Deputy Divisional Director of Operations for Specialist Division

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Sussex is seeking a Deputy Divisional Director of Operations to lead performance management and service delivery within their Specialist Division. The ideal candidate will have significant operational management experience within the NHS and strong personal resilience. This role offers an excellent opportunity for career progression, with support to help you develop towards a Director of Operations role.

Qualifications

• Significant operational management experience within the NHS.
• Strong personal resilience to handle pressures of leading complex services.

Responsibilities

• Lead on all aspects of performance management and service delivery.
• Motivate teams, promote trust values, and enable outstanding patient care.
• Work with colleagues to achieve divisional objectives.

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Deputy Divisional Director of Operations for Specialist Division. Reporting to the Divisional Director of Operations, this role forms a key part of our Divisional Management team and works closely with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues across the Trust and beyond. As Deputy Director of Operations, you will lead on all aspects of performance management and service delivery within the Division. You will work together with our colleagues to ensure that quality, performance, constitutional standards, CIP and budgetary targets are monitored and delivered. This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop and progress your career into a Director of Operations, with support from the current Divisional Director to achieve this progression. We are seeking a motivated and influential leader who is partnership led and who has significant operational management experience within the NHS. This is a tough but rewarding role and the successful post holder will need to have strong personal resilience to deal with the day-to-day pressures of leading large and complex services through the busiest time the NHS has ever seen.

Responsibilities

• Lead on all aspects of performance management and service delivery within the Division, ensuring quality, performance, constitutional standards, CIP and budgetary targets are monitored and delivered.
• Lead and motivate teams, promote the trust values of compassion, communication, teamwork, respect, professionalism and inclusion, and enable staff to thrive and deliver outstanding patient care.
• Work with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues across the Trust and beyond to achieve divisional objectives.

Organisational values and culture

At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

Candidate experience and wellbeing

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We are here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. Our candidate information pack and wellbeing programme for staff is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including flexible working where possible to support work-life balance. We know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Development and progression

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.