Directorate Manager for OphthalmologyNHS
Job summary
This post presents a fantastic opportunity to join a multi-specialty Ophthalmic Directorate. You will work alongside an existing Group Manager to manage the overall service, having responsibility for the Ophthalmology Directorate.
As well as close working with the existing Group Manager, Matron and Clinical Director to oversee the whole Directorate, you will work alongside the Matron and each of the service clinical leads to manage, develop and improve the services within your portfolio.
This post offers a mix of elective and emergency care and is ideal for someone who wishes to be challenged, deliver improvement and progress their career.
The right person will have experience in or a demonstrable passion for delivery and management of surgical services and have a track record of performance, transformation and clinical pathway improvement delivery.
Main duties of the job
Provide business and operational management support to the Group Manager.
In conjunction with the Group Manager, develop business plans for the directorate
Identify opportunities for new markets and schemes to generate additional income
Develop appropriate strategies for inclusion in the business plan to take full advantage of these opportunities
In conjunction with the Group Manager, be responsible for the formulation and implementation of the long-term strategic plans for the directorate
Work closely with the Group Manager to ensure that performance monitoring within the monitoring within the directorate is robust and that contractual targets and standards are achieved
Work with the corporate accountant to provide appropriate financial and activity information to the directorate, and support the Group Manager in managing the delegated budgets
Working closely with the Group Manager, ensure that quality standards, both agreed with commissioners and dictated by national policy, are achieved
Establish local quality standards to improve patient care and directorate efficiency
Identify and implement centralised functions across the directorate to generate cost and service efficiencies
Job description
Develop a directorate strategy to enhance quality standards in line with Trust objectives
Ensure that quality initiatives are co-ordinated, implemented, and reviewed
Deal with operational issues arising from governance reviews, and ensure action plans are implemented
Identify opportunities for change that will improve and assist the development of clinical practice, leading to improvements in quality or efficiency
Control and Information Systems
Manage a delegated budget to ensure and income and expenditure balance, as directed by the Group Manager
Independently produce monthly reports through interpretation and analysis of complex data from a variety of sources to the Directorate Management team with regard to income and expenditure, activity against plan, profiled trajectories, providing explanation as to variances, where necessary
Develop and produce the monthly performance report, key performance indicators, and other ad hoc reports, as required
Oversee and support integrated clinical work streams in the delivery of key targets in progress towards unified pathways and other identified objectives
Communications
Establish effective two-way communications, incorporating all staff within the directorate and the Trust. This may involve complex, sensitive information which involves reconciling conflicting views
Ensure appropriate communication processes are in place to cascade information within the directorate. Take corrective action as necessary
Assist in promoting the achievements and activities of the directorate internally and externally, and prepare marketing and public relations information, as required
Ensure Team Briefing is operating effectively within the directorate. Take corrective action, as necessary
Promote the achievements and activities of the directorate internally and externally, and liaise with the communications department
Direct Management and Monitoring
Oversee the management of the directorate team, including regular reviews of establishment, skills mix, and levels of delegated authority
Agree performance objectives for staff, and monitor progress
Be conversant with employment practices and policies, and be responsible for the recruitment of staff within the directorate
Develop and support training and education programmes to facilitate speciality development
Oversee the investigation of complains within the directorate, and ensure appropriate action is taken
Contribute to the development of the business plan for the directorate in line with the Trusts objectives fir the plan period
Lead on the centralised operational delivery of all local and national enhanced services and any other schemes or projects, as appropriate
Support the Group Manager in the preparation of business cases to support business/ contract opportunities and investment proposals
Ensure activity and quality targets are met
Identify and undertake risk assessments to the contract or business success of the directorate, and produce contingency plans and options appraisals, as required. Implement agreed plans, as necessary
Participate in workforce planning within the business planning process
Ensure a dull performance appraisal programme is implemented within the Directorate and that all employees have a personal development plan
Work within the framework of the Trust Human Resources strategy, policies and procedures, and facilitate compliance within the directorate
Work within the framework of the Trust Human Resources strategy, policies and procedures to assist in the recruitment of staff within the directorate
Review systems and patient processes within the directorate, to ensure the continual improvement of services and flow of patients, particularly to ensure streamlined pathways, producing recommendations and action plans
Operational responsibility for the implementation of projects, as agreed with the Group Manager
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust are delighted that we have been rated as a"Good"organisation by CQC and just like you, we are ambitious about what we do. We are continually striving to improve patients' experience and outcomes.
Bring your dedication and determination here, and you will benefit from the support of an experienced and enthusiastic multi-professional team committed to the delivery of brilliant patient care.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services. We have been nationally recognised for providing excellence in healthcare; we are home to the busiest and most technologically advanced Cardiac Centre in the West Midlands. We have a strong research focus; the Trust hosts the Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM), which is part of the National Institute for Health Research, the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS. This alliance makes sure that clinical research occupies the place it deserves and is a driver to improve patient care.