Deputy Associate Chief Operating Officer

Job description

Job summary

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 largeacute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acuteservices to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centredcare. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin oureveryday 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 Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible workingwithin our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in SupportingInformation section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job description

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.

Please see full job description attached

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.

Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.

If you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email [email protected].

Job description
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.

Please see full job description attached

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.

Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.

If you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email [email protected].

Person Specification

Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment

Essential

• 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. Here you can declare if you wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme and this response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.

Supporting Statement

Essential

• Please provide a covering statement here, setting out how you meet the requirements of the role and the drivers for your application. The Person Specification for this role can be found attached to this advert in the "Supporting Documents" section.

Person Specification
Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment

Essential

• 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. Here you can declare if you wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme and this response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.

Supporting Statement

Essential

• Please provide a covering statement here, setting out how you meet the requirements of the role and the drivers for your application. The Person Specification for this role can be found attached to this advert in the "Supporting Documents" section.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

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