Divisional Director

Newham Hospital is looking for a talented and motivated clinical leader to join the hospital executive board as divisional director for surgery, ITU and cancer. The divisional director will lead the division with support from the Divisional Manager/Associate Director for Elective Care and Associated Director of Nursing to deliver high quality care to the local people of Newham. There is flexibility for the role to be undertaken at between 4 to 6 PAs, depending on availability and preferences.

This is an exciting time for Newham with the development of an orthopaedic High Volume Low Complexity (HVLC) surgical hub in a stand-alone unit on the Newham Hospital campus which is also the host for Barts Health Group Orthopaedic Clinical Network. The hospital delivers elective day case and short stay surgery from the main hospital site. Further work is under way to secure funding to open 2 further elective theatres which will then total 4 elective and 3 emergency theatres on the main hospital site in addition to the 4 theatres in our standalone elective unit. The surgical strategy for Barts Health is that this will become a second HVLC hub delivering gynaecology and general surgery for the Trust. We have recently opened a brand-new state of art 12 bed ITU here at the hospital.

The Divisional Director role is a key clinical leader and member of our hospital executive board reporting directly to the hospital chief executive. The role is critical to the delivery of our strategic surgical vision for the hospital and the group. It is expected that the successful candidate will be a highly visible individual able to influence across the wider organisation at all levels of seniority. Our teams and patients are at the centre of what we do and therefore values based compassionate leadership are a must.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The role is for an initial period of 3 years and is 4-6 PAs/week (0.4-0.6 wte if non-medical) with a remuneration allowance. Applications are also encouraged from clinicians who would want to move their clinical practice to Barts Health, and we would agree a 10PA job plan with a leadership and clinical role component to the role. Informal discussions are encouraged before submitting an application.

Qualifications

• Registered Clinical Professional (e.g. GMC, NMC, CSP)
• Evidence of Post Graduate education in specialty field
• Masters level education in a relevant healthcare subject or significant relevant experience
• Management or leadership Qualification

Experience

• Significant experience of working in a senior management role
• Experienced and Inspirational Leader with the capability to deliver
• Experience of fostering and Embedding a culture of Teaching and Research
• Experience of overall responsibility for Divisional financial plans, balancing the potentially conflicting demands of budgetary requirements and clinical standards
• Undertaking Quality improvement and transformation programmes
• Experience of managing other professional groups

Knowledge

• Sound evidence based knowledge in a specialist clinical area but with the ability to transfer skills into other spheres of working
• Awareness of developments in the NHS and service delivery and its impact on current services
• Good knowledge of the national AHP agenda and its priorities

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.