Deputy Chief Operating OfficerinShrewsburyinShrewsburyPUBLISHED MON 18 NOV 2024
In this role, the Deputy Chief Operating Officer will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and divisional teams to ensure effective day-to-day operations and performance assurance for the Trust. This position involves making independent decisions in alignment with the Trust's strategic plan and will include leading significant transformation projects, managing emergency planning, and participating in the Executive on-call rota. The overall aim is to enhance the provision of health services within the local health economy.
Thank you for your interest in joining us as Deputy Chief Operating Officer; these posts are vital leadership roles within our organisation. The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust has a wide-ranging improvement programme, including key operational commitments to improve access to Urgent & Emergency Care, Elective services, Cancer services and Diagnostic services. The organisation is proud of improvements made in recent years, but also humble about how much more we have to do.
There are two substantive Deputy Chief Operating Officer posts available. Subject to relevant experience, the intention is for one postholder to lead on Planned Care, and one postholder to lead on Urgent & Emergency Care. There will also be the opportunity to lead corporate operational functions within respective Deputy Chief Operating Officer portfolios including Capacity and Patient Flow; Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response; Cancer Services; the Improvement team; Programme Management Office team, and more.
The Deputy Chief Operating Officer will contribute to delivery of the Trust's strategic plan, by working in partnership with the Executive team, Divisional teams and external organisations and commissioners, to achieve the Trust's corporate objectives and to make a positive contribution to the provision of health services across the local health economy.
The postholder will deputise for the Chief Operating Officer and work closely with the Divisional teams to ensure the safe and effective day to day operations of the organisation are maintained.
The postholder will be expected to act independently, taking timely and at times, significant decisions to ensure the operational delivery for the overall organisation. The postholder will be responsible for leading on performance assurance on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer. They will lead major strategic projects and Trust-wide service improvement programmes for the Chief Operating Officer across the organisation and the wider health economy.
The postholder will lead specific transformation and change programmes and policy reviews in areas impacted by key performance issues. The role will also oversee the delivery of the resilience and emergency planning and day to day performance management. As a Senior Manager the postholder will also participate in the Executive on call rota.
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The Deputy Chief Operating Officer will contribute to delivery of the Trusts strategic plan, by working in partnership with the Executive team, Divisional teams and external organisations and commissioners, to achieve the Trusts corporate objectives and to make a positive contribution to the provision of health services across the local health economy.
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