Main area Admin & Clerical
Grade Band 8b
Contract Secondment: 12 months
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered)
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Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate
Town Cambridge
Salary £62,215 - £72,293 p.a. pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 26/01/2025 23:59
Interview date 03/02/2025
Job overview
At CUH, we have recently published a new strategy, which describes how we will progress towards our vision of a healthier life for everyone through care, teaching and research. Further information about our strategy is available on the CUH website.
The commitments outlined in our strategy are ambitious, and we recognise the importance of ensuring that frontline teams have the capacity to drive change. We are therefore recruiting for a range of operations, transformation, and strategy roles to support this ambition.
Successful candidates will work alongside clinical and operational leaders to lead on important strategic and/or operational priorities, as well as collaborating closely with our Strategy and Major Projects team.
Main duties of the job
This post will sit within the Office of the Chief Nurse and lead on projects across the campus as well as internal quality improvements.
You will be expected to work autonomously to lead and support the delivery of complex programmes of work and may be involved in a range of activities, from strategy and analysis, to operational management, to programme initiation and delivery.
We welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of professional backgrounds, including those with operations, transformation and/or strategy experience.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note: Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 26th January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 3rd February 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to First Degree Level or equivalent
* Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist areas
* Evidence of CPD
Experience
* Proven experience in senior operational management, covering multiple specialities and pathways.
* Proven experience in project management
* Experience in the development and use of a quality management system
* Proven experience of managing a team including appraisal, recruitment and selection, and disciplinary procedures.
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience in finance, policy and service development changes
* Substantial proven experience of budget management on a large scale (revenue and capital)
Knowledge
* Extensive knowledge of strategy and policy within the Trust, region and NHS.
* Knowledge of auditing processes
* Knowledge and understanding of best practice risk management processes
* Comprehensive understanding of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
* Extensive knowledge of business and activity planning processes
* Extensive knowledge of risk management processes
* Knowledge of IT/technology used in a clinical environment
* Knowledge of research and development
Skills
* Proven leadership skills at a senior management level
* Excellent and effective verbal and written communication at a senior level
* Proven ability to work in an organised manner and to high standards
* Excellent presentation skills for conveying complex concepts to a range of audiences
* Excellent attention to detail and the ability to meet multiple and competing deadlines
* Excellent skills in the use of Microsoft office applications (including Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and databases
* Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions.
* Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution.
* Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services, on time
* Financial and staff management
* Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
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