Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director (VSM)

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Heart values

  Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values: honesty, equity, accountability, respect, and teamwork.

• Heart values

  Demonstrate commitment to place Quality at our HEART.

• Knowledge and experience

  Significant experience of working at a senior level within a large complex NHS organisation

• Knowledge and experience

  Experience of working with Executive Directors, very senior managers and leaders

• Knowledge and experience

  Significant understanding and knowledge of the statutory standards and a track record of delivery

• Knowledge and experience

  Experience of leading and implementing Performance and Information strategies and frameworks within a large organisation

• Knowledge and experience

  Proven ability to build enduring and effective stakeholder relationships

• Knowledge and experience

  Demonstrate evidence of sound financial management / building strong and productive teams

• Knowledge and experience

  Experience of strategic thinking at a senior level

• Knowledge and experience

  Information specialist with strong analytical skills with an up-to-date knowledge of all NHS information and data requirements

• Knowledge and experience

  Experience of translating local and national requirements into an information plan

• Knowledge and experience

  Experience of database design and management; statistical analysis; data modelling and interrogation

• Education and Qualifications

  Master’s Degree or equivalent knowledge and experience preferably with an information or analytical focus

• Education and Qualifications

  Significant post qualification experience working at a senior level, with a strong professional reputation built on a track record of career development through delivery

• Education and Qualifications

  Evidence of continuing professional development

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Highly motivated, inspirational and positive leader

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Political astuteness, understanding what can and cannot be delivered at senior level

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  The ability to shape the future and motivate staff to perform at the highest level

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Excellent collaborative working skills and ability to build strong relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Effective and strategic influencing skills at all levels within and outside of the organisation including: Trust Board, APG & Trust level committee meetings, Improvement groups, Staff Involvement Forums, Place based and system level meetings and Regulator & Commissioner e.g. CQC, NHSE & ICB.

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate highly complex and sensitive information to large groups

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Evidence of leading change through people

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Proven ability to develop flexible and creative solutions to difficult problems

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Excellent customer care skills

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Evidence of formulating long term strategic plans which have an impact across the organisation

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Evidence of consistently achieving results and targets

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Proven ability to analyse and interpret highly complex or sensitive data and information and make appropriate decisions based on this

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  A management style that empowers others and evidence of successfully driving a learning, coaching culture for all staff in your area of control

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Holding to account others to ensure they deliver to their targets and dealing effectively with performance

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Evidence of development and implementation of a range of policies supporting the whole organisation

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  The confidence to succeed and overcome individual and organisational obstacles

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Being able to manage own emotions and be resilient in a range of complex and demanding situations

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Self-motivated and committed with the ability to work on own initiative without the need for close managerial support

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  A strong commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness and high standards in leadership

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Able to demonstrate professional credibility

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Have a passion for information and how the appropriate use of information has a significant positive impact on improving the organisations

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Sound knowledge base of the NHS, the current issues, its values and principles

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Requirement to be on Director on call rota

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Advanced keyboard skills and ability to design and manage databases

• Skills, abilities, and attributes

  Able to use a wide range of IT packages including MS Office and A.I.