Deputy Divisional Director of Operations - Medicine and Emergency Care

Deputy Divisional Director of Operations - Medicine and Emergency Care

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

This is an exciting time to be joining the Medicine and Emergency Care Division as we continue our journey of transformation and innovation. Working in partnership with our existing Deputy Divisional Director, you will provide senior leadership to the Medicine side of the Division and will be responsible for leading and delivering transformational change across the medicine portfolio.

We are a friendly, innovative, and delivery-focused team working across the two main sites within the Trust at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.

You will work with our internal and system partners, utilizing your extensive collaborative and influencing skills to deliver business as usual and lead the implementation of major projects and improvement programmes. This will include delivering a comprehensive transformational change programme across our outpatient services.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the MEC leadership team, the post holder will play a key role in decision making within the Division. You will work with internal and system partners to support the implementation of major transformation projects and provide support for projects by creating business cases, plans, and assurance as required.

Leading the MEC Medicine Centre Leadership Teams and working with SaTH Divisional Colleagues, Corporate Services, Executive Team, and STW System partners, you will play a crucial role in developing the maturity and visibility of the progress of MEC transformation programmes.

About us

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and mid-Wales.

This is a fantastic time to be joining our team and helping shape the future success of MEC. The successful candidate will contribute to key strategic developments for the benefit of the residents of Shropshire and mid-Wales; they will have an innovative and persuasive approach, experienced in creating the business case and project plans for approved schemes.

Applications are therefore invited from enthusiastic professionals with excellent people skills and an excellent track record of success, including sound financial and business achievement. You will be creative, self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable with managing complex problems.

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent relevant senior management experience
• Evidence of highly developed professional management development within relevant field of practice
• Evidence of a commitment to continuous professional development
• Evidence of workforce planning/development/innovation

Experience & Behaviours

• Demonstrates SaTH values
• Significant experience of working at a senior management or senior professional level (equivalent to Postgraduate Diploma) in the acute healthcare sector
• Experience of leading the implementation of service improvement including complex change management programmes
• Evidence of effective management of a complex and diverse workforce
• Evidence of successful management of achieving service targets in line with budgets
• Able to facilitate workshops, meetings, and engagement sessions

Skills & Knowledge

• Successful experience of leadership at a senior managerial level in operational and/or financial and strategic management, including exposure to Board.
• Presents complex and detailed data sets to explain key information that effectively communicates performance and assurance information to a range of stakeholders, including Trust board
• Ability to demonstrate influencing/negotiating skills to a range of staff groups/professions to deliver objectives and targets
• Specialist knowledge, skills, and experience in workforce development and innovation.
• Comprehensive knowledge of current practice and health policy requirements
• Ability to analyse complex/conflicting information in order to resolve issues eg budgetary control v risk
• Demonstrable experience gained in a healthcare environment

Behaviour requirement

• Actively promote a culture of compassion, equality, respect, and dignity; actively promote ethnic diversity

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.

Salary: £74,290 to £85,601 per annum/pro rata