Director of Emergency Surgery and Elective Care
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- Employer:
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Location:
- Cramlington
- Salary:
- VSM
- Closing date:
- 9am Monday 20th May 2024
- Job Ref:
- GSe111214
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Description
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is the leading, progressive and innovative £800 million turnover healthcare provider delivering an extensive range of acute, community, primary and social care services to one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS Trust in the country, stretching from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed. We support a population of over 500,000 via three major locality hospitals, a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics, our expanding subsidiary Northumbria Primary Care Ltd and, as we further expand our social care offer, through care packages delivered at home and in intermediary care settings. We also provide support services including fleet and facilities management.
We have been twice rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission and were rated amongst the top performers for acute and combined acute and community trusts in the country by our staff in the latest NHS Staff Survey. We routinely deliver very high performance against national targets. As a collaborative anchor organisation in the North East and North Cumbria ICS, our partner relationships have strong foundations and, as we continue to support the reduction in health inequalities and the transformation of health and care services, we look forward to further collaboration.
We are now seeking to appoint a Director of Emergency Surgery & Elective Care and a Director of Medicine & Emergency Care. Both Directors will report to our CEO, Birju Bartoli, and be responsible for leading the Trust’s operational delivery in each Business Unit to ensure high-quality and cost-effective services that are responsive to the needs of our patients and in line with our strategic direction and values. These are not executive director roles, but they are key leadership positions with a direct link to the Board and our CEO with responsibility for the operational delivery and performance across the Trust, from ward to Board.
The successful candidates for each of these roles will be innovative, inspirational, and visible leaders, with highly developed skills in operational delivery, transformation, and partnership working. As senior operational leaders, you will be experienced in driving operational performance and delivery in a large and complex acute healthcare organisation. Currently operating at board or sub-board level, you will have a track record of delivering sustained change across organisational boundaries, and leading innovation and service improvements that put the patient first and are achieved within tight financial constraints.
Our senior team operates at pace and to tight timescales. This creates an exciting and rewarding work environment, and it is an approach you will need to feel comfortable with, as a good fit to the senior team will be essential. These are exceptional opportunities to work in a dynamic and high-performing Trust, and to bring your skills and experience as we continue to invest in our future. If you are ambitious to develop your wider corporate skills and if from day one you can bring the operational expertise we will need, we want to hear from you. Please visit www.join-northumbriahealthcare.com to see the CEO discussing the roles, to read more about our journey, the Trust and our performance, and to view the full job description. Then contact Isha Hussain, Niamh Blair or Robin Staveley of GatenbySanderson via isha.hussain@gatenbysanderson.com for an initial informal discussion.
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How to Apply
- Please submit an up to date copy of your CV, along with a Supporting Statement that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements.
- A completed fit and proper person form – the template can be downloaded from the same place as the job description.
- Detail any employment or education gaps.
- You should provide the names, positions, organisations, and contact details for your referees, which must be your line managers and include your current and most recent employer. The referees should cover at least two roles as the minimum. Please note, should you be appointed, you will be required to provide references covering your last 6 years of employment as per the new NHS Fit and Proper Person regulations. Where there have been gaps in employment, this six year period will be extended accordingly. Referees will only be contacted for those proceeding to the final stage - we will always gain your permission before we contact referees.
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