Job summary
This is a key and vital role in delivering our operating plan and achieving our strategic aims. The post holder will have significant ability to influence, shape and continually improve the services within the Medicine Division. Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer / Deputy CEO, the responsibility will be to deliver through triumvirate leadership within the division working to the Divisional Clinical Director and alongside the Associate Director of Nursing. Key objectives will include leadership for the Medicine Division, to provide high quality safe care, with timely access, and living within financial means.
You will have a commitment to service improvement and working as part of a senior team that fosters an environment of distributive leadership and promotes high standards with emphasis placed upon adherence to the Trust values and behaviours.
You will need to have significant operational experience and to keep both patients and staff welfare at the centre of your personal professional values. You will need to demonstrate commitments to working in collaboration with system partners and to have proven record of accomplishment of leading multidisciplinary teams in Healthcare environments.
Please note that all shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a psychometric/personality questionnaire as well as taking part in a stakeholder panel.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full duties of the role.
Odgers Berndtson are supporting the Trust with this appointment and we would actively encourage potential candidates to speak with them in confidence. For an informal and confidential conversation about this role please contact our recruitment partner Hannah Wade on Hannah.wade@odgersberndtson.com.
Please do not submit an application via NHS Jobs. As we are unable to forward any applications onto Odgers Berndtson, your application will only progress if submitted directly to Odgers Berndston.
This advert will close at 12 noon on Monday 15th April 2024.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in
Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our
three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of
innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our
workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful
and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid
Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm
irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and
gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,
or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to
someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the
LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently
under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from
members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all
applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable
guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If
you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our
patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ACHIEVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE TARGETS/DELIVERY
- Develop and implement effective monitoring arrangements across the
Division to accurately monitor performance (activity, access, quality, finance
and workforce) against local and National targets and advise operational
managers on strategies to address and pro-actively manage any variance.
- Ensure robust and consistent waiting list systems and processes are in
place across the Trust and that waiting lists and times are actively and
appropriately managed in line with the operating plan.
- To lead and develop system wide improvement plans to support the transformation
agenda with key consideration to the involvement and engagement of wider system
partners.
- To collaborate with Divisional Operational Directors, Divisional
Clinical Directors and Executive leaders to ensure planning is collaborative
and well-co-ordinated to a single vision.
- To develop and monitor delivery of constitutional standards within the
division.
- Toensure that all planning takes into account full resource allocation
and is prioritised according to an agreed Trust strategy.
- The post holder will develop and line manage key staff in the division.
SUPPORT THE TRUSTS CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SERVICE
- Support the Director of Operations for the
Acute Care Division with day-to-day patient flow, providing direction and
leadership to the medical specialties to ensure patients are managed through
the system effectively and that the emergency access standard is delivered in
accordance with the operating plan.
- Ensure that robust capacity planning takes place in Division and that
proactive capacity management is in place.
- To contribute to the development of an annual capacity and demand model
that reflects best practice and stretch targets for the organisation.
- Review and develop plans to manage demand and capacity, working within
division to ensure the collective resources are sufficiently flexible and
responsive to address peaks and troughs of activity.
- Monitor demand and utilisation of the bed complement for the organisation,
supporting divisions in managing throughput and flexing resources (beds and
workforce) to ensure sufficient bed capacity to absorb fluctuations in demand,
whilst minimising recourse to additional resources outside of financial
allocation e.g. agency staff.
- Represent the Trust on health economy groups on matters concerning non
elective performance and cancer waiting times, promoting a whole systems
approach and ensuring that the trust interests are best represented in regard
to any plans on managing non elective performance and cancer waiting times.
- Lead on the implementation of new systems, processes and policies.
PLANNING & SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
- The post holder will contribute to delivery of the Trusts strategic
plan, by working in partnership with corporate teams and external organisations
and commissioners, to achieve the Trusts corporate objectives and to make a
positive contribution to the provision of health services across the local
health economy.
- Support service planning for the organisation, develop and implement
short, medium and long-term strategic plans for continued development of
sustainable and financially viable services. Provide expertise and support to
Divisional teams in the development of business cases in support of strategic
plans, within the framework of Trust annual business planning.
- Co-ordinate the strategic planning of services with the Divisions,
produce the overall Annual Plan and identify and advise on future resourcing
and change management requirements.
- To provide appropriate input and challenge to clinical and business
plans, where necessary.
- To work with colleagues across the local health economy to improve both
elective and emergency care pathways for patients in conjunction with the
appropriate operational managers.
- Keep abreast of innovation both internally and externally, bringing
intelligence to the group and learning from evidence and research elsewhere to
inform the development of clinical effectiveness strategies.
- Lead on the implementation of new systems, processes and policies.
- The post holder will ensure processes are in place for continual review
of services to achieve an optimal fit between clinical service delivery and
current best practice.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
- Strengthen and support divisions in the delivery of complex service
change programmes to improve on quality and efficiency and productivity.
- Ensure change programmes are actively managed and that linkages between
people, organisations, timescales and actions are clear. Ensure programmes are
sharply focused, with clear communications across the programme, acting as the
communicator on Trust wide/multiple divisional service change programmes with
relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Appropriate monitoring of clinical care, ensuring that a robust
clinical audit programme is in place and that practice is based on evidence.
Proactively reduced or eliminate inappropriate clinical variation. Ensure that
risk is properly managed within the division using appropriate risk assessments
and maintaining an up to date and accurate risk register.
- Ensure that serious incidents (SIs), adverse events and complaints are
properly and comprehensively responded to and learning points implemented.
- Ensure clinical standards and NICE recommendations are implemented as
appropriate.
