Job summary
Each Care Group is led and overseen by a Managing Director reporting to the Chief Operating Officer.
Each Care group will oversee a range of services and have a clear leadership structure working to the Managing Director. The senior leadership team for each of the Care Groups are also responsible for the day to day running of each of the hospitals, Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother, Margate, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford and Kent and Canterbury, Canterbury.
The Care Groups work collaboratively across the Trust and the local and sector systems for the purposes for continually improving the care for our patients and those who use the service.
The predominant responsibilities of the role will be to lead the development of the Care Group, ensuring that the intended outcomes for quality, performance, finance, workforce, transformation and collaborative system working are delivered.
Main duties of the job
The role will support the Deputy General Manager in the day to day operational management of the services Trust wide; providing visible site leadership alongside the Senior Matrons and Site and Specialty Clinical Leads. The post will support the Deputy General Manager to develop and monitor the service strategies. The role will support the formulation of the annual service plan, implanting this plan and monitoring progress.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Previous experience in a Healthcare environment
- Proven track record of achieving targets
- Experience and knowledge of the current issues and themes affecting the NHS
- Experience report writing and delivering presentations
- Experience of staff management inclusive of setting objectives, team and individual appraisals and recruitment and disciplinaries
- Experience working across networks and wide range of stakeholders
- Budget management inclusive of reducing costs/efficiency gains, monitoring and determining corrective action
- Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work proactively with senior managers
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience Evidence of Continuous professional development
- Evidence of Continuous professional development
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this effects visitors, patients and staff
- Understanding of the NHS constitution
Other requirements
Essential
- Understanding Trust values and mission statement
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Previous experience in a Healthcare environment
- Proven track record of achieving targets
- Experience and knowledge of the current issues and themes affecting the NHS
- Experience report writing and delivering presentations
- Experience of staff management inclusive of setting objectives, team and individual appraisals and recruitment and disciplinaries
- Experience working across networks and wide range of stakeholders
- Budget management inclusive of reducing costs/efficiency gains, monitoring and determining corrective action
- Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work proactively with senior managers
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience Evidence of Continuous professional development
- Evidence of Continuous professional development
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this effects visitors, patients and staff
- Understanding of the NHS constitution
Other requirements
Essential
- Understanding Trust values and mission statement
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).
