Job summary
The Efficiency and Clinical Productivity team supports the achievement of the Royal Free London's group-wide goals and governing objectives through the delivery of a portfolio of major programme and change activity. The team drives the group-wide efficiency and clinical productivity programme to ensure the financial sustainability of the RFL Group.
RFL Group agreed it's Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP) in January 2024 setting out it's plan to deliver financial sustainability over the next three years. The Efficiency and Clinical Productivity team supports this through a focus on improving productivity and sustainability through core activities such as FIP delivery and efficiency plans, and the successful delivery of major change programmes that will deliver multi-year productivity improvement.
The Head of Efficiency and Clinical Productivity role supports the delivery of this portfolio of work through leading a business partnering team aligned to one of the Group's Health Units and with responsibility for delivering cross cutting Group-wide programmes. The role will develop the local and strategic relationships required to enable health units to drive the integrated development of efficiency and productivityopportunities and their delivery.
*** Please note, this vacancy may close early if high levels of applications are received. ***
Main duties of the job
As Head of Efficiency and Clinical Productivity you will have a high level of autonomy, self-drive, and will be able to manage multiple priorities and provide direction to teams to achieve the plan set out. You will need to demonstrate effective leadership skills, not only in working with a range of stakeholders to deliver change, but in leading a business partnering team. As well as being technically competent in driving changeand project/programme management, you will need to possess excellent interpersonal and communication so you can work effectively with multiple groups of stakeholders across the organisation.
The role requires you to drive a complex, cross-cutting agenda and provide significant challenge and support to drive forward the improving value agenda and in ensuring the Trust meets its financial and productivity goals. You will need to be an ambassador for improvement and model the integrity, patient focused and value for moneybehaviours essential to sustainable improvement.
The role will lead a team to identify and test opportunities, develop delivery plans, and provide project management for more complex skills as well as leading and supporting cross cutting group-wide programmesof work.
This post will be allocated to support the NMUH Health Unit.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the topFor more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust
The post can close earlier if high volumes of applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust
The post can close earlier if high volumes of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Relevant Masters qualification or equivalent experience of working as a senior operational or strategic manager in a relevant field
- Project management training or qualification
Desirable
- Quality Improvement training or qualification
Experience
Essential
- Programme management experience - experience of driving Trustwide / multi-site change programme
- Experience of managing a team to achieve delivery of planned benefits
- Evidence of the ability to involve teams in analysis of situation and solution development; persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to constructively challenge the status quo
- Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Experience of financial recovery and turnaround, or improving financial sustainability within an organisation
Desirable
Skills & knowledge
Essential
- Ability to create a clear programme plan and prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements
- Established leadership skills - with the ability to direct, empower, motivate, challenge, and facilitate in order to deliver results
- Strong analytical skills; able to analyse and interpret complex data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Proven change management and leadership skills, able to deploy a range of approaches to influence people and drive change
- Advanced communication skills both written (complex report writing) and orally including advanced formal presentation / facilitation skills
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Relevant Masters qualification or equivalent experience of working as a senior operational or strategic manager in a relevant field
- Project management training or qualification
Desirable
- Quality Improvement training or qualification
Experience
Essential
- Programme management experience - experience of driving Trustwide / multi-site change programme
- Experience of managing a team to achieve delivery of planned benefits
- Evidence of the ability to involve teams in analysis of situation and solution development; persuade teams to take on new ways of working and to constructively challenge the status quo
- Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Experience of financial recovery and turnaround, or improving financial sustainability within an organisation
Desirable
Skills & knowledge
Essential
- Ability to create a clear programme plan and prioritise workloads and resource them in response to changing demands and requirements
- Established leadership skills - with the ability to direct, empower, motivate, challenge, and facilitate in order to deliver results
- Strong analytical skills; able to analyse and interpret complex data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Proven change management and leadership skills, able to deploy a range of approaches to influence people and drive change
- Advanced communication skills both written (complex report writing) and orally including advanced formal presentation / facilitation skills
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
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).