LEADERSHIP
- To provide visible leadership throughout
operational services and to lead, enthuse and empower staff to deliver their
best for patients and colleagues.
- To lead and support cultural
change by living our service and organisational vision and values, acting on
patient feedback ensuring staff are empowered in a way that creativity and
improvement flourishes, but also where staff are held to account for quality
and the effective use of resources.
- The post holder will be expected
to act independently, taking timely and at times, significant decisions to
ensure the operational delivery for the organisation, driving change and
improvement by supporting and influencing both the clinical directorates and
corporate teams.
- The post holder will always model
behaviours of a high standard and lead with care and compassion in the delivery
of their duties.
- The post holder will work closely with the Divisional
Clinical Director to ensure that clinical leadership is central to service
delivery and change management.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ACHIEVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE TARGETS/DELIVERY
- Develop and implement effective monitoring arrangements across the
Division to accurately monitor performance (activity, access, quality, finance
and workforce) against local and National targets and advise operational
managers on strategies to address and pro-actively manage any variance.
- Ensure robust and consistent waiting list systems and processes are in
place across the Trust and that waiting lists and times are actively and
appropriately managed in line with the operating plan.
- To lead and develop system wide improvement plans to support the transformation
agenda with key consideration to the involvement and engagement of wider system
partners.
- To collaborate with Divisional Operational Directors, Divisional
Clinical Directors and Executive leaders to ensure planning is collaborative
and well-co-ordinated to a single vision.
- To develop and monitor delivery of constitutional standards within the
division.
- Toensure that all planning takes into account full resource allocation
and is prioritised according to an agreed Trust strategy.
- The post holder will develop and line manage key staff in the division.
SUPPORT THE TRUSTS CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SERVICE
- Support the Director of Operations for the
Acute Care Division with day-to-day patient flow, providing direction and
leadership to the medical specialties to ensure patients are managed through
the system effectively and that the emergency access standard is delivered in
accordance with the operating plan.
- Ensure that robust capacity planning takes place in Division and that
proactive capacity management is in place.
- To contribute to the development of an annual capacity and demand model
that reflects best practice and stretch targets for the organisation.
- Review and develop plans to manage demand and capacity, working within
division to ensure the collective resources are sufficiently flexible and
responsive to address peaks and troughs of activity.
- Monitor demand and utilisation of the bed complement for the organisation,
supporting divisions in managing throughput and flexing resources (beds and
workforce) to ensure sufficient bed capacity to absorb fluctuations in demand,
whilst minimising recourse to additional resources outside of financial
allocation e.g. agency staff.
- Represent the Trust on health economy groups on matters concerning non
elective performance and cancer waiting times, promoting a whole systems
approach and ensuring that the trust interests are best represented in regard
to any plans on managing non elective performance and cancer waiting times.
- Lead on the implementation of new systems, processes and policies.
PLANNING & SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
- The post holder will contribute to delivery of the Trusts strategic
plan, by working in partnership with corporate teams and external organisations
and commissioners, to achieve the Trusts corporate objectives and to make a
positive contribution to the provision of health services across the local
health economy.
- Support service planning for the organisation, develop and implement
short, medium and long-term strategic plans for continued development of
sustainable and financially viable services. Provide expertise and support to
Divisional teams in the development of business cases in support of strategic
plans, within the framework of Trust annual business planning.
- Co-ordinate the strategic planning of services with the Divisions,
produce the overall Annual Plan and identify and advise on future resourcing
and change management requirements.
- To provide appropriate input and challenge to clinical and business
plans, where necessary.
- To work with colleagues across the local health economy to improve both
elective and emergency care pathways for patients in conjunction with the
appropriate operational managers.
- Keep abreast of innovation both internally and externally, bringing
intelligence to the group and learning from evidence and research elsewhere to
inform the development of clinical effectiveness strategies.
- Lead on the implementation of new systems, processes and policies.
- The post holder will ensure processes are in place for continual review
of services to achieve an optimal fit between clinical service delivery and
current best practice.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
- Strengthen and support divisions in the delivery of complex service
change programmes to improve on quality and efficiency and productivity.
- Ensure change programmes are actively managed and that linkages between
people, organisations, timescales and actions are clear. Ensure programmes are
sharply focused, with clear communications across the programme, acting as the
communicator on Trust wide/multiple divisional service change programmes with
relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Appropriate monitoring of clinical care, ensuring that a robust
clinical audit programme is in place and that practice is based on evidence.
Proactively reduced or eliminate inappropriate clinical variation. Ensure that
risk is properly managed within the division using appropriate risk assessments
and maintaining an up to date and accurate risk register.
- Ensure that serious incidents (SIs), adverse events and complaints are
properly and comprehensively responded to and learning points implemented.
- Ensure clinical standards and NICE recommendations are implemented as
appropriate.
LEADERSHIP
- To provide visible leadership throughout
operational services and to lead, enthuse and empower staff to deliver their
best for patients and colleagues.
- To lead and support cultural
change by living our service and organisational vision and values, acting on
patient feedback ensuring staff are empowered in a way that creativity and
improvement flourishes, but also where staff are held to account for quality
and the effective use of resources.
- The post holder will be expected
to act independently, taking timely and at times, significant decisions to
ensure the operational delivery for the organisation, driving change and
improvement by supporting and influencing both the clinical directorates and
corporate teams.
- The post holder will always model
behaviours of a high standard and lead with care and compassion in the delivery
of their duties.
- The post holder will work closely with the Divisional
Clinical Director to ensure that clinical leadership is central to service
delivery and change management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
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Experience
Essential
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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Experience
Essential
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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).
