Job Summary

Divisional Managing Director will support the Divisional Clinical Director in providing high-level operational and strategic business planning and leadership to ensure that the Division provides high quality patient care and achieves its performance objectives. This will include ensuring high quality patient care, patient safety, clinical quality and governance, the delivery of agreed performance and financial objectives, and ensuring that the Division operates with the needs of patients as its highest priority.

Main duties of the job

Divisional Managing Director will be accountable to the Divisional Clinical Director and will ensure that services within the division are delivered within budget, to agreed quality standards, in accordance with the Division's Strategic objectives against required activity levels and are designed to deliver an exemplary patient experience. Take a lead role in supporting compliance with key financial and access requirements. Provide strategic leadership and professional advice within the Division within a climate of change that enables high quality services to be delivered to patients and families consistently - will be responsible for the development and provision of transformational leadership across all clinical services to ensure and consistently develop a safe, high-quality, cost-effective service for patients, families, and carers.

About Us

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

We are looking for an inspirational leader to move our Group into the next phase of integration. We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people working to co-design services with our population.

Date posted

16 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

Depending on experience Dependant on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

357-LN-1827-24

Job locations

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Leadership and Management - Ensure that the shared organisational vision and strategic aims, values and culture of the Trust are actively promoted across the Division and that the post-holder provides clear leadership and is a role model for their delivery. The post-holder is managerially responsible for; Divisional Delivery, Planning and Performance, Daily Operational Oversight of all clinical services, Performance management of Clinical Business Units, Delivery of corporate access standard 18 weeks, Cancer, 4Hr standard and DM01, Emergency planning response and business continuity within area of responsibility and General Managers and Deputy General Manager.

Service Delivery, Business Management and Performance - Maintains regular access and contact with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO) for matters relating to delivery issues and keeps the DCOO appraised of any concerns.

Financial and Resource Management - Lead and ensure delivery of Divisional budget ensuring all financial Standing Financial Instructions are adhered to and budget control targets are met.

Governance and Risk - Ensure patient safety and experience is at the centre of planning, analysis and delivery.

Communication - Provide necessary, accurate and timely information to appropriate governance, delivery, and transformation oversight groups.

Human Resources - Promote a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for the service they provide and managers are supported to lead, motivate, and develop staff who feel valued and respected.

Education and Teaching - Ensure that all staff in the department receive appropriate training and on-going development to enable them to competently and safely fulfil their roles.

Trust-Wide Responsibilities - Ensure the involvement of local people in planning and development of services, engaging and consulting as appropriate. Take necessary steps to engage with vulnerable and hard to reach groups to deliver equality of outcomes.

Responsibilities

Job description Job responsibilities

Leadership and Management - Ensure that the shared organisational vision and strategic aims, values and culture of the Trust are actively promoted across the Division and that the post-holder provides clear leadership and is a role model for their delivery. The post-holder is managerially responsible for; Divisional Delivery, Planning and Performance, Daily Operational Oversight of all clinical services, Performance management of Clinical Business Units, Delivery of corporate access standard 18 weeks, Cancer, 4Hr standard and DM01, Emergency planning response and business continuity within area of responsibility and General Managers and Deputy General Manager.

Service Delivery, Business Management and Performance - Maintains regular access and contact with the Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO) for matters relating to delivery issues and keeps the DCOO appraised of any concerns.

Financial and Resource Management - Lead and ensure delivery of Divisional budget ensuring all financial Standing Financial Instructions are adhered to and budget control targets are met.

Governance and Risk - Ensure patient safety and experience is at the centre of planning, analysis and delivery.

Communication - Provide necessary, accurate and timely information to appropriate governance, delivery, and transformation oversight groups.

Human Resources - Promote a culture where staff feel empowered and accountable for the service they provide and managers are supported to lead, motivate, and develop staff who feel valued and respected.

Education and Teaching - Ensure that all staff in the department receive appropriate training and on-going development to enable them to competently and safely fulfil their roles.

Trust-Wide Responsibilities - Ensure the involvement of local people in planning and development of services, engaging and consulting as appropriate. Take necessary steps to engage with vulnerable and hard to reach groups to deliver equality of outcomes.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

Degree level qualification plus higher-level management qualification at master's or equivalent level
Significant additional role related and personal development training commensurate with a very senior management post.

Previous Experience Essential

Significant experience at very senior manager level in the NHS
Demonstrates experience of delivery across organisational boundaries

Desirable

Experience in an acute trust

Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes Essential

Experience of performance managing others to ensure organisation delivery and success.
Must be a highly credible leader with experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders.
Experience of problem solving at the most senior level.
Ability to analyse highly complex areas of work to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and to ensure these materialise in a sustainable way.
Experience of understanding and interpreting relevant national policy in a complex organisational.

Specific Requirements Essential

Experience of strategic long-term planning.
Experience of managing complexity such as managing numerous work streams/projects whilst simultaneously delivering on performance targets to tight deadlines.
Must be able to design and operate performance management systems and processes that deliver sustainable performance.
Experience of leading planning cycles from concept to delivery.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

Degree level qualification plus higher-level management qualification at master's or equivalent level
Significant additional role related and personal development training commensurate with a very senior management post.

Previous Experience Essential

Significant experience at very senior manager level in the NHS
Demonstrates experience of delivery across organisational boundaries

Desirable

Experience in an acute trust

Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes Essential

Experience of performance managing others to ensure organisation delivery and success.
Must be a highly credible leader with experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders.
Experience of problem solving at the most senior level.
Ability to analyse highly complex areas of work to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and to ensure these materialise in a sustainable way.
Experience of understanding and interpreting relevant national policy in a complex organisational.

Specific Requirements Essential

Experience of strategic long-term planning.
Experience of managing complexity such as managing numerous work streams/projects whilst simultaneously delivering on performance targets to tight deadlines.
Must be able to design and operate performance management systems and processes that deliver sustainable performance.
Experience of leading planning cycles from concept to delivery.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY

Employer's website

https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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