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Site: Mersey and West Lancashire Hospitals (All Trust Sites)
Town: Whiston, St Helens, Southport, and Ormskirk
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/01/2025 23:59
Job Overview
We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring leader who is highly motivated and driven to facilitate the delivery of the very best patient experience and outcomes to join the well-established operational team within the Medical Division at MWL.
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Operations & Performance for Medicine, the post holder will be responsible for the management of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy.
The Gastroenterology directorate at MWL has the largest and most diverse service portfolio in Cheshire & Merseyside. The service is delivered across four sites and provides a wide range of services and diagnostics, including Endoscopy, Nutrition, Upper GI Oncology, Liver, and GI physiology. In addition, the department is pioneering some of the most innovative procedures such as Colon Capsule Endoscopy, Trans nasal Endoscopy, and Cytosponge.
The expert team includes Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Nurse Endoscopists, Liver, Nutrition & Upper GI Nurse Specialists, Physiologists, ANPs, Management, and admin, and Endoscopy booking teams.
Successful applicants will need to demonstrate substantial management expertise in a complex operational environment and have a proven track record of leadership qualities that have achieved measurable outcomes in performance, quality, and patient experience.
Please note, this recruitment process will include an assessment centre which will be held week commencing Monday 10th February 2025.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will lead the development and improvement of all services, ensuring all activity plans and KPIs are met, continuing to strive to provide the very best care and experience to all patients, as well as continually improving the motivation and wellbeing of staff.
Working for Our Organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
To lead the work required to ensure that systematic processes are in place across the Directorate of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy to support efficient delivery of key business and service objectives.
Support the Clinical Directors by taking lead responsibility for all operational and tactical aspects of business, financial, activity, and performance management and for the strategic planning of all aspects of the business across the directorate. The post holder will be responsible for initiating necessary action to ensure that the service is delivered within the budget available.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level and/or equivalent qualification and/or equivalent experience
* NMC Registered or substantial management/patient flow experience within an acute general hospital
* Postgraduate qualification in health service management and/or equivalent qualification and experience
* Master’s degree and/or equivalent qualification and experience
* Intermediate IT skills qualification in Microsoft Word and Excel processing or equivalent experience
Knowledge & Experience
* Significant current experience of complex operational management in a healthcare setting
* A demonstrable capacity and capability for operational service management in an acute hospital environment or similarly complex organisation, including staff management, financial management, and change management
* Demonstrate highly effective, credible leadership experience within the acute hospital setting
* Ability to undertake analysis of capacity and demand in relation to waiting lists and inpatient length of stay
* Comprehensive knowledge of planned/unplanned care activities/practice
* Ability to lead and manage all grades of staff within Directorates
* Ability to communicate confidently and assertively, both in written form and verbally, formally and informally to a wide range of audiences, both internal and external to the Trust
* Previous NHS experience within an Acute hospital setting at a senior managerial level.
* Service improvement tools and project planning
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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