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This is an exciting opportunity to join Sutton Health and Care ((SHC) as Deputy Chief Operating Officer for community services. The post holder will have excellent leadership skills, strategic insight and lead the transformation and delivery of planned care community services in line with the NHS Plan.
The role contains two main key components; excellent very senior leadership at a Deputy Chief Operating Officer level and experience of leading and transforming services and collaborative/multi organisational pathway design across the partner organisations across Sutton, aligned to the NHS Plan (neighbourhood development).
The post holder will also support the development of new ways of working across Sutton in line with the programmes of work of the Integrated Care Partnership Board aligned to PLACE based care and the Alliance aenda, with line management responsibilities for senior managers and deputising responsibilities for the Chief Operating Officer at strategic meetings and in strategic decision making discussions.
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of SHC's operational performance including productivity and efficiency of planned and unplanned care teams under the employment of the Trust and provide expert transformational support for service development under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer. This include include, in particular, the line management of the Band 8C Senior operational, transformation and clinical managers, deputising responsibilities for the Chief Operating Officer (banded at VSM) at strategic meetings and in strategic decision making discussions.
In particular, the role portfolio contains the responsibility for oversight of SHC's financial management (in alignment with the Trust corporate finance), SHC business planning, CIP delivery, workforce scrutiny and procurement delivery. The role also leads and takes responsibility for the community development of BI and data, digitalisation for SHC and the line management of SHC's planned care portfolio and respective managers to include taking the lead responsibility for planned care transformation for SHC. This is in relation to the Group outpatient transformation programme for which the portfolio holder will lead and be responsible for on behalf of SHC.
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group (gesh) cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Sutton Health and Care is an innovative venture between local partner health and social care organisations in which community services is fully integrated to support the delivery of a new model of care for the people of Sutton. Hosted by ESTH, the model ensures the breaking down of traditional organisational barriers to enable the provision of care to be centred around the patient. An Alliance Board representing all partners has been formulated to support consensus decision making.
SHC prides itself on having a highly dedicated team and offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment with a wide range of staff benefits and development opportunities. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and vision and can play a crucial role in our ongoing achievements.
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