This is an exciting time to progress your career at Stockport Foundation Trust and be part of the team in delivering the One Stockport plan.

We are seeking an experienced, skilled, and compassionate operational leader for the role. The successful candidate will through a combination of their experience, skills and knowledge of the performance challenges and standards for acute hospitals enable us to deliver safe, effective and responsive services.

You will have a proven track record in supporting healthcare teams to deliver high quality, cost-effective services, working in a large, complex organisation, ideally with experience of having worked at a senior level in acute services. We are interested, not just in your technical skills, but also your ability to be a visible, optimistic, and compassionate leader.

The role is a pivotal, ensuring that services consistently provide high quality patient care whilst delivering all performance targets within the financial envelope. You will also be responsible for working with operational and clinical leaders to ensure our services are developed to meet the needs of tomorrow's patients.

Timetable

Advert will close on Monday 1st July 2024

Shortlisting will take place on Wednesday 3rd July 2024

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 9th July 2024

Visit or Informal Discussions - Please contact Bethany.Johnston@stockport.nhs.uk to arrange.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Executive Director of Operations the post holder will work closely with the Associate Medical Director and Divisional Nurse Director in providing strategic direction and drive operational performance and planning with the Division., with a firm focus on quality and patients.

The DDoO will be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of the day-to-day operational performance of the Division ensuring sustainable delivery of high quality patient care, safety processes, operational standards and quality / service improvement programmes. The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Divisional Directors of Operations in monitoring performance against objectives and in ensuring high standards of corporate governance are adhered to.

The DDoO is a critical role ensuring high standards of leadership and consistent, optimal performance across the breadth of our activities. This is an excellent opportunity for an operational leader with experience of working near Board level in an Acute Trust, to play a key role in leading or largest clinical division, improving performance, and shaping services across our health economy.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job description

Job responsibilities

OPERATIONAL DUTIES

The DDoO is a key leadership role in ensuring the division operations function is responsible for the effective day to day running of all Trust services both clinical and non-clinical.

• To take autonomous decisions in areas which affect the operational working of the Trust and in their improvement.
• Delivery of all national and local performance standards through the establishment of divisional performance objectives and appropriate infrastructure to support the level of performance required and ensure regulatory requirements are achieved.
• To work closely with Associate Nursing Director / Deputy Director, Associate Medical Director and Clinical Directors to ensure governance arrangements are robust and clinical care is optimised with particular emphasis on learning from Serious Untoward Incidents (SUIs) and near misses as well as implementing best clinical practice and safe services.
• To be a proactive member of the Divisions Senior Management Team working closely with Executive colleagues in the development and delivery of high-quality clinical care.
• To work with the Board of Directors on quality improvement proactively reviewing processes and clinical systems to increase standardisation and eliminate waste and risk.
• To develop the Division financial strategy and instil a culture of financial and budgetary discipline as a basis for solid investment for the future.
• To be a member of key strategic and operational senior management and clinical management corporate committees, including Clinical Effectiveness, Service & Strategy, Patient Experience and Staff Development, and Assurance Risk.
• To ensure all national and local access standards, relevant to the Division are achieved and to support colleagues in other Divisions with standards relevant to their specialties.
• To act as a role model, holding the Division to account for the efficient, timely delivery of the strategic and operational objectives of the Division.
• To work with relevant Executives in agreeing business plans, annual income plans, cost improvement plans and maintaining the risk register and asset register.
• The establishment of divisional performance objectives and appropriate infrastructure to support the level of performance required and ensure regulatory requirements are achieved. Timely and clinically appropriate patient flow to achieve national and local health care standards, promoting safe, personal, and effective care.
• The identification and resolution of daily patient flow issues to ensure the smooth movement of patients through the hospital and the organisations community services.
• Work with external agencies, such as the Ambulance Trust, CCGs, other Acute Trusts, and Community providers to ensure the Trust response to emergency planning is robust and where possible, consensus across organisations is reached on how to respond to incidents.
• Ensure business continuity plans for the organisation are robust, monitored and escalated as appropriate and take account of the specific needs of high-risk clinical environments and equipment in the Trust.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of �21.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of �13.

Person Specification

Educational Qualifications

Essential

• Education to master's degree or with equivalent management experience across a number of service areas
• Evidence of appropriate personal and continuous professional development, as a result of feedback, reflection and experiential learning

Desirable

• Other Postgraduate management qualification

Knowledge

Essential

• Substantial in depth knowledge and experience of Health and Social Care.
• Substantial in depth knowledge and experience of Health and Social Care.
• Knowledge and understanding of the operational, performance and financial issues and processes within a Foundation Trust

Experience

Essential

• Significant senior operational management experience in acute health sector clinical environment
• Experience of managing in a large and complex multidisciplinary clinical organisation and a multi- million budget. Experience would include regular exposure to solving a range of operational and strategic problems involving HR and Finance
• Evidence of managing and developing teams across multi- professions

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to participate in the on call rota

Employer details

Employer name

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stepping Hill Hospital

2nd Floor Oak House | Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | Stepping Hill Hospital | Stockport | SK2 7JE

Stockport

SK2 7JE

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