Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Women's Health Division at University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring leader with extensive senior operational experience, who is passionate about quality, patient-centred care and improving services for women. This is brand new Deputy Divisional Manager position within the Women's Health divisional management team.
The Women's Health Division consists of breast, gynaecology, obstetrics and neonatology services. The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing serves as a district hospital for local cases and as a specialist referral centre for a much wider area, including tertiary referrals from other centres in the UK. UCLH is the designated cancer centre for gynae-oncology in North Central London and delivers urogynaecology, general gynaecology, endometriosis, reproductive medicine, and paediatric gynaecology services. Birth deliveries number over 5000 per annum and there is a specialist fetal medicine unit. UCLH is the designated perinatal centre for the North Central London neonatal network.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Divisional Manager, the Deputy Divisional Manager will have a division wide leadership role focused on implementation of cross cutting programmes focused on financial sustainability, commercial opportunities and digital innovation as well as day to day oversight of maternity and neonatal services.
The Deputy Divisional Manager is responsible for leading the operational management and strategic projects within the Women's Health Division and their key responsibilities will be to:o Support the clinical, operational nursing, midwifery and AHP leads within the division with a specific focus on providing senior operational leadership to neonatal and maternity services.o Co-lead a number of ambitious Women's Health strategic projects including the large scale programmes to expand neonatal inpatient capacity, restack the existing EGA site and develop new gynaecology services working with multidisciplinary members of the divisional leadership team, leads from UCLH Strategy team and other stakeholders within the organisation.o Provide direction and oversight of key service improvement projects in maternity and neonatal services to improve patient and staff experience, enable the service to respond to growing capacity challenges and ensure optimal pathways for patients.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or equivalent (or able to demonstrate equivalent level of equivalent experience)
- Extensive knowledge within the context of acute inpatient and outpatient services
Desirable
- A formal post graduate qualification, ideally in management or equivalent senior level experience.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working at a senior operational management level within the NHS managing multiprofessional complex service/s .
- Demonstrable NHS experience and knowledge in how to manage and oversee services
- Extensive experience of service redesign and development of services to support continual improvement and efficiency
- Demonstrable experience of effective budgetary management and control, including achieving targets around cost improvement programmes and other financial targets.
- A proven success in business planning and in the development and effective implementation of complex strategic plans
- A proven record in successful leadership of complex operational change while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality
- Quality focused with and innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems.
- Experience of leadership of complex services.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- High standard of written work
- Has a very good understanding of supporting hospital improvements and financial management.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of multidisciplinary issues and commitment to multidisciplinary working
- Demonstrates an ability to network and collaborate across health and social care settings.
- Ability to meet deadlines and complete tasks within agreed time scales.
- Analytical & verbal reasoning skills
- A clear understanding of the components of Clinical Governance and how these contribute to an integrated quality service
- IT literate including Excel, Word, data analysis and summarising skills
- Evidence of political awareness and sensitivity to the high profile of the Directorate and the Trust
- Attention to detail, whilst being able to work in a fast paced and changing environment.
Values
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving
Communication
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills covering oral and written skills in formal and informal situations.
- Demonstrable negotiation skills
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Demonstrable record of successful line management of staff and proven team leadership and motivational skills.
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Masters or equivalent (or able to demonstrate equivalent level of equivalent experience)
- Extensive knowledge within the context of acute inpatient and outpatient services
Desirable
- A formal post graduate qualification, ideally in management or equivalent senior level experience.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working at a senior operational management level within the NHS managing multiprofessional complex service/s .
- Demonstrable NHS experience and knowledge in how to manage and oversee services
- Extensive experience of service redesign and development of services to support continual improvement and efficiency
- Demonstrable experience of effective budgetary management and control, including achieving targets around cost improvement programmes and other financial targets.
- A proven success in business planning and in the development and effective implementation of complex strategic plans
- A proven record in successful leadership of complex operational change while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality
- Quality focused with and innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems.
- Experience of leadership of complex services.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- High standard of written work
- Has a very good understanding of supporting hospital improvements and financial management.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of multidisciplinary issues and commitment to multidisciplinary working
- Demonstrates an ability to network and collaborate across health and social care settings.
- Ability to meet deadlines and complete tasks within agreed time scales.
- Analytical & verbal reasoning skills
- A clear understanding of the components of Clinical Governance and how these contribute to an integrated quality service
- IT literate including Excel, Word, data analysis and summarising skills
- Evidence of political awareness and sensitivity to the high profile of the Directorate and the Trust
- Attention to detail, whilst being able to work in a fast paced and changing environment.
Values
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving
Communication
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills covering oral and written skills in formal and informal situations.
- Demonstrable negotiation skills
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Demonstrable record of successful line management of staff and proven team leadership and motivational skills.
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
