Divisional Director of Operations

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

As a resilient, dynamic, and experienced NHS leader you could be the next Divisional Director Operations (DDO) for our Medicine & Integrated Care Division, reporting to the Divisional Director, Professor Frances Bowen. This is a key leadership role responsible for >3,500 staff and managing a budget of circa £250 million, covering a broad and demanding portfolio including emergency care. Joining our values-based and progressive organisation at a senior level, as DDO you will combine your broad operational knowledge with strategic planning, working, and empowering your teams, stakeholders, and communities to help establish and embed our vision, our values, and our culture in an inclusive environment that promotes innovation and a continued focus on excellent patient care.

This is an exceptional job, and we are looking for an exceptional individual to fulfil it. It is imperative that you bring a strong blend of personal and professional qualities, credibility, and impact to this broad and influential role.

We are seeking a resilient individual with experience operating within complexity, skilled in leading change and continuous improvement, and a natural collaborator with an engaging and persuasive style. Comfortable in building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders within the organisation, our health system and our communities, your passion for quality, safety and efficiency will match that of our dedicated and innovative workforce.

Main duties of the job

For a copy of the job description or a confidential discussion, contact our advising consultant at GatenbySanderson.

Melanie West, Senior Consultant at GatenbySanderson at melanie.west@gatenbysanderson.com or by phone on 07384 464 187.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description is available from GatenbySanderson.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

Preliminary interviews will take place w/c Monday 10th & Monday 17th June 2024

Panel Interviews will take place : w/c Monday 15th July 2024

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• JD available upon request

IMPORTANT:

We are conducting interviews virtually and face to face. If the interview is virtual we require candidates to have the camera on during the interview.

Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within NWLP such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly throughout the recruitment process.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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

• Functional requirement form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Candidate Pack (PDF, 4.4MB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)