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MRP Deputy Director of Improvement and Planned Care (Elective)
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Deputy Director of Improvement and Planned Care (Elective)
Reporting directly to the Director of Improvement and Planned Care the Deputy Director of Improvement and Planned Care (Elective) will lead on the delivery of the Improvement and Planned Care Elective strategy and operations at a regional level working in collaboration with, and through the system oversight teams in the Performance and Oversight Directorate. The focus of the role will be on assuring the delivery of Improvement and Planned Care (Elective) performance across the region working alongside the national team, and our elective and improvement teams to ensure this is underpinned by a structured approach to improvement; providing subject matter expertise to Regional colleagues, ICB’s and to wider systems and ALBs based on comprehensive experience of managing Improvement and planned care performance measures; interfacing with colleagues responsible for elective, cancer, diagnostics, planning, community and primary care services to ensure the interface between services and sectors is configured to support delivery of planned care.
The Deputy Director of Improvement and Planned Care (Elective) will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across East of England Region. The post holder will
- work with regional and system colleagues and with other ALBs and national teams to ensure that the improvement and planned care performance standards are met, that systems deliver high quality Services and that this is supported by a structured approach to improvement across health systems.
- work alongside regional colleagues to ensure that systems plan and deliver services which meet operational planning and constitutional commitments.
- provide subject matter expertise to Regional colleagues, ICB’s and to wider systems and ALBs based on comprehensive experience of managing planned care performance measures, and a sound ability to interpret both performance and activity data
- support a system approach to improvement in elective recovery services, using assets from across the system to improve outcomes, experience and efficiency of services.
- be a part of a team with responsibility for analysing performance against a variety of measures, and from this identify strategies and interventions to support and facilitate necessary improvements, at organisation and system level or across East of England
- develop structures and processes to support the sustainable delivery of high quality elective services across East of England.
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Maggie Maxwell
- Job title: Director of Planned Care and Improvement
- Email address: maggie.maxwell@nhs.net
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