Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for excellence in healthcare?
NHS Lanarkshire is seeking an exceptional individual to join our team as Deputy Director of Acute Services. This pivotal role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the delivery of acute healthcare services across our region.
The Role
The Deputy Director of Acute Services at NHS Lanarkshire oversees the operational delivery of all aspects of the Access Division across our three acute hospitals. They are responsible for developing and implementing a transformation and reform programme to modernise and redesign Acute Services. Key responsibilities include:
1. Developing, implementing, and monitoring the Board’s flow improvement strategy, Operation Flow.
2. Collaborating with the Interface Director and Hospital Site Directors to enhance patient flow.
3. Leading the transformation of Acute Services within limited resources to provide sustainable, effective services.
4. Ensuring services align with Realistic Medicine principles and utilise innovation and digital opportunities.
As the formal deputy to the Director of Acute Services, they attend NHS Lanarkshire Board meetings, chair divisional management meetings, and work with senior colleagues to support core clinical services and the Waiting Times Improvement Plan. The role is also involved in participating in the Corporate management and governance of NHS Lanarkshire and being part of an On-Call rota.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in NHS Lanarkshire
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
What we offer:
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
1. A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
2. A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
3. Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the )
4. Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
5. Occupational health services
6. Employee counselling services
7. Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .
Please Note: Eden Scott will be facilitating recruitment process.
Interviews for this role will be week beginning 24th June 2024