Director of Operations – Medicine Division, The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, Band 9

April 5, 2024

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Job title: Director of Operations – Medicine Division, The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, Band 9

Company: Odgers Berndtson

Job description: The closing date is 14th April 2024 at noonJob summaryThank you for your interest in a post at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, every employee at the Trust strives to provide excellent patient experience every single time. We strive to be an excellent employer for every one of our employees from the day they apply for employment with us. We have four core values, developed by our staff, and these are at the heart of everything we do to enable us to deliver our ambitions of excellence. You can find out more about our vision and values from our videos and website, which you can access via this page.Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust are proud and excited to be able to recruit into the Director of Operations for the Division of Medicine.Main duties of the jobThis is a key and vital role in delivering our operating plan and achieving our strategic aims. The post holder will have significant ability to influence, shape and continually improve the services within the Medicine Division. Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer / Deputy CEO, the responsibility will be to deliver through triumvirate leadership within the division working to the Divisional Clinical Director and alongside the Associate Director of Nursing. Key objectives will include leadership for the Medicine Division, to provide high quality safe care, with timely access, and living within financial means.You will have a commitment to service improvement and working as part of a senior team that fosters an environment of distributive leadership and promotes high standards with emphasis placed upon adherence to the Trust values and behaviours.You will need to have significant operational experience and to keep both patients and staff welfare at the centre of your personal professional values. You will need to demonstrate commitments to working in collaboration with system partners and to have proven record of accomplishment of leading multidisciplinary teams in Healthcare environments.Please note that all shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a psychometric/personality questionnaire as well as taking part in a stakeholder panel.About usWe provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergenceare currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.We are proud of our staff networks – who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Hannah Wade at Hannah.Wade@odgersberndtson.com

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Location: England

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