This six-month senior leadership post sits within the Cancer Services Division at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, part of East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust. The postholder runs the division's day-to-day operations, covering performance, patient flow, governance, finance and continuous improvement. The role sits in the chief operating officer's senior team and includes chairing the Divisional Board and taking a turn on the Director on-call rota. Candidates need a Masters-level or equivalent management background, with recent acute trust experience and a proven record of delivering change.
What the job involves
- Lead the day-to-day operational management of the division and deliver against national and local standards, performance indicators and Trust objectives
- Provide visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership across the division
- Provide financial leadership, including divisional budgets, cost improvement and financial recovery plans, and identifying efficiency and income opportunities
- Lead continuous improvement, innovation, transformation and service redesign, embedding the East and North Hertfordshire Production System
- Ensure robust clinical and corporate governance, including quality, patient safety, risk and regulatory requirements
- Chair the Divisional Board and oversee performance, risks, priorities and improvement plans
- Work with clinical and operational leaders to develop sustainable services, plan future resource needs and make best use of resources
- Represent the division within the COO's senior operational team and contribute to Trust priorities and decision-making
- Champion equality, diversity and inclusion and a culture where colleagues feel valued and able to perform
- Embed the patient voice in service delivery, improvement and redesign
- Build relationships across the Trust with external health and care partners, commissioners and stakeholders
- Represent the division at Trust, system, regional and national level, deputise where required, contribute to Trust-wide projects and take part in the Director on-call rota
What’s required
Qualifications
- Masters-level higher professional or management degree, or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience
- Postgraduate qualification in leadership, change management or quality improvement, or equivalent by experience
- Recent, extensive continuing professional and personal development
Experience
- Senior strategic and operational leadership in a large, complex organisation, preferably NHS
- Proven NHS and/or wider public sector experience and knowledge
- Effective budget management and control, including meeting annual targets
- Business planning and delivery of complex strategic plans to milestones and deadlines
- Leading successful change and complex projects across departments while keeping quality high
- Managing large numbers of multiprofessional staff, including staff performance, with recent experience in an acute Trust
Skills & knowledge
- Strong analytical skills, using information to drive performance
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Knowledge of NHS issues and the patient agenda, with evidence of influencing and persuading
Other
- Experience of and engagement with equality, diversity and inclusion, actively leading by example
- Role model Trust values and commit to developing self and others
- Political awareness and sensitivity to the Trust's high profile
- Able to travel between sites
Nice to have
- PRINCE2 or Managing Successful Programmes qualification, or equivalent knowledge acquired by experience
What’s offered
- Commitment to a positive work-life balance
- Flexible working requests considered formally, balanced against service needs
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
