Divisional Director - Paed Critical Care, Anaes & Complex Medicine

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Master's degree and Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and experience in management.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable criteria

• Preferably in a health care subject

Experience

Essential criteria

• Successful track record and relevant experience as a lead manager within an NHS organisation managing clinical services
• Demonstrate evidence of sound financial/staff management.
• Evidence of effectively managing change.

Desirable criteria

• Experience within an acute hospital setting.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge base of the NHS, the current issues, its values and principles of timely local access for the population.

Values

Essential criteria

• A strong commitment to the values of MFT

Other

Essential criteria

• Requirement to be on call rota.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Political astuteness, understanding what can and cannot be delivered at Lead level.
• A proven ability to obtain and consistently achieve results and targets.
• Highly developed Leadership skills with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams.
• The ability to shape the future and bring staff with you.
• Proven ability to deal with wide range of data and information and take appropriate decisions from it.
• A proven ability to come up with flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems.
• Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with clinical Leaders and professional staff groups and a proven ability to influence and change those groups.
• Effective and strategic influencing skills and all levels in the organisation including influencing Trust Board.
• Proven ability of Leading change through people.
• A management style that empowers others and evidence of successfully driving a learning coaching culture for all staff in your area of control.
• Holding to account others to ensure they deliver to their targets and dealing effectively with performance.
• A deep motivation to drive and improve performance in the service and in others.
• The confidence to succeed and overcome individual and organisational obstacles.
• Being able to manage own emotions and be resilient in a range of complex and demanding situations.
• A strong commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness and high standards in Leadership.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of partnership Working.
• Evidence of playing a major role in an organisational change programme.
• Formal project management training.
• Presentational/ media experience.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• RMCH 8d Divisional Director June 2024 (PDF, 752.3KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)