Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Sutton Health and Care

Job responsibilities

Strategic Advice and Leadership

• Accountable for the delivery of performance, operational management and delivery of key KPIs within critical portfolio service areas
• Responsible for the delivery of SHCs performance, delivery and operations of key KPIs as set out within the NHS Plan and service specifications
• Lead responsibility for specific large scale programmes of work, related to the transformation of SHC and also aligned to external partnership and collaboration for instance those within the Sutton Alliance scope of work
• Deputise for the Chief Operating Officer at Board level and in relation to any strategic leadership discussions/decision making and strategic meetings
• Deputise for the Chief Operating Officer at relevant meetings to discuss financial and resource management, transformation plans and performance issues
• Lead for planned care delivery and strategic planned care transformation for SHC. This includes participation in the gesh planned care transformation programme, to include CVRM and collaboration with primary care
• Leadership and responsibility thereof for senior management within SHC at banding levels 8C and above
• Lead responsibility for financial matters pertaining to SHC to include chairship of the workforce panel, workforce planning with assurance that budgetary controls are met
• Lead responsibility for risk, compliance, procurement and contract management for SHC
• Lead responsibility for business planning/CIP for SHC.

Operational Leadership

• Lead responsibility for the direct performance and outcomes of key respective service areas with actions in place to address issues of under performance
• Lead responsibility for the SHC financial budget alongside the Chief Operating Officer to optimise resource management, ensuring that the service operates within the agreed contractual financial envelope
• Identify strategic and operational risks and implement mitigation plans, reporting significant risks and proposed actions through the governance of the organisation with onward escalation to the Alliance Board as appropriate
• Minimise boundaries between services, both within and outside the PCNs to maximise the impact of integrated care pathways
• Create effective working relationships with each of the partners to achieve effective use of resources or enhanced quality and productivity as appropriate
• Facilitate effective relationships with local stakeholders including local practices, wider partners and the local community to include voluntary, faith and charity sectors
• Lead and manage SHC community staff including recruitment, sickness and absence, appraisals, CPD and performance including working closely with professional leads to further develop skills and capabilities within the team
• Manage operational planning on behalf of the respective services within the portfolio, noting this may be subject to change as part of the Deputy role remit
• Ensure that SHC complies with all the relevant policies and procedures that relate to gesh/ESTH
• Responsible for appropriate data collection for the services, which is collated, to meet both internal and external requirements and provide statistical analysis reports for service delivery and performance in an accurate and timely manner
• Provide gesh, Sutton Alliance and LBS and other partners and stakeholders as requested with timely business reports to provide assurance as to the performance of SHC services including identification of mitigating actions
• Develop an annual capacity plan, activity profile and operational plan which achieves the key performance, quality and activity targets, monitor and manage this
• Responsibility for the SHC business planning process
• Participate in the community out of hours on call rota
• Participate in Integrated Leadership senior management decision making meetings on behalf of SHC
• As Deputy Director of SHC Lead and take responsibility for strategic programmes of work - both internal and external to the organisation
• Promote high level leadership to SHCs senior managers, operational managers, providing support, advice and enabling difficult and, at times, sensitive and complex conversations in relation to performance issues and concerns as appropriate
• Responsible for encouraging research and development, both internally and with other organisations as appropriate
• Contribute to and support the Trust's performance management and personal development review system.

Performance and Quality Standards

• Lead and take the overall responsibility for key performance indicators (performance and finance) for SHC and the operational delivery of community services, working with managers to enable mitigations and resolve
• Responsible, with the Chief Operating Officer and associated team members, for ensuring performance improvement in services where performance indicators highlight improvement
• Ensure that all clinical services actively promote safe/effective care and provide positive patient experience as the means of delivery individualised patient care in conjunction with the Site Chief Nursing Officer.

Clinical Governance and Risk Management

• Lead responsibility for risk management to ...