The Group Director of Efficiency and Integration leads and supports achievement of the Royal Free London's group-wide goals and governing objectives through the delivery of a portfolio of major programme and change activity. Reporting to the Chief Delivery Officer, the role supports the organisational wide delivery capacity, particularly around improving productivity and sustainability through core activities such as (Financial Improvement Plans) FIP delivery and efficiency plans, and the successful delivery of major plans relating to the core tripartite mission strategies and major clinical and corporate change plans where deemed appropriate. The role will provide the Director level leadership to the delivery of the Post Transaction Implementation Plan as part of the planned merger of North Middlesex University Hospital Trust into the Royal Free London Group.

Our vision is to deliver world class expertise and local care, rooted in our core tripartite mission of clinical excellence, groundbreaking research, and excellence in education - and it is our people who will achieve that.

This role is offered as either a fixed term contract or secondment between NHS organisations.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide strategic and tactical leadership to the scoping, prioritisation, delivery, reporting and assurance of interventions as part of the FIP and productivity programmes, supporting individual SROs and Business Unit Executives in the execution of their unique accountabilities including management of risk and realisation of benefits over time.

They will ensure professional, technical and clinical support resource is deployed appropriately and effect and institute governance and oversight mechanisms that support and enable a culture of accountable delivery and effective escalation.

They will lead a team of PMO, project and programme professionals as well as partner with a wider group of change enablers in the organisation and other corporate services. They will support the development of a more professionalised and accountable delivery culture group-wide, including through direct support and coaching to full and part-time SROs appointed from all parts of the RFL group.

They will be part of the senior leadership cadre for Royal Free London and accountable in this way for developing a capable, engaged, inclusive, non-discriminatory and high performing organisation that nurtures colleague wellbeing and enables all to bring and be their best.

About us

The Royal Free London is a special organisation with an incredible history. Founded nearly 200 years ago as the Royal Free Hospital, it broke new ground and uniquely provided healthcare for anyone who needed it more than a century before the NHS was created. That pioneering purpose and groundbreaking innovation has always been at the heart of the organisation training the first ever female medical students in the UK, leading the research and then development of treatments for HIV/AIDs, and more recently leading the development and clinical trials of the vaccines for COVID-19. We are a major teaching and research centre and one of the major partners of UCL university, and we deliver nationally and internationally renowned specialist clinical services alongside a wide range of local core services.

The Trust provides services from five main hospital sites across North London - the Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, Finchley Memorial Hospital, and Edgware Hospital, as well as delivering care across 70 other sites. We have developed expertise in infectious diseases, organ transplantation, cancer care, and clinical innovation. One of the largest trusts in the UK, we are proud to have some of the best clinical outcomes in the country, serving much of London's diverse population, and beyond.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be accountable for:

Leading (and supporting the Group Executive) in the definition, prioritisation, delivery and assurance of the ongoing FIP portfolio of circa �72m over 3 years

Working closely with leaders across the Royal Free London Group in operating highly effective and rigorous portfolio and programme management that enables and ensures projects to deliver to time, quality, cost and performance

Providing oversight and director level leadership to development and delivery of the Post Transaction Implementation Plan

Role modelling and embedding deep understanding of risk and dependency management within and across the portfolio and wider organisational and clinical transformation agenda

Ensuring delivery complies with relevant legal, NHS wide and / or system protocols and expectations and that understanding of these is shared with, and embedded amongst, teams as appropriate

Leading, inspiring and managing specialist programme, project and PMO professionals, along with wider delivery partner resources to ensure quality delivery, build strong and effective relationships across the group and create alignment to key organisational strategies, goals and objectives

Championing and improving programme and project delivery standards and driving up compliance through the development, improvement and standardisation of guidance materials, toolkits and techniques that ensure and safeguard alignment and consistency

Realisation of financial benefits through highly effective financial planning, forecasting, monitoring and control in accordance with the principles for effective management of public money

Providing high quality evidence and insight into portfolio performance, enabling effective action and decision making at Director, Executive Group and Board level, system / region wide and nationally

Maintaining and building networks and communities of practice across the Group and more widely, collaborating with other functions including people and OD, digital, finance, and commercial to support the strengthening of professional provision within the wider change and transformation portfolio and

Providing and strengthening corporate leadership as part of the Group Corporate team structure.

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree qualified or equivalent with evidence of further formal study at master's level in organisational development or related change area
• Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of sound intellectual ability and on-going personal development at senior management leve

Desirable

• Certification in PRINCE2 and MSP to at least Practitioner level
• Experience and/or certification in recognised improvement methodology

Experience

Essential

• A proven track record of inspiring and delivery-enabling leadership through which teams and partners are encouraged, motivated and supported to achieve, exceed expectations and excel - and are held to account for doing so.
• Experience and demonstrable credibility of interacting at Board level and with regulators particularly around the assurance of financial productivity and large scale programmes
• Extensive experience of the NHS
• Experience of leading large scale, high impact, high value change programmes across a range of subject areas and in leveraging programme management techniques successfully across a varied portfolio including where priorities change and / or demands are competing.
• Significant experience of successfully delivering large scale complex projects which involved working closely with clinicians and management
• Financial and budget management expertise and experience - at scale.
• Experience of financial recovery and turnaround
• Track record of forging relationships with diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
• Strategic planning at a corporate level
• Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Experience of partnership formation and development

Desirable

• Experience in Management of Portfolios to Practitioner Level
• Experience of merger and post-transaction integration programmes

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Improvement expertise and experience in leading / managing programmes using a range of delivery methodologies including (but not limited to) LEAN, agile, waterfall and similar.
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills to reach clinical / non-clinical and technical / non-technical audiences as well as persuasively to governance and oversight boards and senior stakeholders
• An open-minded, collaborative and inclusive approach to leadership that builds engagement and commitment and ensures patient outcomes and experience are at the heart of all decisions made
• Commitment to colleague experience, developing capability, enhancing wellbeing and dismantling barriers to inclusion wherever they exist
• The ability to lead the development of a long term proposition
• Awareness and understanding of current and likely future NHS issues
• Awareness and understanding of local government context
• Able to act as lead specialist at an organisational level across a range of subject areas
• Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills - both verbal and written
• Good leadership skills - with the ability to direct, challenge and facilitate in order to deliver results
• Able to develop strategy and deliver strategic change
• Able to make presentations covering complex material to large groups of staff, using language understandable to non-technical staff, clinicians and other users
• Able to define major projects and build a programme using appropriate formal methods
• Strong understanding of, and responsiveness to, the complexities and dynamics of the health care environment, including the important role of clinical governance
• Commitment to, and experience of, multi-professional working arrangements and projects
• Able to establish immediate credibility with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Able to manage the translation of strategic intent into operational reality
• Believes that the Trust can and must transform to provide a better service in terms of patient care and value for money
• Building organisational capability and professionalism in areas of PPM / change delivery competence.

Other requirements

Essential

• Self-motivated
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex data both numerical and verba
• Ability to thrive under pressure
• Able to represent the organisation externally and exercise influence with major external partners
• Creativity, innovation, flair and commercial acumen
• Adaptable, flexible and innovative approach to work
• Politically aware, able to form alliances and influence others
• A self-starter who knows when to lead and when to let others lead.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Roy Shaw Centre

3-5 Cressy Road

Hampstead

NW3 2ND

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