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Post 1 | Director – Acute Services (Regional Services ) |
Post 2 | Director – Acute Services (Diagnostics) |
Grade/Band | Executive and Senior Manager Grade E |
Salary Scale | £85,966 - £112,401 per annum (pro rata for part time) |
Tenure/Hours | Permanent – 37.5 hours |
Location | Glasgow |
Both posts attract an On Call Supplement and offer a Relocation Package where appropriate
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the largest NHS Board in Scotland. We provide strategic leadership and performance management for the entire local NHS system in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area ensuring that services are delivered effectively and efficiently.
With an annual revenue budget of £1.8 billion and a workforce of around 21,000 staff our Acute Services Division provides a complex range of Hospital services across three Acute Sectors covering a full range of Inpatient, Outpatient and Emergency Services in North Glasgow, South Glasgow and Clyde (Paisley, Greenock and West Dunbartonshire). In addition there are three Directorates with cross site responsibilities covering Regional Services, Diagnostics and Woman and Children’s Services.
Our team of 6 Acute Directors play a vital leadership and operational management role for largest and most complex Acute Health and Care system in Scotland.
We are now looking to strengthen that team with the appointment of 2 Directors to the following keys posts which have arisen due to an internal promotion appointment:
Post 1
Director, Regional Services: Leading, directing and managing a wide ranging portfolio of highly specialised services (Neurosciences, National Spinal Injuries, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Interventional Neuroradiology, Renal, Burns and Plastics, Forensic Mental Health Services and the Dental Hospital) on a NHS Board, West of Scotland and National basis. Accountable for a budget of £373m and around 3,547 wte staff, the role has also a clear focus on achieving NHS Scotland Cancer targets.
Post 2
Director, Diagnostics: Accountable for a budget of £230m and around 2,833 wte staff, the post holder will have responsibility for ensuring the achievement of maximum clinical efficiency of all laboratory and diagnostic imaging services across the whole of the Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
This includes: all laboratory medicine including paediatrics, diagnostic imaging (including The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and also The Lanarkshire Beatson radiological services), Vascular Radiology, City-wide Mortuary Services, Clinical Physics and The Medical Illustration Service.
In addition community based services for breast screening and the cervical cancer screening programme, are managed within the Directorate. The Directorate has the largest radiotherapy physics and nuclear medicine departments and health physics and equipment management in both Scotland and the UK.
About the Roles
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, each post holder will have responsibility for leading, developing and directing resources within a large Acute Directorate.
Both roles have a substantial delivery component against local and national performance objectives and targets such as waiting time standards. A continuing priority of both posts is the need to deliver large scale transformation with and through already established Senior Management and Clinical teams and broader workforces across each of the Directorates.
These roles present a unique career opportunity to influence, shape and drive delivery of Acute services in a different way across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and to work in partnership across all parts of the Acute system to drive forward collaborative programmes of work.
As a member of the Acute Senior Management team, you will have the opportunity to fully contribute to and participate in the corporate management and governance of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, working closely with the other Acute Directors, Corporate Directors of the Board. Partnership working is critical to both roles to ensure increasing integration with our local Health and Social Care Partnerships and local authority partners as is working across the NHS system locally, regionally and nationally to maximise outcomes for patients through collaborative approaches and patient centred pathway re-design.
Both posts are viewed as vital leadership roles requiring both inspirational and transformational leaders with the versatility of style and the confidence to operate at the most senior levels of a complex and changeable NHS environment.
Our Directors will also have an important role to play in helping shape our vision for the future. Each Director will be expected to grasp, at pace, the short and medium–term priorities of the resulting changes in acute care resulting from the Board’s Moving Forward Together Transformational Plan and the impact on service and resource planning.
A key focus will be to ensure services continue to respond to the increased demands of a changing population and deliver against key national performance targets including Access and Waiting Times.
We are seeking to appoint two exceptional candidates.
We are seeking individuals who can demonstrate, the ability to develop an understanding of the strategic direction of a large and operationally complex multisite NHS Acute healthcare environment operating at pace and scale.
The successful post holders will bring a track record that demonstrates a relentless focus and ambition for the delivery of best in class patient services with the need to continually improve outcomes to provide safe, high quality, cost effective services with a person centred approach to patients and our staff.
We are therefore, seeking to recruit candidates who will provide visible leadership across multidisciplinary teams and promote a culture of innovation, ambition and continuous improvement with a priority for implementing new ways of working and improving services.
Achievement of the highest levels of clinical and staff engagement and involvement in the development and delivery of person centred and compassionate care is seen as an absolute priority for these roles.
Educated to degree level or equivalent the candidates appointed will bring a significant track record operating at senior manager or close to Board level preferably within a complex health and social care system or other comparable Public /Private sector organisation. The ability to evidence balance between strategic direction and the operational delivery of high quality, safe and effective person-centred care is essential.
The scale, profile and political complexity of these roles should not be underestimated and therefore requires a high degree of resilience, tactical skills combined with the ability to deal with ambiguity. Inspiring and credible communication and influencing skills are all essential attributes.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have. Applications are welcome from UK, EEA and non-EEA candidates.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Please note if you are interested in applying for more than one of the posts you only need to submit one application. Please ensure you include in the Statement of Support section of the Online Application form under Section 3 entitled ‘Any other relevant Information’ the post(s) you wish to be considered for and the order of preference.
More information about the role can be found in Job Description and Person Specification which are included in the Candidate Information Pack attached below.
If you would like to find out more about this role before applying, please contact, for a confidential discussion, William Edwards, Chief Operating Officer, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on 0141 211 0214 or e-mail: william.edwards@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Closing date for returning an application is: Noon, Friday 29th July 2022
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 30th August and Friday 2nd September 2022.
For shortlisted candidates a Preliminary Assessment stage will take place between early/mid-August.
Additional Information
By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.
Regardless of nationality the recruitment process for all candidates includes a Right to Work in the UK check.
EU Settlement Scheme: As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to produce proof of your EU Settlement status from 1st July 2021 to demonstrate your Right to Work in the United Kingdom. Further information: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families.
To request a candidate information pack you can contact Susan Chisholm , Recruitment Lead , NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on Tel: 07866 795409 or by E-mail: Susan.chisholm @ggc.scot.nhs.uk