Job summary
This is an exciting time to join the senior team at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT).
As an anchor organisation and one of the largest NHS providers in the country, LUHFT has a significant role in improving Liverpool's physical, social, and economic health. The team at the new Royal hospital holds a vital role in delivering our ambition to be a world class provider of healthcare.
We are recruiting an authentic and exceptional leader as Divisional Director of Operations for the Division of Medicine. You will be part of the Senior Leadership Team and Hospital Management Board for the Royal site, shaping the future of healthcare and employment opportunities for the people of Liverpool. Working as part of the triumvirate team for our Medical Division you will be responsible for the safe and effective delivery of all our medical services aligned to the Royal site, including urgent and emergency care.
You will have a proven track record in supporting healthcare teams to deliver high quality services, with extensive experience in financial and operational management. It is essential to demonstrate experience at a senior operational level, managing services in a large, complex NHS organisation.
Finally, you will be able to demonstrate that you live our Trust values. You will play an important leadership role that focuses on achieving exemplary standards and creating a supportive, open and honest culture.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will lead an operational team delivering services across 5 Care Groups, employing 2,500 staff. The Divisional Director of Operations will divisionally lead the delivery of the Trust Improvement Plan and oversee the operational delivery of safe and efficient services. Working alongside the divisional triumvirate team to develop and implement our long-term strategic objectives against a backdrop of exciting change across the wider Trust and City of Liverpool.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provided an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes for our patients.
The Trust includes Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
In October 2022 the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital opened as the largest in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms. Weserve a core population of c630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities include;
- Service delivery and effective performance management, delivering key national performance standards.
- Enabling a continuous improvement and learning culture.
- Effective financial management of the division and delivery of CIP targets.
- Service planning linked to wider strategic objectives.
- Supporting the development of integrated care pathways working with system partners.
- Providing leadership as part of the senior leadership team.
- Management of the divisional operational team.
- Ensuring adherence to Trust governance and assurance frameworks and effective risk management at a Divisional level.
- Providing on-call cover for the trust as part of the tactical management rota.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- Masters degree or equivalent qualification in leadership or management
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in a senior management role within an Acute Hospital setting
- Extensive resource management experience within an operational environment including clinical service provision, finance, HR, change management & service improvements
- Experience of developing business plans which support / deliver corporate and divisional objective
- Proven track record / performance management of services and delivery
- Experience of developing teams, using appraisal and accountability frameworks to support this
Knowledge
Essential
- Professional specialist knowledge covering more than one relevant discipline including clinical services, finance and HR with significant proven experience
- Thorough understanding of operational services
- Knowledge of key performance indicators and compliance
- Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the NHS and the modernisation agenda particularly in relation to Quality Improvement projects
Skills
Essential
- Successful management of change within a large complex health care setting
- Well developed leadership and motivational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Patient focused approach
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Political awareness
- Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate at all levels
- Ability to prioritise own and others' workloads effectively to meet tight deadlines whilst managing conflicting priorities
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Capacity to build and develop teams and maintain positive working relationships at all levels
- Excellent report writing skills
- Judgement and analytical skill
Other
Essential
- Highly motivated. energetic and enthusiastic
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Liverpool University Hospital (with travel across all Trust sites)
Mount Vernon Street
Liverpool
L7 8YE