Associate Director - Performance & Informatics
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support the Director of Performance and Informatics in the development of an effective Trust Performance Management Framework, taking into account national, regional and local requirements and patient and public experience of service.
- Ensure there is robust performance monitoring of all national, regional and local standards and targets and Key Performance Indicators. To ensure appropriate performance information is readily available for managing the Trust's agenda and reporting performance to key forums including the Trust Board, Board sub-committees and review meetings with Groups.
- The post holder will use their skills, influence and expertise to promote a culture of performance improvement across the organisation.
- Act as a delegated authority for the review and initial sign off of national returns and performance data prior to Director sign-off.
- Co-ordinate the performance and reporting functions of the Trust, ensuring that all internal and external customers' requirements are satisfied.
- Take overall responsibility for staff development, performance and disciplinary issues for the staff in the Performance and Informatics portfolio.
- Provide expert advice on the Trust performance and informatics matters to the rest of the Performance and Informatics department.
- Liaise with the internal and external auditors to ensure that all procedures are working effectively and that audit points are completed and actioned in a timely way.
- Will be required to make decisions within their own interpretation and understanding of national policies and professional standard
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
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Experience
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Knowledge
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Skills & Abilities
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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- Job Description (PDF, 345.8KB)
- Performance & Informatics - Information Pack (PDF, 503.1KB)
- Performance & Informatics - Portfolio (PDF, 55.1KB)
- How to complete an application form & Values Fact Sheet (DOCX, 874.6KB)
- Welcoming Applicants with a Disability (PDF, 53.2KB)