A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.
The Head of Operations is responsible for Operational management of the service, focussing on acute flow both in and out of hours, ensuring Trust bed resources are used to maximum efficiency, while ensuring safety, quality, and performance are delivered.
To be responsible for the operational management of the site and patient flow across the hospital including:
• Providing visible proactive leadership to the service, acting as the key senior lead for issues, challenges, and escalation.
• Work collaboratively with the Care Groups to provide assurance that robust systems for site and patient flow are in place and that quality patient led services are delivered consistently.• Collaborate with Care Group teams, to ensure Trust wide operational priorities are identified and delivered on a daily basis with robust plans from the Care Group for out of hours.
• Provide leadership to the key functions of:• Site Operations Team
• Non-Elective improvement and all associated stakeholders
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'.
Everything we do is guided b y our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's
about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day to day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
This advert closes on Saturday 22 Feb 2025