Director of Operations - Wakefield, United Kingdom - The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Description

Job summary

Please note: Previous applicants need not apply.

Are you a visionary leader witha passion for healthcare services and the support services that powers it? Doyou thrive in complex environments and have a proven track record of deliveringoperational excellence?

We are seeking an exceptionalindividual to join our Trust as Director of Operations: Infrastructure. This isa pivotal role at the heart of our transformation journey, leading a dedicatedteam responsible for maintaining and evolving the critical infrastructure andsupport service functions that underpin our patient care.

We offer:

The opportunity to make atangible difference in the lives of patients and staff.

A challenging and rewardingrole in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Competitive salary and benefitspackage, including the NHS pension scheme.

Continuous learning anddevelopment opportunities.

The chance to be part of aleading NHS Trust at the forefront of transformation.

Ready to shape the future of infrastructure?Apply today

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Main duties of the job

In this role, you will:

Leadand inspire: Provide strategic direction and oversight for our infrastructureoperations, ensuring alignment with the Trust's digital, estate andsustainability ambitions with our clinical priorities.

Mastermindthe future: Champion innovation and modernisation initiatives, exploring and implementingcutting-edge technologies to enhance infrastructure, security, reliability, andefficiency.

Orchestrateexcellence: Oversee the delivery of day-to-day operations, ensuring service continuity,performance optimisation, and adherence to regulatory compliance.

Buildstrong bridges: Foster meaningful relationships with clinical and non-clinicalteams, collaborating to understand and meet their infrastructure needs.

Embracethe big picture: Analyse data, identify trends, and develop actionable insights todrive continuous improvement across the infrastructure landscape.

Championpatient-centricity: Be an enthusiastic advocate for how the estate, equipment and technologycan empower healthcare professionals and ultimately deliver better patientoutcomes.

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people inWakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across ourthree hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront ofinnovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of ourworkforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectfuland maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make MidYorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasmirrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity andgender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support tosomeone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of theLGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currentlyunder-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications frommembers of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure allapplicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuableguidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this Ifyou share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of ourpatients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

To support the Chief Infrastructure Officer and managethe development, continuous improvement, and delivery of the full range ofservices including estates, facilities, medical devices, sterilisation and decontamination, PFI performance and sustainability

To be an enthusiastic, pro-active, inclusive and aprogressive leader who thrives in a busy working environment. This role is forsomeone who aspires to Executive Board leadership roles in the future.

To collaborate closely with internal colleagues andexternal partners to ensure that the range of services we supply support ourclinical and non-clinical services in the strategic ambitions of the Trustincluding business/service reconfiguration.

A pivotal role at the heart of our transformation journey, leading a dedicated team responsible for maintaining and evolving the critical infrastructure and support service functions that underpin our patient care.

Job Content

The post supports executive accountability for thefollowing areas:

Estates

Capital Projects

Medical Physics

PFI Management

Facilities Management

Decontamination Services

Fire Safety and Security Management

Sustainability

Direct Functional Responsibilities

Provide the overall leadership, management anddevelopment of staff employed within the Chief Infrastructure Officers area ofresponsibility.

Have a proven record of progressive leadership,development and facilitating change in a culture of continuous serviceimprovement.

Self-motivation, passion, drive, adaptability, andresilience to cope with change within the Trust and wider NHS.

To ensure all staff in the Division receive regularappraisal/reviews following the Knowledge and Skills Framework.

To improve staff satisfaction and work rate amongstdirect reports.

Corporate responsibilities

Contribute to the effective corporate leadership andmanagement of the Trust and support the Chief Infrastructure Officer as amember of the Executive Team.

To have a key responsibility with other senior leadersfor the quality of service and care provided to patients, the strategicdirection of the Trust, the delivery of performance and the financial targets.

Embrace exacting standards of employment practice andact following the NHS Managers Code of Conduct.

Help create a culture and vision for the Trust thatembraces change with a determination to improve our services to patients andour working environment for staff.

Promote the vision, values, and goals of theorganisation through own actions and visibility in the Trust.

Corporate responsibility for ensuring the Equality,Inclusion and Diversity agenda is delivered and monitored, including productionof equality impact assessments for all new policies and major pieces of work.

