Divisional Director in Surgery

Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust

Divisional Director in Surgery

(0.6WTE AFC or 6 PAs) Whipps Cross Hospital

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers and the largest Trust in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three Trusts: Barts and The London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust. The new Trust has a turnover of approximately £1.1 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.

We are looking for an experienced individual to join our team to support the delivery of the Division, Site and Trust’s strategic aims and objectives.  You will join a high performing Division with diverse day to day exposure, from the Emergency department and key responsibility for flow to delivery of specialty medicine pathways for example in frailty.   This role is a key member of the Hospital Executive Board and leader of the hospital, linking also with group and ICS partners.

Main duties of the job

You will take day-to-day responsibility and accountability for the Division and with the triumvirate management team performance manage the Divisional teams.   You will need significant experience in both emergency and elective care as you will lead the delivery of national and local targets to ensure they are achieved across a wide range of services. The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record, leadership skills and expertise with a strong values based approach. Also highly developed interpersonal skills, the ability to establish strong links with the wider health and social care community by securing their involvement in the effective delivery of services and a strong knowledge of service improvement methodologies and keep these at the forefront of service developments.

This is an exciting time to join the team at Whipps Cross University.  The hospital is currently being planned for redevelopment of a new Whipps Cross Hospital. The redevelopment plans aim to transform the local area, creating a new, state-of-the-art NHS hospital, with improved access to the site and new green spaces, re-establishing its connection to the surrounding forest. The post-holder will have an opportunity, alongside wider divisional stakeholders to play an important role in the planning and operationalising of these plans of the coming five years.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will take day-to-day responsibility and accountability for the Division and with the triumvirate management team performance manage the Divisional teams.   You will need significant experience in both emergency and elective care as you will lead the delivery of national and local targets to ensure they are achieved across a wide range of services. The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record, leadership skills and expertise with a strong values based approach. Also highly developed interpersonal skills, the ability to establish strong links with the wider health and social care community by securing their involvement in the effective delivery of services and a strong knowledge of service improvement methodologies and keep these at the forefront of service developments.

This is an exciting time to join the team at Whipps Cross University.  The hospital is currently being planned for redevelopment of a new Whipps Cross Hospital. The redevelopment plans aim to transform the local area, creating a new, state-of-the-art NHS hospital, with improved access to the site and new green spaces, re-establishing its connection to the surrounding forest. The post-holder will have an opportunity, alongside wider divisional stakeholders to play an important role in the planning and operationalising of these plans of the coming five years.

Strategically, the Divisional Director will have a key enabling role in aligning site operational priorities with the ambition and vision of the Clinical Boards and Networks.

The Divisional Director will be responsible for a divisional management team and will demonstrate the Trust’s WeCare Values, whilst embedding them within their division.