Divisional Director in Surgery

(0.6WTE AFC or 6 PAs) plus £15,000 responsibility allowanceWhipps Cross Hospital

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain's leading healthcare providers and the largest Trust in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three Trusts: Barts and The London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust. The new Trust has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.

We are looking for an experienced individual to join our team to support the delivery of the Division, Site and Trust's strategic aims and objectives. You will join a high performing Division with diverse day to day exposure, from the Emergency department and key responsibility for flow to delivery of specialty medicine pathways for example in frailty. This role is a key member of the Hospital Executive Board and leader of the hospital, linking also with group and ICS partners.

You will take day-to-day responsibility and accountability for the Division and with the triumvirate management team performance manage the Divisional teams. You will need significant experience in both emergency and elective care as you will lead the delivery of national and local targets to ensure they are achieved across a wide range of services. The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record, leadership skills and expertise with a strong values based approach. Also highly developed interpersonal skills, the ability to establish strong links with the wider health and social care community by securing their involvement in the effective delivery of services and a strong knowledge of service improvement methodologies and keep these at the forefront of service developments.

This is an exciting time to join the team at Whipps Cross University. The hospital is currently being planned for redevelopment of a new Whipps Cross Hospital. The redevelopment plans aim to transform the local area, creating a new, state-of-the-art NHS hospital, with improved access to the site and new green spaces, re-establishing its connection to the surrounding forest. The post-holder will have an opportunity, alongside wider divisional stakeholders to play an important role in the planning and operationalising of these plans of the coming five years.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

You will take day-to-day responsibility and accountability for the Division and with the triumvirate management team performance manage the Divisional teams. You will need significant experience in both emergency and elective care as you will lead the delivery of national and local targets to ensure they are achieved across a wide range of services. The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record, leadership skills and expertise with a strong values based approach. Also highly developed interpersonal skills, the ability to establish strong links with the wider health and social care community by securing their involvement in the effective delivery of services and a strong knowledge of service improvement methodologies and keep these at the forefront of service developments.

This is an exciting time to join the team at Whipps Cross University. The hospital is currently being planned for redevelopment of a new Whipps Cross Hospital. The redevelopment plans aim to transform the local area, creating a new, state-of-the-art NHS hospital, with improved access to the site and new green spaces, re-establishing its connection to the surrounding forest. The post-holder will have an opportunity, alongside wider divisional stakeholders to play an important role in the planning and operationalising of these plans of the coming five years.

Strategically, the Divisional Director will have a key enabling role in aligning site operational priorities with the ambition and vision of the Clinical Boards and Networks.

The Divisional Director will be responsible for a divisional management team and will demonstrate the Trusts WeCare Values, whilst embedding them within their division.

• Extensive experience at a senior level in an acute Trust environment, including a sound understanding of the performance and governance requirements of the NHS for acute Trusts
• Significant experience of financial management and rigorous financial management and control to meet agreed targets
• Experience of establishing and applying performance management systems in areas like contract monitoring, staff management and departmental performance indicators
• Evidence of strategic leadership of service delivery in a complex organisational environment
• Experience and training in handling media

• High degree of political sensitivity and experience of dealing with a range of issues in a complex stakeholder environment
• Ability to develop and influence a high performing, collaborative team, whilst allowing flexibility for members to develop against their own personal targets
• Sound analytical, negotiation and numerical skills
• Establish strong, supportive working relationships with the senior team and nonexecutive directors
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with the chair and non-executive directors and provide support to the senior team individually when they are tackling challenging issues

• Master's degree or equivalent level
• Further evidence of management/leadership training and continuous professional development

• Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations

• Track record of achievement as a leader which demonstrates significant successes through innovation and a strong but sensitive style, which contributes directly to the patient experience and continuous improvement
• Demonstrate well developed negotiation skills coupled with the ability to tackle poor performance effectively
• Experience of instigating and leading complex change to achieve continuous improvement
• Evidenced experience of building and sustaining effective and productive working relationships with a range of people at local and regional level including statutory, voluntary and private sector organisations
• Evidence of a collaborative management style coupled with improving quality of service provision at a strategic level
• Keeps abreast with national developments in health and social care through active involvement in local and national networks

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.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum pro rata