Are you a highly motivated, dynamic and compassionate leader? Would you be keen to join a Foundation Trust where our Clinical Support Services Business Unit delivers outstanding services across multiple organisations and a geography that spans from north of Berwick, south of Sheffield and to the east and west coast of England, covering a population of over 9 Million people, over 2000 locations, and a national reputation for excellence in screening services? We have positive staff survey results and operate from some of the best state-of-the-art facilities in the country. If so, we would be interested to hear how you would lead and manage the operational performance and finance aspects of our business.
Main duties of the job
As the Director of Operations for one of our three Business Units with a service line management structure, you would be responsible for leading over 1200 staff, 36 Senior Clinicians, to deliver a broad range of Diagnostic and Screening Services including AAA Screening, Appointment Booking, Audiology, Bowel Screening, Breast Screening, Cervical Screening, Diagnostic Imaging, Endoscopy, Mortuary Services, Outpatients, Pathology, Phlebotomy, Blood Transfusion, PCAS Swabbing, COVID Testing, Pharmacy, and Therapies. You will be responsible for a budget of over £77 million per annum, as well as being a member of the Trust's Senior Management Team.
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Job responsibilities
This is a demanding and varied role, which is why we are seeking an exceptional individual who can demonstrate their ability to achieve results, drive improvement and maintain high quality, safe and effective services to patients within an ever-changing regional and national strategic context. If you are a strong leader who can proactively build relationships and engage with internal stakeholders and external partners to the benefit of the organisation, this role could be for you. You must have significant senior leadership experience in a large complex organisation, demonstrable experience of strong financial and performance management, as well as experience of leading people, and managing change.
Person Specification
Qualifications
1. Masters Degree in a relevant subject or demonstrable equivalent experience.
2. Evidence of Continuing professional/personal development.
3. Qualification in service improvement.
Experience
1. Significant experience at senior management level in a large complex organisation.
2. Experience of working with senior leaders at Board level.
3. Proven track record in budget/financial management.
4. Proven experience of strategy and policy development/implementation.
5. Demonstrable evidence of leading significant change across complex environments.
6. Successful track record of implementing performance management/quality improvement tools/systems.
7. Significant experience working at a senior management level in an NHS Foundation Trust.
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.
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