Job summary
This is a key leadership role within United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust (ULHT), enabling the Deputy Director of Strategy and Planning to fulfil their responsibility for ensuring the presence of a clear strategic direction for clinical and corporate services helping ULHT achieve its vision.
The Strategy Manager will work with clinical leaders and management teams to develop effective strategies to achieve clinical and financial sustainability.
This post will assist in the annual update to the Integrated Improvement Plan (IIP) to include the evolving specialty clinical strategies and associated information regarding workforce, finance, and estates. This will include the dissemination of highly complex and politically sensitive information where there may be conflicting expectations.
Underpinning this role will be and ability to foster and develop effective relationships across organisations with particular focus on the development and subsequent delivery of the Lincolnshire System Joint Forward View.
As a subject matter and strategy expert, the post holder will be required to possess an advanced level of analysis and be able to resolve complex analytical queries and issues where there is a range of solutions and analyses. They will also be required to interpret and resolve highly complex statistical and information problems.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have leadership responsibility for the specialty review programme and development of key strategies; working collaboratively with the clinical and non-clinical teams to support the development and implementation of long term strategies for transformation and improvement.
The role will involve working with a working with a wider range of both internal and external stakeholders and with designated project staff to ensure the effective management and delivery of all aspects of allocated projects from scoping through options appraisal, implementation, performance management, and evaluation. This will include working collaboratively with System partners and across organisational boundaries.
The post holder will work closely with the senior clinical, divisional and operational teams in support of the development of key messages, principles and strategic objectives in support of the development and delivery of speciality clinical strategy and the subsequent delivery plans. This will include key objectives, timescales and cost improvement opportunities
As the subject matter expert, you will undertake best practice reviews to create insight documents and options appraisals and specialty review data packs for inclusion and use at specialty review workshops and beyond. Triangulating national and regional best practices opportunities to improve our services.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to Master's Degree or Professional Management training or qualification to an equivalent level
- oEvidence of continuing professional development
Specific Requirements
Essential
- oAbility to travel to different Trust sites, as required
Desirable
- oAbility to travel and attend events outside the Trust area as required
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- oExcellent written communication skills and ability to write and present reports/document for a range of audiences
- oExcellent presentation and facilitation skills
- oGood working knowledge of relevant NHS policy initiatives and likely changes in the medium term.
- oExperience of the development of clinical strategies
- oWell-developed analytical skills with sound judgement in interpreting data and nuances of information.
- oHigh level of organisation, self-motivation and flexibility in approach and attitude.
Desirable
- oWide experience of using databases, spreadsheets and analytical tools. (eg Model Hospital, Public View, Dr Foster, Aspyre)
- oBusiness management skills
- oAbility to manage multiple projects
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oManagement experience in an operational or strategic role in the NHS
- oProgramme and project management experience
- oProven track record of working with colleagues in other organisations to deliver improvements/change
- oProven track record of representing an organisation at a senior level
Desirable
- oFamiliarity with clinical service management issues
- oExperience of working in an acute hospital setting
- oSuccessful business case development and implementation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEducated to Master's Degree or Professional Management training or qualification to an equivalent level
- oEvidence of continuing professional development
Specific Requirements
Essential
- oAbility to travel to different Trust sites, as required
Desirable
- oAbility to travel and attend events outside the Trust area as required
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport and credibility with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- oExcellent written communication skills and ability to write and present reports/document for a range of audiences
- oExcellent presentation and facilitation skills
- oGood working knowledge of relevant NHS policy initiatives and likely changes in the medium term.
- oExperience of the development of clinical strategies
- oWell-developed analytical skills with sound judgement in interpreting data and nuances of information.
- oHigh level of organisation, self-motivation and flexibility in approach and attitude.
Desirable
- oWide experience of using databases, spreadsheets and analytical tools. (eg Model Hospital, Public View, Dr Foster, Aspyre)
- oBusiness management skills
- oAbility to manage multiple projects
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oManagement experience in an operational or strategic role in the NHS
- oProgramme and project management experience
- oProven track record of working with colleagues in other organisations to deliver improvements/change
- oProven track record of representing an organisation at a senior level
Desirable
- oFamiliarity with clinical service management issues
- oExperience of working in an acute hospital setting
- oSuccessful business case development and implementation
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).
