About this role
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 large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday 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 Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS 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 Supporting Information 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].
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
Employer's website https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)