York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Strategic Lead - Clinical Networks
The closing date is 21 August 2025
The Humber and North Yorkshire Collaboration of Acute Providers (CAP) delivers programmes of work at scale to support improved patient care. This includes the delivery of the work plans for the Elective Clinical Networks supporting productive and clinical effective pathways.
Working across the acute trusts within the provider collaborative, the post holder will be responsible for senior leadership to the Elective Networks.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Lead is a lead member of the Clinical Networks, the Network Steering Group and the Elective programme and is responsible for working with the Network Clinical Director to provide strategic leadership to develop and deliver the elective network transformation plans across the Humber and North Yorkshire, working closely with colleagues across the Integrated Care System (ICS).
The post holder will provide senior representation for Humber and North Yorkshire (HNY) Elective Networks at regional meetings and other senior meetings as required.
As the Senior Lead, the post holder will work as part of the elective networks and wider elective teams to maintain and enhance service provision, support recovery, transformation and future service sustainability across Humber and North Yorkshire. This includes working closely with the diagnostic colleagues, the cancer alliance, primary care, BI leads teams and the digital programme.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinical insight and experience underpins the programme ambitions which form delivery of short, medium and long-term planning activities
About us
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
The role is being advertised as a secondment opportunity. Please ensure you have the permission of your current line manager before applying.
This role is home based to enable working across the Humber and North Yorkshire geography, requiring the postholder to travel to various locations across Humber and North Yorkshire and an expectation of frequent (minimum of 2 days a week) on-site working from hospital sites across Humber and North Yorkshire.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person Specification
Experience
* Significant experience of working at a senior level in a senior level operational role within an NHS acute service.
* Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
* In depth expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the area of elective pathways.
Knowledge
* Experience of leading major change initiatives with entrepreneurialism in a challenging organisational environment.
* Demonstrable ability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Skills
* Demonstrable ability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
* Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources (verbal, written and numerical).
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.
Employer name
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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