A Vacancy at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
We are recruiting for aDeputy Divisional Director who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
East and North Herts NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for a senior manager who can demonstrate a blend of operational, strategic and compassionate leadership to join our proactive, dynamic team who is looking to take the next step in their operational career.
The position of Deputy Divisional Director for Unplanned Care is a key role in supporting the Divisional Leadership Team in our operational recovery and transformation required to ensure our patients receive safe, effective and responsive healthcare. This is a challenging role but in return you will be supported with your ongoing development, be part of a team who demonstrate they can make a difference and who live by the Trust values.
This is an exciting time to be joining us as we refresh the Trust strategies and work closely with our ICS partners to provide care for our patients. The division is committed to ensuring that people, both patients and staff, are our main priority with team working being a key element to our success.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
You will support the Divisional Operational Director in managing the staff and services within the unplanned care division, to include co-leading the implementation of strategic and operational plans set by the divisional triumvirate in order to achieve financial, operational, and transformation targets. You will line manage the departmental leads across your care group and co-ordinate division-wide activities as delegated by the divisional triumvirate.
Work alongside the Divisional Operational Director, to ensure that national and local standards, policies and guidance are implemented throughout the division. You will have an oversight of all specialities operational performance within the division and contribute towards strategy development, including representing the Division and working with stakeholders across the system to facilitate improvements through change, best practice and service improvement/modernisation.
With direction from the Divisional Operational Director, responsible for managing and co-ordinating all divisional personnel, budgets and resources and supporting other heads of service within the Division to deliver requirements. The role involves project management with effective team working being essential. You will be required to work closely with the departmental leads and Trust Executive level staff to inform, negotiate and define strategy and to deliver changes as they evolve through service integration.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Mar 2025