At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead operational teams to achieve performance and quality targets in healthcare.
- Company: Join Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, a leading healthcare provider.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diversity and inclusion are key; we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patient care and drive service improvement.
- Qualifications: Senior operational management experience in an acute hospital setting required.
The predicted salary is between 79504 - 91609 £ per year.
We are looking for an experienced senior operational leader to join the Medicine and Emergency Care Group as Deputy Associate Chief Operating Officer. You will deputise for the Associate Chief Operating Officer and support operational teams to deliver performance, quality, activity and financial targets, while leading service improvement and transformation across the Care Group. You will be a credible senior manager with strong acute hospital operational experience, a track record of delivering performance targets, and the confidence to lead change in complex services. You will bring strong financial, analytical and planning skills, with experience of budget management, workforce planning, business case development and cost improvement delivery. We are looking for someone resilient, pragmatic and able to influence, negotiate and motivate colleagues across professional and organisational boundaries.
Main duties of the job:
- The post holder will deputise for the Associate Chief Operating Officer and support the effective running of Medicine and Emergency Care services.
- They will lead delivery against operational, quality, activity and financial targets, including national access standards, while working closely with clinical, nursing, finance, HR and corporate colleagues to deliver Care Group and Trust priorities.
- The role will also lead service redesign, capacity and business planning, transformation and efficiency programmes, while supporting financial control, governance, risk management, complaints, quality improvement and inspection readiness.
Candidates will hold a degree or Masters-level qualification, or equivalent experience, and will have significant senior operational management experience within an acute hospital setting. They will have a proven track record of delivering performance, financial and service improvement objectives. They will bring experience of business planning, transformation, organisational change and cost improvement, alongside a strong understanding of NHS strategy, governance, performance standards and financial management. The successful candidate will be confident analysing complex information and influencing senior stakeholders.
About us:
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do:
- Being open and honest
- Ensuring people feel cared for
- Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System. We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs:
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary.
Job responsibilities:
Job Purpose: To deputise for the Associate Chief Operating Officer as required. To provide leadership and management support to the operational managers of the Medicine & Emergency Care group directorates. To ensure that the Directorates and their services meet the operational performance, quality, activity and financial targets. To work with the Clinical Service Leads, Associate Chief Operating Officer, Associate Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Chief Medical officer to assist in the planning, objective setting and change management within both the Directorate and the Care Group as a whole. The post holder will be required to proactively engage in service transformation and development, responding to changing environment, working with commissioning colleagues to ensure that the service is fit for purpose and meets the changing needs of the population.
Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment:
As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role.
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