Band 8c Senior Operations Manager (RF Site - Network Services)

Band 8c Senior Operations Manager (RF Site - Network Services)

We are looking for an ambitious and talented operational leader with a track record of developing services and building great teams. This post is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring Divisional Director of Operations to support operational delivery and performance with a wider responsibility within a Divisional Leadership Team. You will support the strategic direction of network services division including breast, plastics, ophthalmology and dermatology services and work across organisational boundaries. You will be passionate to improve and redesign services to deliver excellent patient care. You will be an engaging leader with a flexible style who can engage and motivate staff across a wide portfolio of areas and understand what it takes to run a successful team. In return, this post offers close working with, and support from, the Divisional Leadership Team and the peer Divisional Leadership Teams along with the opportunity to contribute to or lead large scale transformation projects.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Operations Manager will have operational responsibility for the Division to ensure that all operational performance targets including cancer, RTT, finance, workforce and service improvement targets are achieved. The post holder will actively contribute to service integration and to the development of services in the Division and where appropriate the wider health and social care system.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

Job responsibilities

Full details of the job and responsibilities of this role are in the job description attached. If you have any questions please contact the recruiting manager.

Person Specification Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Qualifications

• 1st degree or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing personal development

Experience

• Substantial senior management experience in the NHS or equivalent
• Evidence of leading and managing change within a complex environment
• Strategic planning and project management
• Managing large and complex budgets
• Managing a cross-site, complex function
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibly in a dynamic environment
• Diplomatic style

Skills and Knowledge

• Leadership of a multidisciplinary team and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
• Significant acute operational management experience in a complex healthcare organisation
• Management of staff
• Service planning and project management
• Broad understanding of the NHS and key policy issues which affect performance
• Significant complex budgetary management
• Ability to achieve effective team working within the division and across divisions
• Numerate, IT literate, analytical and able to use business intelligence effectively. Demonstrate advanced influencing and negotiation skills
• Aptitude to engage in constructive collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to achieve success through partnership

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.

Deputy Director of Operations Planned Care

£82,462 to £93,773 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS