Countess of Chester Hospital
Divisional Director
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Divisional Director - Urgent and Emergency Care
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Thank you for taking the time to read this advert for a very exciting vacancy within my senior team. I have been at the Trust for over four years, and we have made many improvements for our patients and our people. The improvement journey across Urgent and Emergency Care continues and I am looking for an experienced and visible leader to join my team.
We are working closely with system partners to ensure improvements get the right patient, to the right place to have the right care as soon as possible.
Our Emergency Services have had lots of investment including a new build SDEC and UTC, discharge lounge, additional resus space and triage hub. Work will commence shortly to extend our space in our Clinical Decisions Unit.
I am exceptionally proud of my senior team of operational leaders and all we have achieved together so far for our patients and if you feel you have the experience and skills to be the accountable officer for our most complex division please get in touch.
Cathy, Chief Operating Officer.
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Role Overview
Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer, with delegated responsibility to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, the Divisional Director is responsible for the strategic planning, operational management and delivery of the operational elements of patient care, ensuring that the key safety, quality, service performance, and financial objectives are met.
Key Responsibilities
- Working alongside the Associate Medical Director and Associate Director of Nursing the Divisional Director is responsible for ensuring maximum efficiency, promoting service improvement, optimum clinical pathways and ensuring regulatory targets and compliance against quality, risk and governance standards.
- Leading the development, motivation, and inspiration of teams within the Division, the Divisional Director has overall responsibility for general management and their adherence to the Trust’s values and behaviours.
About the Trust
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
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- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Cathy Chadwick
- Job title: Chief Operating Officer
- Email address: cathy.chadwick1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 012440365000
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