Associate Director of Performance

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Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).

Do you want to work in an organisation that holds its staff and patients at the centre of everything it does. That looks to develop our staff to support the Trust to deliver the best possible service to our patients.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit an ambitious and driven individual to the role of Associate Director of Performance. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled individual to join the Trust and help improve the service that we provide to our patients.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Associate Director of Performance will be the specialist lead on performance delivery across the Trust. As the Trust looks to improve its performance against all metrics this role is key in the creation of realistic trajectories and monitoring the delivery against them.

We are seeking an individual who can demonstrate both a high degree of analytical proficiency as well as interpersonal skills. You will be able to understand and interpret large data sets, highlighting key areas of future improvements and risk as well as acting as a critical friend to support operational teams. They will need to have a working knowledge of RTT, Cancer and Urgent Care Standards and maintain a watching brief on any future changes.

Main duties of the job

Specialist lead on performance delivery across the Trust.

Responsible for the Trust -wide monitoring of all constitutional standards (Elective, urgent care, diagnostics and cancer).

Responsible for the development of performance trajectories to meet national improvement targets and monitoring performance against them.

Managing the formal reporting of performance to the ICB and NHS England and other external bodies through nationally defined systems, ensuring all data is timely and appropriately quality assured.

Act on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer at system and regional meetings and ensure that all performance related information is provided as required.

Participate in the Tactical On Call Rota as part of the senior leadership team.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please see the Job Description document attached.

For further details/informal visits contact:

Andy Hyett - Chief Operating Officer via his EA Wendy Slocombe - wendy.slocombe@hhft.nhs.uk contact telephone number (01256) 852814.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to Post Graduate/Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in the specialist area.
• Evidence of personal development at senior management level

Desirable criteria

• Highly specialist knowledge of a range of intervention strategies and improvement topics

Experience and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Detailed knowledge of BI, Performance and IG in the NHS.

Desirable criteria

• Board-level experience in a healthcare organisation

Skills and Ability

Essential criteria

• Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate others not necessarily reporting directly to the role.
• A positive 'can do' attitude and a positive attitude to change, with innovative and forward thinking approach to identifying solutions.

Desirable criteria

• Strategic thinker with a high degree of political acumen.

Our commitment to you:

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork:

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Associate Director of Performance - Job Description (PDF, 817.5KB)
• HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
• Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)