Deputy Director of Operations

Job responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Standard Level.

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to doctorate level (or equivalent experience) with highly developed specialist knowledge through a combination of in-depth experience and postgraduate or post-registration study.
• Evidence of post-qualification study/professional.
• Experience at senior manager level, or equivalent.

Desirable

• Senior Leadership training
• Management training
• NHS Experience

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Significant experience of working at a senior management level.
• Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector (or equivalent), with up to date knowledge of operational and clinical services.
• Experience of working competently in an acute healthcare or equivalent setting in a senior operational delivery / management position.
• Demonstrable knowledge of National and Local NHS; and changing national infrastructure.
• Evidence of advanced leadership qualities.
• Evidence of presenting complex information to internal and external groups in an understandable way.
• Evidence of successful leadership, management and engagement of clinical teams to introduce change.
• Strategic report writing skills and experience.
• Experience of policy critique and writing to ensure fit for purpose.
• Experience of liaising with ICB in relation to commission of provision of services.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and manipulate complex data, to facilitate operational delivery decisions to support key performance targets.
• Experience of successful delegated budget management and evidence of achieving financial and finite resource targets.
• Proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets.
• Experience of leading and delivering significant programmes of change within an NHS setting, or equivalent.
• Experience in the specialist area and working pro-actively with practitioners from own or another profession who are experienced in this, together with relevant short courses and self-study.
• Substantial programme of knowledge development, e.g. rotating and actively participating in all aspects of the specialist work, attending appropriate study days and short courses, undertaking extended self-study.

Desirable

• Understanding of more than one specialist area in health care.
• Project management experience

Skills

Essential

• Ability to analyse complex problems and develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
• Able to perform complex audits to improve service delivery
• Demonstrate a common sense approach, when advising and influencing internal and external colleagues.
• Articulate with highly developed communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison and negotiation skills.
• Computer literacy (Excel; Microsoft Word; PowerPoint; email) with advanced keyboard skills
• High level of work organisation with the ability to meet strict deadlines, within resources available.
• Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and complex projects from initiation to completion
• Well-developed IT skills to understand, analyse, manipulate, manage and present reports on complex performance data, highlighting cross- Directorate interdependencies.
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Ability to build and sustain successful teams.
• Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations.
• Ability to manage conflict.
• Ability to critically analyse complex financial and clinical data sets.
• Business focused; Sensitive to clinical and political demand.
• Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change.
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Proven record of pro-active performance management.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).