Frimley Health Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, experienced, and strong operational leader who will manage the Trust's Emergency and Acute Medicine Directorate to deliver exceptional patient focused care.

Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer and responsible to the specific Chiefs of Service, the Associate Director will provide effective leadership and is a key member of the Trust's senior management team.

Utilising exceptional leadership skills, the successful applicant will work alongside two Departmental Triumvirates (Emergency Services and Acute Medicine) as well as Heads of Nursing in these areas, Clinical Leads and Operational Managers to ensure the Trusts and the Directorate's operational and strategic objectives are met and that services run safely, effectively and efficiently.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director is responsible for the delivery of financial, quality, performance, productivity and workforce targets, including national targets and objectives set as part of Trust business planning process. The successful candidate will be expected to oversee the financial control of a sizeable budget, including pay, non-pay and income.

Main Duties include but not limited to o Delivery of safe, high-quality careo Governanceo Operational planning and deliveryo Performance Managemento Financial Balanceo Strategic Planningo Human Resource Management

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for detailed main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's level qualification in relevant area of equivalent level of experience in a relevant field at senior management level
• In-depth senior and professional knowledge across a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience over a significant period

Experience

Essential

• Extensive senior management experience working in an acute NHS hospital
• Extensive senior management NHS experience and knowledge in a role of direct accountability for operational services and patient flow within a large acute hospital
• Experience and knowledge of developments in healthcare, including patient safety, improvement programmes, patient flow and discharge

Desirable

• Good working knowledge of clinical governance and patient quality initiatives
• Experience and knowledge of health policy and national priorities within the relevant area

Skills & knowledge

Essential

• In depth expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in managing operational risks
• Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy.
• Knowledge of budget management and cost improvement schemes within the NHS

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park and Frimley Park Hospital

Slough & Frimley

SL2 4HL

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