Deputy Associate Director of Operations

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen to contribute to the future success of one of the largest Trusts in East Anglia. Come and join the Surgery, Gastroenterology and Anaesthetics Division as a Deputy Associate Director of Operations.

This is a key senior leadership role within the Division. As part of our innovative clinical and operational structure you will work closely with divisional colleagues, Clinical Leads and Speciality Matrons to ensure safe, efficient and high quality care is delivered to all our patients.

You will also be responsible for leading the General Surgery and Gastroenterology Clinical Delivery Group in the form of the General Manager position on a day to day basis and supporting the implementation of forthcoming initiatives. In this role you will develop the service within a business focused environment which delivers best practice whilst maintaining financial performance.

If you have an interest in developing your operational leadership skills as well as facilitating and driving service development and innovation then we are very interested in hearing from you.
- Deputise for the Associate Director of Operations and lead on key divisional projects across the Division. To also be the accountable lead for General Surgery and Gastroenterology Clinical Delivery Group.
- Be responsible for policies and service improvement and make recommendations to the Operations management team where policy changes are required.
- Ensure the key performance indicators for the service are met through effective operational planning of the service and allocation of resources.
- Liaising with external agencies as appropriate, including being the first point of contact for the portfolio.
- Responsible for budget and physical resources such as estates and equipment within the portfolio.
- Attending Divisional Board meetings and being an active member of the senior management team.
- Assess the revenue consequences of new equipment and new developments in the CDG and of new consultant appointments.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
- Responsible for the day-to-day and strategic management of the Clinical Speciality portfolio.
- Support the delivery / transformation of all Services
- Responsible for the quality of service delivery and meeting key performance indicators.
- Liaising with external agencies as appropriate, including being the first point of contact for the portfolio.
- Responsible for budget and physical resources such as estates and equipment within the portfolio.
- Attending Divisional management team meetings, Divisional Board meetings, CDG Board / Governance meetings and being an active member of the senior management team.
- Deputise for the Associate Director of Operations where necessary

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.