# Winter Resilience Director > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/winter-resilience-director/a84eac66-1288-4980-a60f-74516be90df8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/winter-resilience-director/a84eac66-1288-4980-a60f-74516be90df8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Director - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £118,919 - £135,920 per annum pro rata inc - **Contract type:** 6 months (Although this position is a 6 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 6 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T13:40:43.889Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/WXH_SITE_MANAGEMENT/WXH_SITE_MANAGEMENT-v8377735 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8377735?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Whipps Cross Hospital is seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly motivated Winter Resilience Director to lead our operational response throughout the forthcoming winter period. This is a unique opportunity for an accomplished senior leader with a strong track record of operational delivery, system working and leading teams through complex and challenging environments. Reporting to the Director of Operations, the successful candidate will provide visible leadership across the organisation, driving performance, supporting frontline teams and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care for our patients throughout winter. ### Main duties of the job We are looking for a leader who leads with compassion, inspires confidence and empowers teams to find solutions. The role requires someone who can engage colleagues at every level, harness innovation from the frontline and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will share our values and place them at the heart of everything they do, demonstrating a genuine commitment to our patients, staff and local communities. The role is a secondment opportunity for 6 months starting from November 2026 Interviews will take place w/c 26th October, final date to be confirmed. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Able to influence, negotiate and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues - Ability to operate effectively in clinical academic operational environment with multiple stakeholders - Ability to motivate and lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards - Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills both verbal, written and presentation and excellent listening skills, including facilitation - Ability to encourage multi-professional team working and problem solving - Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Significant senior management experience in an NHS Acute Trust - Hospital Flow and discharge experience - Highly developed knowledge across quality, operational management and finance domains - Board level exposure (either Hospital or Trust) with experience of presenting to boards - Demonstrable track record of sound financial and operational management in a position - Experience of leading service and / or transformational change - Experience of management of complex projects - Experience of effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders **Desirable** - Previous experience as a senior manager in acute sector operations - Experience of chairing board sub committees (Hospital or Trust ### Qualification/ Professional development **Essential** - Masters level education in health care management or equivalent experience - Evidence of continued learning/development ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 399.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706212) - [wxh bus routes (pdf, 286.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706213) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.