Associate Director of Corporate Medical Services *Internal Only*
Job Description
Job summary
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
Associate Director of Corporate Medical Services B8d - 1 x 37.5 hour post available.
The post holder will be a highly motivated and effective manager with exceptional leadership and influencing skills. The post holder will have the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve teams to work towards and achieve the objectives as set out by the Executive Medical Director and the Trust Board.
The individual will work closely with the Executive Medical Director (EMD), and members of the Medical Directorate and Medical Education teams to deliver a range of key outcomes.
The role is instrumental in leading and maintaining a medical leadership structure that is cohesive with the integrated model of service delivery in the North Cumbria system.
Interviews to be held on Thursday 10th April
Main duties of the job
- Provide clear leadership to staff, ensuring that operational excellence is delivered and standardised and build a culture of empowerment and engagement with staff and clinical teams
- Lead, prioritise, plan and organise a broad range of highly complex services and activities.
- Ensure that the EMD and the senior team are able to track and deliver all relevant corporate objectives, and are able to provide objective assurance to internal and external committees.
- Provide high quality written reports, including highly complex information and content, for dissemination across the organisation including the Executive Team, Trust Board, as well as external organisations.
- Present, where appropriate, regular papers for the Trust Board, sub-board level committee and Executive Committee
- Represent the EMD at meetings as appropriate.
- Represent, and act as an ambassador for the Trust at regional and national networking and other events as appropriate.
- Act as a role model at all times, demonstrating and promoting the Trust's values and expected behaviours.
- Develop and review key internal control mechanisms on behalf of the EMD, working with the Directorate leadership team
- Make recommendations for effective deployment of resources to achieve change outcomes.
- Respond to the frequent requirement to adjust plans and strategies in response to changing priorities.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosurethe multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk
Unlock Tel: 01634 247350, email advice@unlock.org.uk or complete the online form on the Unlock website
Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be
Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification or equivalent and/or equivalent experience
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Leadership skills.
- Time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
- Effective decision-making skills.
- Ability to deal with HR issues.
- Innovative and creative in producing future service developments.
- Ability to effectively analyse highly complex situations, data, statistics and other available information with the ability to grasp detail, to inform decisions
- Able to hold professionals and peers to account.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
- Ability to effectively manage and resolve conflict.
- Ability to network and build effective and co-operative working relationships across organisational and professional boundaries
- Effective written / report writing skills.
- Computer literate for a range of software packages including word, excel, PowerPoint
- Resilient, able to challenge as well as deal with challenge
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Ability to make ...
