Associate Chief Operating Officer - Medical Division

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic member to join our excellent operational team.

To be accountable for the operational performance of the Medical Division, to include delivery of high quality patient care. clinical governance, patient safety, clinical quality and delivery of performance and financial targets.

To have joint responsibility with your team for driving forward divisional wide strategic programmes of work and service development.

To ensure the Medical Division is closely aligned with the Trust's overall strategy to deliver quality patient care and ensure the necessary corporate governance arrangements are in place across the division in line with all commissioners and regulator requirements.

To work closely with the Chief Operating Officer to shape and implement the corporate objectives of the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The main functions of the the role include:

Risk and Clinical Governance: risk management arrangement and support monitoring of compliance with clinical governance standards and Trust policies and procedures

Manage the resolution of complaints, conflicts and issues for patients, staff and all internal service providers in a timely and appropriate manner

Performance Management: delivery of agreed performance indicators in relation to clinical outcomes, clinical efficiency and service line reporting through workforce KPI's.

Ensure clearly defined performance objectives to delivery continuous improvement.

To effectively report, record and monitor performance against targets and proactively manage any variances. To provide regular reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Officers

Managerial Responsibilities: To ensure training and development of key staff, management of consultant medical staff job planning, annual appraisals and personal development plans, managing with workforce agenda

Financial Responsibilities: authorising signatory for capital and revenue budgets, key financial reporting responsibilities and developing effective benchmarking tools to drive service improvement

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.