Winter Resilience Director

Job description

Job summary

Whipps Cross Hospital is seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly motivated Winter Resilience Director to lead our operational response throughout the forthcoming winter period.

This is a unique opportunity for an accomplished senior leader with a strong track record of operational delivery, system working and leading teams through complex and challenging environments. Reporting to the Director of Operations, the successful candidate will provide visible leadership across the organisation, driving performance, supporting frontline teams and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care for our patients throughout winter.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a leader who leads with compassion, inspires confidence and empowers teams to find solutions. The role requires someone who can engage colleagues at every level, harness innovation from the frontline and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will share our values and place them at the heart of everything they do, demonstrating a genuine commitment to our patients, staff and local communities.

The role is a secondment opportunity for 6 months starting from November 2026

Interviews will take place w/c 26th October, final date to be confirmed.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualification/ Professional development

Essential

• Masters level education in health care management or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continued learning/development

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Significant senior management experience in an NHS Acute Trust
• Hospital Flow and discharge experience
• Highly developed knowledge across quality, operational management and finance domains
• Board level exposure (either Hospital or Trust) with experience of presenting to boards
• Demonstrable track record of sound financial and operational management in a position
• Experience of leading service and / or transformational change
• Experience of management of complex projects
• Experience of effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders

Desirable

• Previous experience as a senior manager in acute sector operations
• Experience of chairing board sub committees (Hospital or Trust

Skills

Essential

• Able to influence, negotiate and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues
• Ability to operate effectively in clinical academic operational environment with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to motivate and lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills both verbal, written and presentation and excellent listening skills, including facilitation
• Ability to encourage multi-professional team working and problem solving
• Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively

Person Specification
Qualification/ Professional development

Essential

• Masters level education in health care management or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continued learning/development

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Significant senior management experience in an NHS Acute Trust
• Hospital Flow and discharge experience
• Highly developed knowledge across quality, operational management and finance domains
• Board level exposure (either Hospital or Trust) with experience of presenting to boards
• Demonstrable track record of sound financial and operational management in a position
• Experience of leading service and / or transformational change
• Experience of management of complex projects
• Experience of effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders

Desirable

• Previous experience as a senior manager in acute sector operations
• Experience of chairing board sub committees (Hospital or Trust

Skills

Essential

• Able to influence, negotiate and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues
• Ability to operate effectively in clinical academic operational environment with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to motivate and lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills both verbal, written and presentation and excellent listening skills, including facilitation
• Ability to encourage multi-professional team working and problem solving
• Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust
Address

Whipps Cross University Hospital

London

E11 1NR

United Kingdom

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