Excel in particular in relation to waiting times monitoring
Skills
Essential
- Full range of skills in using IT desktop applications
- Strong financial management skills and ability to manage services within budget
- Proven success in business planning and in the successful development and implementation of strategic plans
- Able to use detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to bring innovation to the service lines and the Trust
- Able to analyse and work through operational issues and to negotiate solutions with other stakeholders
- Highly developed report writing, MS Excel and presentation skills
- Highly developed skills of managing and analysing large amounts of data on MS Excel in particular in relation to waiting times monitoring
Other
Essential
- Well-developed leadership skills to achieve service, hospital and Trust, including and corporate objectives, through effective management of individuals and teams
- Ability to influence clinical and operational staff regarding of line management arrangements
- Ability to coach staff in ways that enable good team building
- Ability to communicate at all levels within the organisation
- Able to manage changing and conflicting priorities effectively
- Able to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to promote successful partnership working
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Receptive to constructive feedback to support improvement in service delivery
- The breadth of outlook and political skill necessary to establish effective working relationships with staff at all levels within and outside the organization
- The ability to analyse complex issues, to think and plan to achieve both tactical and strategic objectives, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures
Desirable
- Able to participate in the Hospitals Senior on-call management rota
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Qualification
- Post Graduate Leadership training
- Training in NHS Finance Management
- Participation in continued professional development CPD to improve and update specialist knowledge
Desirable
- Project Management qualification or substantial project management experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience of senior operational management in the NHS
- Experience of leading large teams of professional staff and management of staff within a performance management culture
- Detailed understanding and experience of operational management of an acute hospital service
- Successful delivery of significant organisational change, including service improvement and service integration
- A record of significant achievement in directing and managing the delivery and improvement of services within an organisation of comparable complexity
- Experience in successful project management
- Experience of managing budgets at c£70 million and evidence of identifying and delivery significant saving plans
- Experience of managing Referral To Treatment Waiting Times at a Trust-wide level
- Experience of inter-agency working and the development of patient pathways across organisational boundaries
- Experience of business planning and identification of cost improvement programmes. Together with an understanding of NHS contracting
- Experience of working with clinical colleagues on pathway redesign to improve patient experience
Desirable
- Experience of holding responsibility for large groups of employees across multiple sites
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of NHS policy and other key policy drivers, (performance management, operating framework, capacity planning, payment by results, independent sector development).
- Knowledge and experience of developing systems to drive improvements in performance management, quality, risk and governance and research
Skills
Essential
- Full range of skills in using IT desktop applications
- Strong financial management skills and ability to manage services within budget
- Proven success in business planning and in the successful development and implementation of strategic plans
- Able to use detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to bring innovation to the service lines and the Trust
- Able to analyse and work through operational issues and to negotiate solutions with other stakeholders
- Highly developed report writing, MS Excel and presentation skills
- Highly developed skills of managing and analysing large amounts of data on MS Excel in particular in relation to waiting times monitoring
Skills
Essential
- Full range of skills in using IT desktop applications
- Strong financial management skills and ability to manage services within budget
- Proven success in business planning and in the successful development and implementation of strategic plans
- Able to use detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to bring innovation to the service lines and the Trust
- Able to analyse and work through operational issues and to negotiate solutions with other stakeholders
- Highly developed report writing, MS Excel and presentation skills
- Highly developed skills of managing and analysing large amounts of data on MS Excel in particular in relation to waiting times monitoring
Skills
Essential
- Full range of skills in using IT desktop applications
- Strong financial management skills and ability to manage services within budget
- Proven success in business planning and in the successful development and implementation of strategic plans
- Able to use detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to bring innovation to the service lines and the Trust
- Able to analyse and work through operational issues and to negotiate solutions with other stakeholders
- Highly developed report writing, MS Excel and presentation skills
- Highly developed skills of managing and analysing large amounts of data on MS Excel in particular in relation to waiting times monitoring
Skills
Essential
- Full range of skills in using IT desktop applications
- Strong financial management skills and ability to manage services within budget
- Proven success in business planning and in the successful development and implementation of strategic plans
- Able to use detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to bring innovation to the service lines and the Trust
- Able to analyse and work through operational issues and to negotiate solutions with other stakeholders
- Highly developed report writing, MS Excel and presentation skills
- Highly developed skills of managing and analysing large amounts of data on MS Excel in particular in relation to waiting times monitoring
Other
Essential
- Well-developed leadership skills to achieve service, hospital and Trust, including and corporate objectives, through effective management of individuals and teams
- Ability to influence clinical and operational staff regarding of line management arrangements
- Ability to coach staff in ways that enable good team building
- Ability to communicate at all levels within the organisation
- Able to manage changing and conflicting priorities effectively
- Able to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to promote successful partnership working
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Receptive to constructive feedback to support improvement in service delivery
- The breadth of outlook and political skill necessary to establish effective working relationships with staff at all levels within and outside the organization
- The ability to analyse complex issues, to think and plan to achieve both tactical and strategic objectives, and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures
Desirable
- Able to participate in the Hospitals Senior on-call management rota
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).
