Divisional Director for Operations Maidstone, England
Job description
An exciting DDO opportunity to lead one of our clinical Divisions and continue to support MTW to do their very best for their patients and staff.
Over the last few years MTW has been able to ensure performance and quality standards are amongst the best in the country, and this is an exciting opportunity for a brilliant leader to maintain and improve our services for our patients and staff. This is a demanding and varied role, which is why we are seeking an exceptional individual who can demonstrate their ability to achieve results, drive continued improvement in our elective and urgent care recovery transformation programme and maintain high quality, safe and effective services to patients within an ever-changing regional and national strategic context. If you are a strong leader who can proactively build relationships and engage with internal stakeholders and external partners to the benefit of the organisation, this role could be for you.
- Key areas you will need to focus are:
- Be responsible for the operational performance and support the strategic development of the Directorates within the respective division. This will include responsibility for the achievement of the relevant key performance and access standards, contractual obligations, quality and CQC standards.
- Lead the development and implementation of major delivery and transformation plans to affect the service strategy including those involving cross divisional and external partnership working, to support improved patient pathways.
- Have an external focus to facilitate greater working across the Health and Social Care Community including the ICB, HCP, Community Care Trust and Social Services.
- Be a leader within the Quality Improvement movement within the Trust, and be active in continuously improving the services within the framework and methodology to maximise and sustain success.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
