Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Head of DMO

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Job summary

As a highly visible leader and member of the Trust's Senior Leadership Team, the Head of Delivery Management Office (DMO) will oversee and have responsibility for the development, delivery and reporting of the organisation's Cost Improvement Programme (CIP), providing the necessary assurance to the Executive Team, Trust Board and all requisite external stakeholders as to the ongoing performance of this vital financial efficiency programme.

Reporting to the Chief Finance Office, the Head of DMO will lead the DMO Team in pursuit of the identification of a suitable portfolio of financial efficiency and improvement schemes that will deliver the Trust's mandated CIP target each year. This will be achieved by supporting all Trust divisions and corporate services in transforming the way we deliver services to realise recurrent financial savings. The Head of DMO will be the lead architect in the development of the Trust's CIP programme and will be responsible for overseeing and supporting its delivery and formal reporting in line with Trust SOPs, achieving excellent results for patients as well as ensuring financial sustainability for the Trust going forward, via growing and maintaining close working relationships with the Clinical Divisions and other corporate directorates across the organisation and PLACE/ICS partners.

Main duties of the job

1. Be responsible for co-ordinating, managing and leading the end-to-end delivery of the Trust's CIP programme, ensuring its alignment to Trust, ICS, and national priorities.

2. To lead on identifying key programmes of work to deliver improvement capability and cultural change across the entire organisation, with regard to continuous financial improvement.

3. To lead on identifying key workstreams, investigation areas, projects and programmes of work to deliver specific financial improvements, requiring the analysis of all of the Trust's key data sets, including granular patient level and up to Trust-wide data, and the creation of suitable evidence bases to support the identification of specific projects and programmes of work with senior Trust leadership teams.

4. To ensure robust and effective governance and reporting systems are in place to provide assurance to the Trust Board and Executive Team that the CIP is delivering.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.

Details

Date posted

25 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

412-CORP-6804081

Job locations

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job description and Person Specification on the advert for full list of duties and responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job description and Person Specification on the advert for full list of duties and responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualification and Experience

Essential

  • Required operational experience to undertake role

Desirable

  • Experience of similar senior NHS management role

Skills

Essential

  • Quality of Supporting Information that meets the essential person specification

Desirable

  • Experience of transformational change management

Values and behaviours

Essential

  • Quality of Values and Behaviours demonstrated in Supporting Information that meet that essential person specification
Person Specification

Qualification and Experience

Essential

  • Required operational experience to undertake role

Desirable

  • Experience of similar senior NHS management role

Skills

Essential

  • Quality of Supporting Information that meets the essential person specification

Desirable

  • Experience of transformational change management

Values and behaviours

Essential

  • Quality of Values and Behaviours demonstrated in Supporting Information that meet that essential person specification

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ


Employer's website

https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ


Employer's website

https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Director of Finance

Mark Costello

mark.costello@mcht.nhs.uk

07725117670

Details

Date posted

25 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£74,290 to £85,601 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

412-CORP-6804081

Job locations

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ


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