A senior management post leading the Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Business Unit at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, reporting to the Associate Director of Unplanned Care. The post holder sets the unit's clinical operational strategy and performance, and resolves complex operational issues within trust targets and resource limits. The role sits on the senior leadership and care group teams, using a coaching style and acting as the link with commissioners on service changes and pathways.
What the job involves
- Lead implementation of patient-centred clinical operational strategy and plans
- Ensure systems and processes comply with legislation and governance requirements
- Link with external bodies such as commissioners on service developments, contracts and clinical care pathways
- Contribute to strategic direction and policy setting as a member of the CBU senior leadership team and care group management structure
- Act as the communications link between the CBU and relevant external organisations
- Ensure clinical, staff and stakeholder engagement is reflected in decision making
- Use the expertise and skills of the wider CBU teams
- Ensure policy is implemented and performance managed within the CBU
- Lead teams and deal with complex operational issues
- Work to agreed trust objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Management qualification, MBA or equivalent
Experience
- Recent operational experience at a senior level
- Managerial experience of leading teams
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of the key issues and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, and their impact on services
- High-level communication skills, including mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation, training and coaching
- Well-developed interpersonal skills to influence, inform, reconcile differences and resolve conflicts
Nice to have
- Knowledge of computerised financial, management, budgetary and workforce information systems
What’s offered
- Support for flexible working, with flexible applications welcomed
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