• The post holder will lead the day to day operational management of the Directorate and take responsibility for GI, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy services.
• Report directly to the Divisional Director of Operations and works with the Clinical Director and Lead Nurse in a triumvirate to ensure that services in the Directorate meet the needs of patients.
• Achieve set and agreed quality standards, financial targets and levels of performance.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the Directorate and Trust service strategies and objectives; in particular focusing on service improvements and efficiencies that will enhance patient care and improve patient pathways.
• Be delivery focused, flexible, determined and have a proven history of effective relationship building, particularly with clinicians and clinical teams and be considered inspirational and engaging by staff and external partners.

• Reporting to the Divisional Director this post will provide operational management and support to the Directorate.
• Provide strong and effective leadership to specific clinical and non-clinical teams and individuals.
• Ensure the achievement of national access targets including 18 week RTT and cancer targets.
• Support the establishment of a clear vision for these specific work areas with senior colleagues to create a working environment that empowers staff to achieve optimal performance.
• Support the clinical team and other Divisional managers in ensuring the speciality are able to deliver safe and effective services
• Contribute to the wider management of the Directorate and of the Trust on specific projects as and when appropriate.

• Overseeing the delivery of a turnaround programme for acute and emergency medicine
• Engaging with teams to build on and refine existing improvement plans
• Support embedding of the principles of quality improvement and service redesign within the divisional teams
• Operational grip and control to oversee and embed sustainable change
• Managing communications strategy for the turnaround programme

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to support the Unscheduled Care Division with their portfolio of projects and initiatives to improve performance and patient outcomes.
• Lead specific aspects of the work programme and provide project management expertise.
• Work with clinical and operational members of the Division, the wards and with particular responsibility for supporting the delivery of the Emergency Department Strategy.
• Adopt a clear and consistent approach to designing, building, tailoring, testing and running projects and managing the clinical and non-clinical projects portfolio across the Unscheduled Care Division.
• Manage the accuracy and integrity of the project elements of the Trust risk register on Datix as appropriate.
• Examples of projects include;
  • Using tablets to capture the discharge status of patients on a board round aligned to the SAFER initiative,
  • Looking at merging roles on wards to streamline bed management,
  • Ambulance turn-around times,
  • Reconfiguring the emergency department and supporting the Division in project delivery.
• The post holder may be required to work flexibly across the other programmes within Strategy Delivery, and other areas within the Trust when required.

Key deliverables:

• This post will provide general operational management and business support to the cardiology department.
• Taking on specific projects for the cardiology division and deputising for the DM at meetings.
• Oversee the day-to-day business management of the cardiology service
• Manage Laboratories, diagnostics, 18 weeks RTT and fast track clinics.
• Provide strong and effective leadership to specific clinical and non-clinical teams and individuals.
• Support the establishment of a clear vision for these specific work areas with senior colleagues to create a working environment that empowers staff to achieve optimal performance.
• Contribute to the wider management of the directorate and of the Trust on specific projects and transformation as and when appropriate.

If you are interested in finding out more regarding this opportunity, please email your CV to m.wood@first-clinical.co.uk and we can schedule a time to speak.

Key Deliverables

• Develop the Trusts outpatient and pathway redesign transformation programme.
• Improve the quality of services in order to provide the best care and optimise health outcomes for the Trust’s services.
• Develop key partnerships and services to support the best standards of integrated care for long term conditions and the elderly.
• Understand the current status of clinics and processes using data, meetings and mapping to agree on what services and processes should look like to improve outpatient services.
• Production of plans, documentation and the responsibility of ensuring communication is maintained between all stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
• Encourage the training and empowerment of front line staff to redesign and improve outpatient services.
• Ensure that the transformation project successes are strongly embedded and become working practice.