Job summary
Competitive Salary - Senior Staff Contract equivalent to an AfC 8c
Permanent Full time
Newcastle Hospitals as an organisation seeks to continuously improve our services, we have moved to a strengthened clinically led structure of Clinical Boards, bringing together a range of clinical directorates and specialties and focussed on the needs of our patients and staff.
Each Clinical Board is led by a triumvirate leadership team including a Clinical Board Chair (CBC), a Director of Operations (DoP) and a Head of Nursing. Associate Directors of Operations report to Clinical Board Directors of Operations and are key senior roles that will support in driving delivery and transformation to enable the Trust to remain a recognised centre of clinical, teaching and research excellence.
Main duties of the job
The Surgical and Specialist Services RVI Clinical Board has accountability for over 1700 staff and a budget of up to £150m. The ADO is responsible to the Director of Operations for the Clinical Board for ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources in delivering high quality patient centred care within their area(s) of responsibility within the Clinical Board.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail, and will be required to complete psychometric tools in advance of the assessment process. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox.
For further information, please contact Jane Melvin Director of Operations Surgical and Specialist Services Royal Victoria Infirmary jane.melvin1@nhs.net 0191 2825261
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Closing Date for applications: Sunday 12 May 2024
Interview Date: Wednesday 29 May 2024
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The ADO is responsible to the Director of Operations for the Clinical Board for ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources in delivering high quality patient centred care within their area(s) of responsibility within the Clinical Board.
- To ensure the delivery of agreed performance targets within their portfolio.
- To contribute to the development and implementation of corporate strategies and decisions within the Clinical Board and the Organisation.
- Responsible for the line management of all non-medical staff within their portfolio
- There is a continuing need for the post holder to influence and direct medical staff to ensure practice is within Trust policies, key targets are achieved and clinical and corporate governance is addressed
- Ensure compliance with all relevant professional standards including UKAS, ISO, MHRA and HTA
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The ADO is responsible to the Director of Operations for the Clinical Board for ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources in delivering high quality patient centred care within their area(s) of responsibility within the Clinical Board.
- To ensure the delivery of agreed performance targets within their portfolio.
- To contribute to the development and implementation of corporate strategies and decisions within the Clinical Board and the Organisation.
- Responsible for the line management of all non-medical staff within their portfolio
- There is a continuing need for the post holder to influence and direct medical staff to ensure practice is within Trust policies, key targets are achieved and clinical and corporate governance is addressed
- Ensure compliance with all relevant professional standards including UKAS, ISO, MHRA and HTA
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Training Required
Essential
- Degree level education supplemented by post graduate study and relevant management or clinical experience to master's degree level or equivalent.
Desirable
- Other professional qualifications relevant to the role.
Experience
Essential
- Successful recent achievement record within a large, complex, NHS environment.
- Successful recent experience of leading and managing transformational change, and service redesign, including staff consultation and engagement
- Able to demonstrate an understanding and experience of motivating people and transforming services
- Demonstrable experience of business planning, and the production of comprehensive and complex business cases
- Significant budgetary and staff management experience
- Delivery of productivity improvements in conjunction with clinical and other colleagues
- Experience in service marketing, promoting unique qualities of own service, and delivering a successful service strategy to capture market share.
Desirable
- Experience in service marketing, promoting unique qualities of own service, and delivering a successful service strategy to capture market share.
- Maximising service income potential
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Well-developed understanding of health service issues.
- Good understanding of current emerging health issues, commissioning systems and performance standards.
- In depth knowledge of the NHS, recent reforms including Health and Social Care Act 2012
- Clear understanding of NHS Five Year Forward View, future landscape for health and social care.
- IT skills - significant proficiency in use of MS Office suite and other IT systems. Demonstrable knowledge of NHS information systems, data sources and benchmarking resources.
- Able to provide high quality, accurate and timely reporting and performance information.
Desirable
- Developing protocols and policies to underpin collaborative working with key stakeholders.
- Research and audit skills
- Particular understanding of Sustainability and Transformation Plans/ICS.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Training Required
Essential
- Degree level education supplemented by post graduate study and relevant management or clinical experience to master's degree level or equivalent.
Desirable
- Other professional qualifications relevant to the role.
Experience
Essential
- Successful recent achievement record within a large, complex, NHS environment.
- Successful recent experience of leading and managing transformational change, and service redesign, including staff consultation and engagement
- Able to demonstrate an understanding and experience of motivating people and transforming services
- Demonstrable experience of business planning, and the production of comprehensive and complex business cases
- Significant budgetary and staff management experience
- Delivery of productivity improvements in conjunction with clinical and other colleagues
- Experience in service marketing, promoting unique qualities of own service, and delivering a successful service strategy to capture market share.
Desirable
- Experience in service marketing, promoting unique qualities of own service, and delivering a successful service strategy to capture market share.
- Maximising service income potential
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Well-developed understanding of health service issues.
- Good understanding of current emerging health issues, commissioning systems and performance standards.
- In depth knowledge of the NHS, recent reforms including Health and Social Care Act 2012
- Clear understanding of NHS Five Year Forward View, future landscape for health and social care.
- IT skills - significant proficiency in use of MS Office suite and other IT systems. Demonstrable knowledge of NHS information systems, data sources and benchmarking resources.
- Able to provide high quality, accurate and timely reporting and performance information.
Desirable
- Developing protocols and policies to underpin collaborative working with key stakeholders.
- Research and audit skills
- Particular understanding of Sustainability and Transformation Plans/ICS.
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).
