Clinical and Operations Director

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Norfolk seeks an experienced Clinical and Operations Director to lead the development of the Target Operating Model for major capital projects within the NHS. This role demands a strong background in clinical transformation, leadership capabilities, and collaboration with stakeholders. The position offers a chance to shape future healthcare, ensuring services align with Hospital 2.0 standards. The Trust values patient and staff experiences, promoting an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Collaborative working environment

Qualifications

• Strong background in NHS clinical transformation and operational excellence.
• Excellent leadership skills to manage diverse teams.
• Experience in working collaboratively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of the Target Operating Model (TOM).
• Shape the future of care across Norfolk and Waveney.
• Manage programme and scheme resources through matrix management.

Skills

NHS clinical transformation

Leadership skills

Collaboration with senior stakeholders

Job description

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for clinical transformation and operational excellence? We are seeking a dynamic Clinical and Operations Director to lead the development and delivery of the Target Operating Model (TOM) for a major capital project within the Norfolk and Waveney Healthcare system. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of care across the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG), supporting the New Hospital Programme (NHP) at both Queen Elizabeth Hospital and James Paget University Hospital.

We will provide strategic leadership and assurance for a range of projects and co‑dependencies, ensuring our estate aligns with future clinical and professional needs and meets Hospital 2.0 standards. The role requires a strong background in NHS clinical transformation, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with senior stakeholders, including clinical and operational staff, system partners, ICB, NHSE, and NHP.

Join us and help deliver a new era of healthcare for Norfolk and Waveney, lead the clinical and operational transformation across the programme, assuring delivery of an integrated TOM aligned to Hospital 2.0 strategic objectives, manage programme and scheme resources across both sites through matrix management, ensuring alignment with group transformation and ICB objectives, directly manage workstream leads for clinical transformation, operations, digital and workforce, maintaining strong links with group functions, engage and co‑design with a broad range of partners, stakeholders and service users, provide expert advice to executive and board forums, oversee the development of the TOM for the New QEH and Future Paget, ensuring alignment with NHP guidance and group clinical strategy, support business case development, ensuring requirements are met at group, NHP/NHSE and local levels, lead on investment objectives, critical success factors and monitor progress, plan and manage collaboration between clinical and operational teams to ensure seamless service integration in the new hospital model of care, and deputise for the Programme Director as required.

Please refer to Job Description/Person Spec for further details. The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill‑health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

What We Offer

• The chance to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare across two major hospital sites.
• Opportunities for professional development and to work at the forefront of NHS transformation.
• A supportive, innovative and collaborative working environment.

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.

Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:

• Putting patients first
• Aiming to get it right
• Recognising that everybody counts
• Doing everything openly and honestly