Job summary
Gateshead NHS
Foundation Trust are now seeking to appoint a highly ambitious, highly
effective Managing Director to drive activity and continued growth within its
wholly owned and very successful subsidiary, QE Facilities Ltd. With
annual turnover over £350 million and a workforce of around 4,500 staff
Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust delivers care in community settings as well as
from our state-of-the-art care facilities. We are proud to be rated as good
with outstanding care by the Care Quality Commission.
If you are interested and would like to apply - please forward a copy of your CV together with a covering letter summarising why you are interested in this opportunity, and why you believe you are relevant.
If you require any further information or have any questions, please contact our appointed consultant: Scot McHarg | Lead Consultant | NRG T: 0191 260 4472 | M: 07711 111 278 | E: scotmgharg@nrgplc.com
A stakeholder panel and interview will be held on 13th November 2023
Main duties of the job
You will
already be operating at, or close to, board level, with a strong track record
of maximising performance improvement, service enhancement whilst encouraging a
sense of unity and a one team ethos. The successful candidate will be highly
visible, inspiring others with an ability to encourage and motivate teams
towards identifying and delivering innovative partnerships and solutions. You
will be resilient; outcome focused and bring enthusiasm & rigour to
internal & external challenges in order to effectively meet the needs of
the communities we serve.
This is a
challenging but exciting role that provides a real opportunity to be at the
forefront of change within a highly progressive NHS service provider.
Successful candidates will clearly demonstrate a strong motivation towards
enhancing health & care services, the highest standards of personal
integrity alongside an ambitious and commercial growth mindset. It will be
vital therefore for all candidates to also demonstrate a clear understanding
and alignment to the core values of the Trust and its desire to improve all
patient focused activities.
About us
Alongside
providing a comprehensive range of Acute Hospital, Mental Health and Community
Services for approximately 200,000 patients, the Trust provides a range of
specialist Gynae-oncology and Screening Services across the North of England.
In addition, we are also expanding our base of Pathology and Commercial Estates
& Facilities Services. The latter of these is delivered nationally via QE
Facilities Ltd.
Established in
2014, QE Facilities Ltd employs over 700 staff and provides an expansive range
of demand led services across estates, facilities, procurement, supply chain
management, equipment maintenance, transport services and aspects of advice
& consultancy to NHS Trusts and other bodies. Operating along commercial
lines, the subsidiary has access to the trading benefits of a private company,
whilst importantly possessing the ethos, culture and
values of a clinically led and management supported organisation that puts
patients at the centre. Crucially, all of the financial benefits
arising from the subsidiarys activities are returned to Gateshead NHS Foundation
Trust to continually enhance patient services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As
an Executive member of the QEF Board, provide effective leadership in
developing the subsidiary company as a sustainable and thriving company
through the development and delivery of a business strategy for the provision
of a range of services to the Group and other external organisations. In addition, the post holder will be a
member of the Group Board and Trust Director team, working with executive
directors to provide collective leadership for corporate issues outside the
immediate area of responsibility
The
post holder will work with the Trust Director team to negotiate commercial
opportunities as they arise, ensuring good governance and due diligence in
line with the Trusts and Subsidiarys Schemes of Delegation
To
control and oversee all QEF business operations, people, and ventures. The
post is the highest-ranking manager in the organisation and will be
responsible for the overall growth and success of the business.
The
post holder will be a strategist and a leader able to steer the company to
the most profitable direction while also implementing its vision, mission,
and long-term goals.
The
post holder will be responsible for managing the needs and structure of a
multi-faceted business and reporting the individual trading results of each
part of the business.
As
the statutory accountable officer, to be responsible for the overall
management of the Company and its performance in terms of service provision,
financial and corporate viability, ensuring that the Company meets all its
statutory, contractual, and service obligations.
To
ensure that services provided by the subsidiary company are of high quality, professional,
responsive, generate an appropriate rate of return and meet the needs of existing
customers and emerging markets.
To
engage with all clients in continuously reviewing, evaluating, and improving
the way services are delivered, ensuring that all statutory duties are
discharged and that the subsidiary company operates at a maximum level of
efficiency.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As
an Executive member of the QEF Board, provide effective leadership in
developing the subsidiary company as a sustainable and thriving company
through the development and delivery of a business strategy for the provision
of a range of services to the Group and other external organisations. In addition, the post holder will be a
member of the Group Board and Trust Director team, working with executive
directors to provide collective leadership for corporate issues outside the
immediate area of responsibility
The
post holder will work with the Trust Director team to negotiate commercial
opportunities as they arise, ensuring good governance and due diligence in
line with the Trusts and Subsidiarys Schemes of Delegation
To
control and oversee all QEF business operations, people, and ventures. The
post is the highest-ranking manager in the organisation and will be
responsible for the overall growth and success of the business.
