Job responsibilities
The
post holder provides management support to the CSU. He/she will have
responsibility for the performance of administrative and clerical staff and
will ensure that services are delivered within budget to agreed quality
standards and in accordance with agreed activity levels.
The
post holder will also work with members of their CSU and other senior
managers in the strategic development of services. This will include
strategic and operational business planning and monitoring, and the
development of relationships with key internal and external partners. The
post holder will ensure the CSU functions as an integral part of the Leeds
Teaching Hospitals Trust and that objectives are achieved.
3. JOB DIMENSIONS
Devolved responsibility for both
pay and non pay budgets in the CSU
Responsible for staff who may work
Trust-wide across several disciplines and clinical specialties
Assist in the performance
management of the CSU
Line manage administrative,
clerical and secretarial staff within the CSU, and take management
responsibility for their personal development and performance review
Responsible for the procurement of
medical and scientific capital equipment
Assist in the operational aspects
of major service and capital planning, i.e. Acute Services Reconfiguration,
Making Leeds Better
Contribute to developing and
sustaining capacity and capability in the CSU
Lead specific project work on
behalf of the General Manager
Deputise for the General Manager,
as directed
5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED
Essential
Educated to degree level or
equivalent professional qualification
Evidence of successful operational management in a
multi-professional environment
Experience of day-to-day people
management and ability to develop others
Experience of budget planning and
management
Operational planning and
implementation
Understanding of the NHS
modernisation agenda
Demonstrates strong analytical
skills
Negotiation and influencing skills
and diplomacy
Ability to communicate in a complex
service
Evidence of developing effective
working relationships within and beyond employing organisation
Effective team leader
Experience of strategic planning
and options appraisal
Knowledge of financial and
commissioning frameworks
Knowledge and experience of
workforce and capacity planning, managing waiting lists, and delivering
business plans
Experience in working in
partnership with others to develop, implement and evaluate policies and
strategies, including managing change
CORE VALUES
Commitment to ensuring the delivery
of high quality evidence based care
Professional image and positive
approach to problem solving.
Maintain positive working
relationships with others
Commitment to own personal and
professional development and the development of others within the team.
Honest and fair minded with a
positive attitude to change.
Willingness and ability to travel
around and between Trust sites, and to key stakeholders.
Promotes a culture of equality,
mutual respect, and diversity
Is regarded as having integrity and
trusted by others
7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE
TRUSTS (WYAAT)
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of
Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across
West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible
care for our patients.
By
bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West
Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving
forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT
is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care
Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The
Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and
wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that
ambition
8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
Ability to work under significant
and sustained pressure and to highly demanding and often conflicting
timescales.
Ability to maintain systems for
keeping abreast of changes in the NHS and their impact on the CSU
Commitment to team working with the
ability to take personal responsibility for difficult decision making
Ability to monitor, maintain and
improve service delivery
Awareness of strategic direction
and ensure local business plans take account of the overall direction of the
Trust
Ability to communicate and network
effectively, negotiate and influence others taking into account the
multi-professional and organisational cultures
Highly developed communication
skills to enable the development of workforce and capacity planning and
ensure that departmental business plans and continually changing service
plans and schedules are updated to meet service needs
Ability to produce a range of
documents to varying audiences, both internal and external to the Trust some
of which is of a confidential, sensitive or contentious nature
Possess change management skills to
include service reconfiguration
Ability to establish processes and
systems within the CSU to develop and monitor financial and business plans
across specialist services working collaboratively with other CSUs
9. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Demonstrates an understanding of
both the NHS culture and of the cultures of the different health professional
groups
Sound understanding of the NHS
modernisation agenda to include priorities from the Department of Health,
TDA, National, Local and Trust Targets
Work within the Trusts Standing
Orders and Standing Financial Instructions and Clinical Governance
arrangements
Work within the Trusts Capital and
Corporate Planning procedures
Understanding and experience of
effective information analysis, data interpretation and presentation, and
software applications essential for communicating business, finance and
workforce plans
Good sound knowledge and
understanding of writing comprehensive business cases
Work within the Trusts HR guidance
and toolkits for HR processes to include workforce planning, recruitment and
selection, honorary contracts
Understanding of Trust Policy and
Procedure, e.g. HR/Risk Management/Clinical Governance
Understanding of Commissioning,
contracting and service agreements to include payment by results
Understanding of management and
operational arrangements in the Trust
9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Actively assists in the development
and management of the Waste Reduction
Programme to ensure financial balance involving the analysis of both
pay and non-pay budgets to identify recurrent savings
Makes judgements involving complex
facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation and the comparison of
a range of options resulting in differing expert opinions and conflict; e.g.
managing clinical risks; agreeing strategies to meet patient access targets,
changing working practices
Contributes to the service
development agenda by identifying and assessing strategic options e.g.
service redesign; capacity and demand management; financial planning and
quality improvement. Presents proposals to the General Manager to input to
the broader strategic debate within the Trust. Understands the whole systems
impact liaising with external partners as appropriate
Leads the development, monitoring
and delivery of business and service plans and processes towards Trust and
National policies and targets
Manages the integration of a
variety of resources to deliver targets/patient pathways the majority of
which are ongoing
Assists in the development of and
monitors activity plans for the CSU, making adjustments as necessary
Leads the development of business
cases whether for changes to service, new equipment or new posts which impact
across the whole organisation
Ensures administration processes
support efficient patient pathways
Participates in the CSU involvement
of patients and representative groups in service planning and development.
Works in partnership with
colleagues and other CSU Teams and external agencies to ensure high quality
patient care is delivered within Trust frameworks the Trusts short to medium
term objectives are delivered
Leads and motivates staff in the
delivery of quality patient care across complex clinical and business
environments and services
Identifies and leads projects to
modernise and improve service delivery and patient access
Participates appropriately in the
investigation of complaints
On behalf of the General Manager,
leads specific project work.
