The post holder works in partnership with the Chief of Service and Divisional Head of Nursing to ensure the delivery of high quality, cost effective patient care within resources available. They provide strong operational leadership to manage and support the delivery of a wide range of complex clinical services and for implementing and managing systems and processes to enable services to respond effectively to future challenges whilst providing efficient clinical services and sustained improvements. Together with the Chief of Service and Divisional Head of Nursing, provide leadership to the Divisional staff, ensuring clear communication of Trust and Divisional values, vision, priorities and expectations to ensure the engagement of teams to deliver services of the highest quality. Responsible for managing the highly complex nature of the Division and ensuring that the appropriate strategic plans are delivered within a complex operating framework. The post holder will be responsible for providing high-level operational leadership and planning ensuring safe, high quality and efficient delivery of the day to day operational management of Access and Medicine across the Trust, which meets the needs of patients and achieves set and agreed standards and financial targets. The role is responsible for delivering against the legal, risk and governance agenda in the Division, working alongside the Chief of Service and the Divisional Head of Nursing and Governance for Access and Medicine. Accountable for operational leadership across the Division of Access and Medicine, dedicated to the delivery of healthcare services that meet quality standards, are value for money and are provided with professionalism, compassion and care. Work as a member of the leadership triumvirate for Access and Medicine, providing leadership and oversight of all aspects of the Division. Develop and manage relationships with external stakeholders across the Guildford and Waverley Integrated Care Partnership and the Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System for the effective and efficient delivery of all clinical and non-clinical support services and the delivery of all operational key performance indicators and targets within available resources. Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us. Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Matt Jarratt Job title: Chief Operating Officer Email address: m.jarratt@nhs.net For an informal discussion, please contact Matt Jarratt, Chief Operating Officer – m.jarratt@nhs.net.