Job summary
- Main area
- A&E Operations
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: 4.5% On-call
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 335-A-1523
- Employer
- East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Derbyshire Divisional HQ
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
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Divisional Senior Manager (Planning) - Derbyshire
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).
Job overview
The Derbyshire Division at East Midlands Ambulance Service are seeking applications from experienced senior operational managers with a strong background in operational delivery.
We are looking for individuals who have a strong track record in service and operational delivery not necessarily within the ambulance sector but experience in a complex and fast paced environment is essential.
Main duties of the job
Demonstrable experience in project and change management is essential along with strong analytical and strategic planning skills.
This role will take the lead as a Divisional coordinating role in the development of operational delivery and improvement plans, linking the Divisional priorities with other business areas such as fleet, logistics, resilience and workforce/education.
This role is responsible for the strategic and planned aspects of Divisional activity, supporting the Divisional leadership team which is focused on the reactive / dynamic aspects of service delivery. The role, along with the Divisional Director and Heads of Operations, is a key interface with external stakeholders and partners.
Working for our organisation
The role will have a responsibility for managing and planning assets to ensure delivery of contractual targets, quality standards and adherence to cost improvement controls and planning and directly lead and manage the resource management team.
This role will also be responsible for the management and leadership of the Divisional Duty Commander team and responsible for ensuring the command capability of the Division is maintained.
Operationally, the role will work across 5 days and provide Divisional senior manager on call (SMOC) cover as part of our overall command structure, to ensure consistent delivery of services across the 7 days and 24hr period.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further details can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the additional documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level management - qualification (or studying for) or equivelent experience
- Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce design
Experience
Essential criteria
- Track record of achievement in the planning of service delivery gained over at least 2 years
- Experience of people management in relation to managing attendance, performance and conduct
- Able to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities or programmes, some of which are ongoing, which require the formulation and adjustment of plans or strategies
- Well-developed resource planning skills
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Craig Whyles
- Job title
- Divisional Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07969230622
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