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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Director of Elective Care

Oxford
Posted about 23 hours ago
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional senior operational leader to join us as Deputy Director of Elective Care

This is a pivotal Trust-wide role with responsibility for leading elective care improvement workstreams and driving sustained delivery against local, national and contractual performance standards, including Referral to Treatment, Cancer and Diagnostics.

The Deputy Director of Elective Care is a pivotal member of the COO leadership team. Working at the heart of a complex and high-profile operational environment, you will build strong collaborative relationships with clinical and divisional teams while maintaining an objective, constructive focus on performance, productivity and pathway improvements. You will act with autonomy in interpreting NHS policy and strategy, shaping goals and standards across the Trust and influencing the elective care agenda across the wider care system.

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Key Responsibilities Of The Role Are

Strategic Development

Business Planning/Service Development

Operational Performance

Leadership and Management

Corporate Leadership

Lead delivery of key elective care improvement programmes across the Trust.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

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Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Lisa Glynn

Job title: Director of Clinical Services

Email address: Lisa.glynn@ouh.nhs.uk

Telephone number: 01865 572400

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Skills

Operational Leadership
Elective Care Management
Strategic Development
Business Planning
Performance Management
Pathway Improvement
Stakeholder Collaboration
NHS Policy Interpretation
Service Development
Corporate Leadership

Location

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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