Band 8C - Head of Efficiency and Clinical Productivity

Job overview

The Efficiency and Clinical Productivity team supports the achievement of the Royal Free London’s group-wide goals and governing objectives through the delivery of a portfolio of major programme and change activity. The team drives the group-wide efficiency and clinical productivity programme to ensure the financial sustainability of the RFL Group.

RFL Group agreed it’s Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP) in January 2024 setting out it’s plan to deliver financial sustainability over the next three years. The Efficiency and Clinical Productivity team supports this through a focus on improving productivity and sustainability through core activities such as FIP delivery and efficiency plans, and the successful delivery of major change programmes that will deliver multi-year productivity improvement.

The Head of Efficiency and Clinical Productivity role supports the delivery of this portfolio of work through leading a business partnering team aligned to one of the Group’s Health Units and with responsibility for delivering cross cutting Group-wide programmes. The role will develop the local and strategic relationships required to enable health units to drive the integrated development of efficiency and productivity opportunities and their delivery.

*** Please note, this vacancy may close early if high levels of applications are received. ***

Main duties of the job

As Head of Efficiency and Clinical Productivity you will have a high level of autonomy, self-drive, and will be able to manage multiple priorities and provide direction to teams to achieve the plan set out. You will need to demonstrate effective leadership skills, not only in working with a range of stakeholders to deliver change, but in leading a business partnering team.   As well as being technically competent in driving change and project/programme management, you will need to possess excellent interpersonal and communication so you can work effectively with multiple groups of stakeholders across the organisation.

The role requires you to drive a complex, cross-cutting agenda and provide significant challenge and support to drive forward the improving value agenda and in ensuring the Trust meets its financial and productivity goals. You will need to be an ambassador for improvement and model the integrity, patient focused and value for money behaviours essential to sustainable improvement.

The role will lead a team to identify and test opportunities, develop delivery plans, and provide project management for more complex skills as well as leading and supporting cross cutting group-wide programmes of work.

This post will be allocated to support the NMUH Health Unit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust

The post can close earlier if high volumes of applications are received.