Associate Divisional Director (WCICS)

Associate Divisional Director – Women Children and Integrated Community Services – Band 8C – 37.5 hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced Senior Manager with exceptional leadership skills, to join the Division of Women Children and Integrated Community Services in the role of Associate Divisional Director.

The Associate Divisional Director will support the Divisional Director in delivering their divisional objectives and supporting the services within their Division. A key focus will be achievement against the Operational standards and targets, alongside the delivery of activity agreements with Commissioners. It will also include achievement against a range of internally developed objectives and priorities.

The post holder will be a key member of the Divisional Management Team, and will work closely with the Divisional Director, Associate Medical Director and Divisional Directors of Nursing/AHP’s/Midwifery in order to develop the strategic direction of Divisional services, setting a clear vision aligned to national policy and system-wide priorities. A key priority of the post holder will be to provide strategic leadership and oversight of discharge services, setting a clear vision aligned to national policy and system-wide priorities, including the left shift agenda.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will demonstrate networking and negotiating skills and the ability to quickly build and maintain effective productive relationships, both internally within the Trust and with external partners.

Candidates must be a team player with significant experience of working in a range of NHS settings, proven management skills, and experience in leading complex services and teams. The post holder will be responsible for leading, challenging and driving forward continuous quality improvement.

The Associate Divisional Director will be responsible for line management of the Directorate Managers within the Division.

The postholder must be able to influence stakeholders across the locality to ensure the interest of Stockport patients are well represented.

The post holder will be expected to work in line with Trust values and behave in a manner that facilitates the development of autonomous teams and individuals that are empowered, engaged and committed to continually delivering excellent care.

The post holder is expected to participate in the senior manager on call rota and to cross cover for colleagues during periods of annual leave

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

• Master’s degree or ability to demonstrate comparable experiential learning.
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS and key policy areas across health and social care.
• Able to independently prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Knowledge and understanding of the operational, performance and financial issues and processes within a Trust and community services.
• Knowledge and awareness of good HR practice, including a working knowledge of contract/employment law.
• Sound knowledge of the clinical and corporate governance agenda.
• Ability to influence others from a range of professional backgrounds.

Experience

• Significant senior management experience including management of acute and community services.
• Experience of managing in a large and complex multidisciplinary clinical organisation and a multi-million.
• Experience would include regular exposure to solving a range of operational and strategic problems involving HR and Finance.
• Experience of conducting negotiations relating to complex matters with other senior managers both internal and external to the Trust.
• Experience of preparing and presenting reports for consideration at executive forums.
• NHS political and cultural awareness.
• Experience of activity/waiting list/contract management.
• Experience of partnership working internal and external to the organisation.
• Evidence of managing service redesign/ organisational change.
• Evidence of experience in clinical governance, risk management and service improvement.
• Experience of delivering cost improvement programmes.
• Evidence of developing teams/others.

Skills

• Leadership, communication and presentational ability.
• Ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries.
• Ability to resolve conflict in an effective but non-aggressive manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively, demonstrating sensitivity/understanding to a wide range of different people/ organisations.
• Ability to delegate and work through others.
• Ability to influence, motivate and negotiate with all grades of staff.
• Ability to lead change in the face of resistance.
• Able to act as a catalyst for change, encouraging innovation and creativity in service design.
• Analytical ability.
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high quality of work.
• Ability to prioritise and quickly identify the core issues in a situation.
• Ability to grasp new ideas and concepts.
• Willing to challenge traditional practices and gain support from peers to new initiatives by reconciling conflicts and applying rational thinking.
• Ability to maintain credibility amongst all levels of staff.
• Emotionally resilient to completing demands within the Trust and local health economy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£79,504 to £91,609 a yearpro rata per annum

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