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Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Employer
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Location
To be confirmed
Salary
£101,390 to £116,673 per annum
Closing date
6 Aug 2024
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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 9
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Following a review of the Health Boards Operational Structure, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior operational leader to join us as Deputy Chief Operating Officer. Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, the role will be responsible for leading the day to day delivery and management of operational services across the integrated Health Board. The role will be crucial in establishing and leading our new Clinical Care Group Structure.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be an experienced senior operational manager that has an unwavering desire to do the very best for our patients, population and staff. You will have a track record of delivering improved quality and performance across a range of services, whilst achieving value for money. You will be highly skilled in building relationships internally and externally that support improvement and change at pace and scale. You will be comfortable in taking accountability and responsibility for performance standards and working as part of a senior leadership team. The role will be broad in scope and scale covering the full breadth of the operational delivery agenda. You will have the credibility to act as the Chief Operating Officer when required.

Its is an excellent opportunity for anybody aspiring to be a Chief Operating Officer in a large NHS organisation to take their next career step.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire

47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

If successfully shortlisted you will be asked to complete psychometric assessments. Information regarding these and the stakeholder panels/interview will be sent to you following completion of shortlisting.

Stakeholder panels will be held on 22/08/2024.

Interviews will be held on 23/08/2024.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • Masters level qualification or equivalent experience at senior management level
  • Post-graduate level management qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of continuous management and personal development
  • Project or Programme Management qualification or equivalent experience
  • In depth understanding and knowledge of healthcare strategies, policies and current priorities.


Experience

Essential

  • Extensive portfolio of experience of working at a senior level in a large, complex organisation.
  • In-depth / extensive knowledge over a range of disciplines including general management, financial management, business planning, governance, clinical strategies and performance acquired through specialist training or equivalent experience over an extended period
  • Significant experience of planning, developing, influencing and implementing strategies together with a proven track record of strategic and operational management.
  • Significant experience of using performance management processes.
  • Track record of introducing service improvement, transformational change and redesign and delivering large complex projects.
  • Significant experience of managing staff and working in partnership with Trade Unions/staff representatives, partner organisations and the public to introduce change.
  • Experience of delivering objectives against challenging performance targets and supporting others to contribute to these goals.


Language Skills

Desirable

  • Welsh Speaker (Level 1)


Employer details

Employer name

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Address

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

SA31 2AF

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

100-AC100-0724

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