Job summary
Are you a proactive and resourceful healthcare manager with a passion for driving efficiency and improvement? We are seeking an Efficiency Lead to work with our directorate teams, acting as the key point of contact for all matters relating to business efficiency across the Division of Medicine & Integrated Care.
The Business Efficiency Manager leads on this portfolio for the division, working closely with senior operational managers and clinicians in support of all work relating to identifying, developing and delivering improved cost effectiveness across their services. This will incorporate elements of service improvement; operational controls; project management and implementation, including monitoring outputs and delivery. The post holder will use proven methodologies to create structure, stimulate creativity and utilise their experience of managing projects to ensure the effective delivery of programmes of work aimed at improving the efficiency of services. In addition, they will ensure relevant, appropriate and accurate data is made available, analysed and presented to aide senior business decision making.
Main duties of the job
- Lead on the development, delivery, and assurance of the Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) and Equality and Quality Impact Assessment (EQIA) processes for the division.
- Apply and promote robust project management methodologies to support and embed sustainable change.
- Work closely with directorate teams, basing yourself across our three main sites: Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary's Hospitals.
- Act as the primary contact for efficiency initiatives, supporting teams to identify, plan, and deliver service improvements.
- Provide expert guidance and oversight on efficiency projects, ensuring alignment with divisional and Trust priorities.
- Analyse data and present validated information to support decision-making and drive continuous improvement.
- Work closely with finance colleagues to ensure consistent and accurate plans and forecasts.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
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 overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
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 overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree, equivalent professional qualification or suitable experience
- Relevant post graduate courses or equivalent in a relevant healthcare or numeric related discipline
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable success in project management
- Able to describe and give examples of established efficiency and improvement methodology
- Proven success in delivering change and positive performance
- Experience of managing a multidisciplinary project team
- Experience of project budgets
- Experience of service redesign and development
- Experience dealing with complex and/or sensitive information and unpredictable situations
Desirable
- First-hand experience of working according to a defined improvement methodology
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse highly complex problems and situations and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Knowledge of financial and operational patient level data systems to analyse activity, income and expenditure
- Ability to manipulate data in the form of spreadsheets to an expert level, using pivot tables, lookups and advanced formatting techniques
- Substantial experience of an analytical role within the NHS, with knowledge of patient-based systems and how data in the NHS is recorded.
- Ability to think and plan creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships
- Ability to think strategically and laterally
- Excellent IT and financial skills including the ability to create and handle formal documents and datasets using word processing skills. Producing spreadsheets and analysis for presentation at meetings, presentations and Board level events
- Ability to think innovatively in a work context Proven track record of writing high quality reports, production of business cases and presenting data clearly
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills, negotiation and influencing skills demonstrated through the ability to engage others
- Proven track record of writing high quality reports, production of business cases and presenting data clearly
Desirable
- Knowledge of service line reporting
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree, equivalent professional qualification or suitable experience
- Relevant post graduate courses or equivalent in a relevant healthcare or numeric related discipline
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable success in project management
- Able to describe and give examples of established efficiency and improvement methodology
- Proven success in delivering change and positive performance
- Experience of managing a multidisciplinary project team
- Experience of project budgets
- Experience of service redesign and development
- Experience dealing with complex and/or sensitive information and unpredictable situations
Desirable
- First-hand experience of working according to a defined improvement methodology
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse highly complex problems and situations and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Knowledge of financial and operational patient level data systems to analyse activity, income and expenditure
- Ability to manipulate data in the form of spreadsheets to an expert level, using pivot tables, lookups and advanced formatting techniques
- Substantial experience of an analytical role within the NHS, with knowledge of patient-based systems and how data in the NHS is recorded.
- Ability to think and plan creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships
- Ability to think strategically and laterally
- Excellent IT and financial skills including the ability to create and handle formal documents and datasets using word processing skills. Producing spreadsheets and analysis for presentation at meetings, presentations and Board level events
- Ability to think innovatively in a work context Proven track record of writing high quality reports, production of business cases and presenting data clearly
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills, negotiation and influencing skills demonstrated through the ability to engage others
- Proven track record of writing high quality reports, production of business cases and presenting data clearly
Desirable
- Knowledge of service line reporting
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).
