Group Director of Operations- Medical Care Group inBournemouth inBournemouth PUBLISHED
MON 28 OCT 2024
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to significant transformational efforts in the region, including the establishment of a new elective and planned care hospital. The ideal candidate should possess strong relationship-building skills, a track record of successful delivery in healthcare settings, and a dynamic approach to achieving strategic objectives in alignment with the Trust's vision for the future.
University Hospital Dorset is one of Britain's leading healthcare providers in the NHS. It was created in October 2020 by bringing together two Trusts: Poole Hospital and Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch.
The new Trust has a turnover of approximately £750m and employs over 9,000 members of staff.
We are seeking to appoint a new Group Director of Operations to our Medical Care Group for a fixed period of 12 months. The Medical Care Group is one of three Care Groups in the Trust. It covers all aspects of medicine and is split across four directorates including Emergency & Urgent Care, Older People's Services and Acute Care, Networked Medicine and Specialist Medicine across all Trust hospital sites.
Base Location: Bournemouth & Poole
Interview Date: TBC
The Group Director of Operations is a key leadership role with the Trust, responsible for the safe and effective delivery of services. The successful applicant will work as part of a triumvirate to deliver the strategic ambitions of the Trust.
The total Care Group budget to manage is £220 million and a staff group of circa 2500 members.
The post holder will be accountable for the performance of their Care Group alongside the Group Director of Nursing and Group Medical Director in delivering national and local health care priorities, ensuring clinical quality, delivery of all constitutional standards, patient safety, finance and improving patient and staff experience.
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Strategically, the Care Group Director will have a key enabling role in aligning site operational priorities with the ambition and vision of supporting the delivery of the Dorset Clinical Services review.
This is an exciting time to join the team with the transformational and investment programme to transform the local area, creating a new, state-of-the-art elective and planned care hospital.
The successful individual will be an astute, driven, flexible and determined individual who has a proven history of successful relationship building in order to deliver our strategy. You will have a strong track record of delivery and be considered inspirational and engaging by both staff and external partners.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
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