About the Role
This role is responsible for the operational delivery, performance and governance of General Surgery and St Mark's services across site, covering both hospital and community settings.
It also involves operational delivery of the resident doctors rotations within the Division, ensuring recruitment, retention and reducing locum spend.
Lead directorate teams to deliver high-quality patient-centred services, strategic planning, RTT delivery, service development and change programmes, driving innovation, modernisation and high levels of staff and patient satisfaction.
Provide key leadership in financial, quality, performance, productivity and workforce targets, local and national, as agreed through business planning, appraisal and personal development processes.
Establish and maintain internal controls to assure delivery of financial management and the deployment of resources in line with the Trust’s financial plan and governance requirements, delivering contracted activity levels and managing related pay and non-pay expenditure within agreed budgets, achieving cost improvement and underpinning service line profitability.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensure that the services meet all relevant contractual and performance requirements, including on-going assessment of future demand and capacity requirements.
* Be accountable for the effective performance of these services, demonstrating achievements against national and local requirements.
* Integrate the work of the medical, nursing and other professional staff in the management of these services, working in close conjunction with the Clinical Directors and Head of Nursing, including identifying opportunities for growing, improving and re-designing services, in line with overall organisational strategy.
* Lead the development of business cases for new services and developments, ensuring they support delivery of the corporate and financial plans.
* Lead on the annual business planning process working in close conjunction with the Clinical, Finance and Information Teams.
* Ensure that effective admission and discharge arrangements are in place for these services, including ensuring appropriate application and use of the e-discharge system.
* Be an active member of the Divisional Management Team, as well as contributing to the wider Trust agenda.
* Represent the Division/Directorates externally, including with other provider organisations, commissioners and regulatory bodies.
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