Deputy Divisional Director - Elective Care

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Previous experience in managing large and complex clinical services, including experience of managing theatres, surgical and medical specialties
• Evidence of on-going management training and proactive approach to professional and leadership development
• Master Level qualification or equivalent (preferably in healthcare management)

Knowledge and Training

Essential

• Knowledge of complex workforce and HR issues, including experience of disciplinary processes, including sitting on and chairing panels
• In depth knowledge of local and national performance delivery framework and the successful delivery of performance targets. Including all ED, cancer, diagnostic and 18 week standards
• Knowledge of the application of the Monitor compliance framework and implications for Trusts and Divisions
• A significant understanding of elective patient flow and proven ability to act with credibility with clinical staff to lead the successful delivery of these pathways
• A significant understanding of emergency and non-elective surgical patient flow and proven ability to act with credibility with clinical staff, often under pressure to lead the successful delivery of these pathways

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels and with complex and diverse clinical teams
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Shown ability to influencing and negotiating in multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to quickly establish credibility with senior clinical staff and maintain good working relationships
• Ability to empower others through leadership style.
• Proven ability to lead delivery of complex capacity plans and modelling
• Ability to act independently and manage complex services autonomously and to influence others who act in autonomous management positions.
• Ability to work under own initiative and act with authority
• Ability to implement policies and act in both a strategic and operational capacity.
• Ability to work effectively and to lead others to work effectively in a complex and diverse operational environment and to deliver under pressure, at pace and against tight deadlines
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to change style as required.
• Proven ability to prepare papers for Divisional Board and Trust level meetings as required.
• Well-developed listening and negotiating skills, with complex audiences in diverse environments
• Proven ability to employ tact, sensitivity and diplomacy when required.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of leading transformation and service improvement projects.
• Experience of leading on daily patient flow issues
• Experience of managing complex services across multiple sites.
• Demonstrable experience of managing the delivery of major capital schemes
• Demonstrable experience of managing clinical service change, including the transfer of services across sites/Trusts
• Experience of leading capacity planning and modelling.
• Experience of leading the development of operational and strategic plans for the development and delivery of services, including experience of leading on sections of the OPP process.
• Experience of leading the development of capital and revenue business cases and cases, both internally and externally, for the development of services
• Experience of working collaboration with other acute and community providers and commissions
• Significant experience of working with commissioning processes and understanding of new commissioning landscape.
• Significant experience of leading the planning and delivery of clinical activity against contracted volumes, across multiple work types and specialties.
• Significant experience of leading the planning and delivery of clinical activity against contracted volumes, across multiple work types and specialties.
• Experience of managing significant clinical budgets, of £40m+
• Experience of delivering CRES and productivity savings

Desirable

• Experience of leading business continuity on behalf of a division.
• Experience of leading on non-pay and procurement issues.
• Experience of leading the development, management and delivery of RRT and DM01.
• Experience of reporting at executive level meetings, including Performance & Finance Reviews
• Relevant and equivalent managerial experience including managing services over £40m in value
• Specific experience (4 years +) of managing medicine specialties
• Experience of working in another clinical division.
• Experience of leading theatre improvement and productivity programmes.
• Experience of leading the on behalf of a division, the performance management agenda. Including experience of leading PTL meetings, holding specially managers to account for delivery of performance targets against all national and local standards, including 18 weeks, cancer standards and diagnostics.
• Experience of leading on behalf of a division, the reporting, monitoring and escalation of any issues relating to performance within the division
• Experience of managing community services and remote hospital sites.
• Experience of managing teams
• Experience of managing both elective and emergency services, with experience of directly managing trauma services

Aptitudes

Essential

• Ability to manage self and exhibit skills, including self-awareness, self-management and drive for improvement
• Analytical
• Political acumen
• Confident and approachable style
• Credible with staff at all levels.
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Work on own initiative.
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Commitment to NHS.
• Proven ability to manage senior staff
• Proven ability to take leadership across the division for significant areas of responsibility on behalf of the divisional manager
• Proven ability to deputise for the divisional Director as required
• Emotional intelligence and resilience
• Significant resilience when working under pressure and proven ability to lead and support others in this environment
• Ability to represent the division and both internal and external senior meetings

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).