The
post holder will be a strategist and a leader able to steer the company to
the most profitable direction while also implementing its vision, mission,
and long-term goals.
The
post holder will be responsible for managing the needs and structure of a
multi-faceted business and reporting the individual trading results of each
part of the business.
As
the statutory accountable officer, to be responsible for the overall
management of the Company and its performance in terms of service provision,
financial and corporate viability, ensuring that the Company meets all its
statutory, contractual, and service obligations.
To
ensure that services provided by the subsidiary company are of high quality, professional,
responsive, generate an appropriate rate of return and meet the needs of existing
customers and emerging markets.
To
engage with all clients in continuously reviewing, evaluating, and improving
the way services are delivered, ensuring that all statutory duties are
discharged and that the subsidiary company operates at a maximum level of
efficiency.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Operating as a Managing Director, preferably, although not exclusively, within a multi faceted management service / company, or having worked at an Executive Director level
- Significant and successful change management
- Developing and delivering multi faceted services including estates, facilities, consultancy, logistics & pharmaceutical services
- Experience of senior leadership in large complex result driven organisations with experience of leading a large estates and facilities department
- Senior experience of business development and commercial contract negotiations and management
- Track record of achievement including formation of successful new business ventures
- Formation of an NHS subsidiary, the legislation and the particulars of the Teckal exemption
- Financial management and wider management principles and techniques.
- Visionary, keen to take on new challenges
- Strong desire to produce results and achieve successful and positive change
- A strong commercial acumen
- Passionate about providing high quality customer / client focused services
- Strong, visible, creative and open leadership style
- Effective and clear communicator with excellent negotiation skills
- Strong intellect, a good strategic thinker and problem solver
- Brings energy, dynamism and creative problem solving to organisational issues
- Committed to respecting, valuing and developing people
- Great communicator
- Financially astute
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level with Masters or equivalent qualification or successful experience at the highest level
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
- Relevant professional qualification / leadership qualification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Working in partnership to drive change
- A wide knowledge of the industry
- Successful strategic and developmental leadership in delivering patient care
- Delivering real and demonstrable change, and galvanising different points of view to take advantage of opportunities
- Effective and strategic influencing
- Successful financial management and performance delivery
- High level of political astuteness
- Leading a large team
- Operating with a commercial focus
- Working under own initiative as well as part of a senior team
- Prioritising multiple business objectives
- Communicating with confidence, conviction and enthusiasm
- Building and maintaining effective relationships
- Working effectively under pressure and multi-tasking
- Political and presentational skills with an appreciation of the demands of conflicting interests and of meeting statutory requirements.
- Analytical and problem-solving
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Operating as a Managing Director, preferably, although not exclusively, within a multi faceted management service / company, or having worked at an Executive Director level
- Significant and successful change management
- Developing and delivering multi faceted services including estates, facilities, consultancy, logistics & pharmaceutical services
- Experience of senior leadership in large complex result driven organisations with experience of leading a large estates and facilities department
- Senior experience of business development and commercial contract negotiations and management
- Track record of achievement including formation of successful new business ventures
- Formation of an NHS subsidiary, the legislation and the particulars of the Teckal exemption
- Financial management and wider management principles and techniques.
- Visionary, keen to take on new challenges
- Strong desire to produce results and achieve successful and positive change
- A strong commercial acumen
- Passionate about providing high quality customer / client focused services
- Strong, visible, creative and open leadership style
- Effective and clear communicator with excellent negotiation skills
- Strong intellect, a good strategic thinker and problem solver
- Brings energy, dynamism and creative problem solving to organisational issues
- Committed to respecting, valuing and developing people
- Great communicator
- Financially astute
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level with Masters or equivalent qualification or successful experience at the highest level
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
- Relevant professional qualification / leadership qualification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Working in partnership to drive change
- A wide knowledge of the industry
- Successful strategic and developmental leadership in delivering patient care
- Delivering real and demonstrable change, and galvanising different points of view to take advantage of opportunities
- Effective and strategic influencing
- Successful financial management and performance delivery
- High level of political astuteness
- Leading a large team
- Operating with a commercial focus
- Working under own initiative as well as part of a senior team
- Prioritising multiple business objectives
- Communicating with confidence, conviction and enthusiasm
- Building and maintaining effective relationships
- Working effectively under pressure and multi-tasking
- Political and presentational skills with an appreciation of the demands of conflicting interests and of meeting statutory requirements.
- Analytical and problem-solving
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).
