Director of Planned Care

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in London is looking for a Director of Planned Care to lead operational improvements and engage with stakeholders. The candidate should have extensive knowledge in operational management within healthcare and experience with complex systems. This is a senior leadership role with the responsibility for strategic and operational oversight of planned care initiatives.

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

Professional development opportunities

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Masters level education or equivalent senior experience in specialized area.
• Proven experience in leading complex improvement programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support delivery of Trust planned care plans.
• Manage key programmes feeding into the elective agenda.
• Take strategic lead in implementing corporate agenda.

Skills

Leadership in turnaround projects

Analytical skills

Strategic development

Communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Master's level or equivalent experience

Postgraduate qualification in health or management

Job description

Go back Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Director of Planned Care

The closing date is 18 August 2025

The Director of Planned Care holds a senior position in the Trust's operational team and will operate effectively in a flexible and demanding environment, proactively engaging with stakeholders to support the Chief Operating Officer in the delivery of operational improvement to achieve the Trust strategy. The post holder will be expected maintain thorough oversight of specific programmes of work and lead on Trust-wide and system-wide projects equivalent to that in responsibility of a current Divisional Operations Director.

Main duties of the job

The Director of Planned Care will be responsible for directly developing and supporting delivery of all Trust planned care plans as well as managing interfaces with, and joining up the key programmes that feed into the wider elective agenda including finance, transformation, specialised commissioning, primary care and workforce.

The postholder will have an in-depth and extensive knowledge of operational management in an acute hospital and experience of working within a complex healthcare system, including expertise in best practice planned care provision, with the ability to influence and ensure completion of actions across different professional groups.

As a direct report to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Planned Care will be required to act autonomously, provide comprehensive and expert advice and make clear decisions based on the challenges presented to them which will vary on a programme specific basis. The postholder will take a strategic and operational lead role where required in the implementation of the corporate agenda.

The role includes important internal and external facing responsibility to help build relationships with partners in the sector and region. The Director of Planned Care will be expected to present and have delegated authority at system meetings, deputising for the Chief Operating Officer as appropriate.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond. We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Post graduate qualification in health or management.

Skills/ Abilities

• Proven experience of leading on turn around projects and delivering complex improvement and change programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
• Significant experience as a member of the senior leadership team for a major programme of work.
• Ability to lead the strategic development of a business with similar scale and complexity to the clinical division
• Proven conceptual and analytical skills
• Able to use power and influence to develop and improve services
• Able to make and take decisions, after analysis of options and implications
• Strong communication skills (written, oral, presentational and interpersonal)
• Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments.
• Ability to effectively lead a high-performing team Experience of leading reconfiguration programmes and/or the assurance of reconfiguration programmes
• Able to multi-task and continue to function to a high standard when under pressure
• Able to communicate well and liaise with people at all levels within and outside the trust.
• Possess natural authority and able to gain respect from others
• Ability to analyse highly complex information / data, compare options and make recommendations for action

Experience

• Ability to demonstrate leadership and delivery of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led services
• Critical thinking skills - including evidence of having used structured problem solving.
• Successful budgetary management and achievement of CIPs
• Experience of providing services to a high quality with restricted resources
• Experience of business case preparation, presentation and implementation
• Evidence of successful operational and business planning achievement
• Knowledge and application of key policies and procedures including the Access Policy (ED, RTT, DM01), Health and Safety, People Policies and IPC Policies.
• Evidence of delivering and sustaining quality improvement programmes
• Extensive experience of operational resilience and capacity planning to support delivery of the improved utilisation and productivity of resources.

Knowledge

• Acute hospital and community services
• Service quality and quality management and improvement
• Current changes and developments within the NHS
• Change management theory

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust