Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Division of Urgent Emergency Care for an effective leader with proven delivery experience in a fast paced environment.
You will be responsible for the day to day operational management of the division ensuring that operational delivery contributes to high quality patient care, enabling the Trust to achieve its performance and quality objectives. Your role covers all aspects of service provision.
Working closely with the Divisional Director and Divisional Head of Nursing, you will ensure the highest standards of clinical care are delivered and that financial, performance and strategic targets and objectives are met in line with national and local strategic priorities.
You will have senior operational level experience within the NHS. You should have proven expert management and leadership skills in a patient-focused organisation, including staff, change and performance management and service transformation.
Main duties of the job
- Be accountable for the operational performance and strategic development of the clinical business units within the Division. This will include accountability for the delivery of high-quality patient care, clinical governance, patient safety, clinical quality, and delivery of Cost Improvement Programmes (CIPs)
- In conjunction with the Chief Operating Officer be accountable for setting and maintaining an annual capacity plan for the Division in line with the key corporate/Divisional objectives contained within the Trust's annual business plano Have joint responsibility with the other Divisional Directors and Executive Team for driving forward corporate and cross-cutting programmes of work and service direction.
About us
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.
In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Degree or equivalent.
- Evidence of other specialist knowledge at higher degree or master's level.
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up-to-date knowledge of operational/clinical services.
- Evidence of CPD.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience within the Healthcare sector at very senior manager level including responsibility for strategic planning and budgetary control for group of complex operational/clinical specialities.
- Proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets.
- Experience of leading and delivering significant programmes of change within an NHS setting.
- Experience of managing and hearing performance issues, including dismissal level.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an Acute Teaching hospital.
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information.
- Ability to build successful teams.
- Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations.
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets.
- Ability to present complex data.
- Ability to promote and market services to attract patients to UHS.
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Degree or equivalent.
- Evidence of other specialist knowledge at higher degree or master's level.
- Extensive knowledge of the NHS in the acute sector with up-to-date knowledge of operational/clinical services.
- Evidence of CPD.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience within the Healthcare sector at very senior manager level including responsibility for strategic planning and budgetary control for group of complex operational/clinical specialities.
- Proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets.
- Experience of leading and delivering significant programmes of change within an NHS setting.
- Experience of managing and hearing performance issues, including dismissal level.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an Acute Teaching hospital.
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information.
- Ability to build successful teams.
- Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations.
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets.
- Ability to present complex data.
- Ability to promote and market services to attract patients to UHS.
- 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.
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).
