Divisional Director for Medicine | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

UHDB is seeking a talented and experienced Operations Manager to lead our Medicine Division. The Trust delivers services across a catchment covering south and east Staffordshire and the south of Derbyshire. It operates 1,200 beds at Royal Derby Hospital and 500 at Queen's Hospital in Burton upon Trent both offering 24/7 Emergency Care. Together with its community UTCs the Trust is within the top 10 for volume in the country with over 30,000 attendances each month. As accountable officer for the Division of Medicine you will have a passion for leading and transforming emergency care as well as the strategic leadership of planned care and cancer services in medical specialities. You will be responsible for a division with a turnover of around £250m and more than 100 consultants working with a talented AHP, nursing and admin and clerical workforce of around 3,500 colleagues across five business units:

• - Acute Medicine - Derby
• - Acute Medicine - Burton, including Community Urgent Treatment Centres at Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital (SRP) in Tamworth and Samuel Johnson Community Hospital (SJCH) in Lichfield
• - Specialist Medicine 1 - Dermatology, Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Stroke and Neurology
• - Specialist Medicine 2 - Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Endoscopy, Endocrinology Rheumatology and Clinical Measurement
• - Discharge, including Community Hospital Inpatient Services at SRP and SJCH
This role will suit those who are ready to take the next step on the career path to Chief Operating Officer. Leading one of our divisions offers the experience of operating services at a geographic scale and complexity rarely found outside of a Chief Operating Officer's brief. You will join a supportive team of four Divisional Directors and two Deputy Chief Operating Officers working with the COO. You will have the delegated accountability for your services and performance within the Division whilst being part of a wider senior team supporting Executive decision making and engaging with the Trust Board. As an experienced leader you will bring the enthusiasm to drive forward this exciting and complex brief. You will also have the appreciation and skills for working in a triumvirate partnership with the Divisional Medical and Nursing Directors, to ensure our services are safe, effective and well-led.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.