PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

The post holder will support to the General Surgery Management Team across all aspects of business, service improvement programmes. Working autonomously and responsible for their own workload, they will provide advice and guidance and work, lead programmes of work across the Directorate to ensure effective planning and performance. This will include responsibility for implementing identified changes via project management.

Main duties of the job

Day to day responsibilities will include taking a lead role within the directorate management team in supporting and developing the implementation of new technologies in the directorate, such as digital dictation, voice recognition, e-referrals and e-discharges, working closely with admin and clinical staff as well as IT staff to ensure implementation, monitor progress and provide regular reports to the directorate management team.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

The postholder will also take responsibility for specific performance improvement projects within the directorate, working closely with the team, to identify and act upon opportunities for service modernisation. This will include using a range of sources to provide and analyse complex information relating to operational performance. As an example, this may include combining information from a number of sources (eg theatre data from Ormis, patient cancellations from bed management systems, RTT and waiting times data), to plot performance trajectories and identify poor performing areas. The postholder will be responsible for presenting this data to the directorate management team, and must be able to explain clearly their findings and identify improvements, following through with timescales and delivery of improvements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience
• Postgraduate level training / Project Management / Prince 2

Experience

Essential

• Experience of project management
• Experience or report writing and presentation skills,
• Experience of writing and implementing operational policies

Skills

Essential

• Self motivator with good organisation / prioritisation abilities
• Good written verbal and communication skills & Office 365 skills
• Ability to work to timescales

Desirable

• Ability to speak welsh

Employer details

Employer name

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Address

Royal Gwent Hospital

Cardiff Road

Newport

NP20 2UB

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040-AC343-0824