Work with colleagues to facilitate corporate andDivisional performance through realistic, cross referenced and measurableobjectives.

Hold a corporate leadership role for delivery oftransformation agendas that defines the ways of working between Divisions andshapes individual and joint roles across the organisation.

Develop a positive, forward looking way of working,which focuses on improving quality, safety, efficient delivery, compassion, andeffectiveness.

Accept responsibility for infection prevention,control, and accountability (along with all other directors) for theimplementation of all statutory instruments, , the Health Act 2006 (HygieneCode).

Participate in the Executive Director on-call Rota forthe Trust.

Put our patients and staff at the centre of all we do.

The post holder will have to work at any locationwhere the Trust supplies services. All professional and managerial staff mustwork following their Code of Conduct, and the NHS Managers Code of Conduct.Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action (please refer todisciplinary policy for further information).

In performing their duties, the post holder mustpromote equality of opportunity and take every opportunity to enddiscrimination.

The post holder must keep confidential all informationand documentation relating to either a patient, a member of staff orDirectorates business.

All staff are expected to respect the requirements ofthe Data Protection Act 1998, as this incorporates the need for a high standardof data quality, confidentiality, and information security.

These duties and responsibilities are neitherexclusive nor exhaustive and management reserve the right to require staff toundertake other duties and responsibilities consistent with the grade of thepost in consultation with the post holder.

The post holder must follow the requirements of theFit and Proper Persons Test and notify the Chief Executive if any matters thatwould affect fitness to remain in role.

Operational Deliveryof Services:

E states

Responsible for the development and delivery of estates services across theTrust, whether PFI or inhouse.

Advisor onall land, property and estates matters to theCEO and to the Board.

Work closely with colleagues and external partners toensure that all estates matters are considered as part of any business/servicereconfiguration and in the development of the strategic ambitions of the Trust.

Support the development of all estates schemes andpreparation of effective business cases to secure stakeholder support.

Capital Projects

Has responsibility for delivering Capital ProgramBudgets and associated schemes to the value of £40 million per annum.

Ensures professional, robust, and timely projectmanagement is in place for all capital projects.

Be responsible for the management of the Trust's annualcapital program budgets and delivering schemes to time, cost, and quality.

Support the development of all capital schemes andpreparation of effective business cases to secure stakeholder support.

Medical Physics

Responsible for the management of medical devices andequipment based in clinical areas, pathology and radiology departments whichalso includes the medical equipment loan libraries and dynamic mattressdecontamination unit.

The services extend to laser protection, radiationphysics and co-ordination of radiation protection services and includesprocedures and guidelines for safeguarding the interest of staff and patients. Also,provision of Physiological Measurements support for Urological andGynaecological Services.

The role needs to ensure that the Trust meets alltheir statutory requirements in terms of non-ionising radiation regulations,clinical laser safety and patient and user safety.

This service is also offered to community trusts,general practitioners and local Private hospitals through established servicelevel agreements which generate income for the trust.

Decontamination Services

Responsiblefor the Hospital Sterilisation & Decontamination Unit (HSDU) and FlexibleScoping Decontamination Unit which is the Trust's on-site decontaminationfacility.

Thisservice supplies a range of specialist services to cross-site operatingtheatres, wards, and departments, as well as clinics, GP Practices, community,and private sector patrons in relation to the reprocessing of reusable medicaldevices.

PFI Management

Support the management of PFI contracts to the annualvalue of £50 million and ensure the effectiveness and appropriateness of theoverall service delivery provided under the PFI schemes.

Provide advice to the Executive Team and the TrustBoard on all matters relating to the delivery, monitoring and where necessarymanagement of the PFI contracts.

Operate as an 'intelligent client' and ensureeffective management of the contracts within the estates and facilitiesmanagement teams.

Facilities Management

Responsible for the development and delivery of allfacilities services across the Trust.

Work closely with colleagues and external partners toensure that all facilities matters are considered as part of anybusiness/service reconfiguration and in the development of the strategicambitions of the Trust.

Support the development of all facilities schemes andpreparation of effective business cases to secure stakeholder support.

HSDU and Sterile Services

Responsible for the Hospital Sterilisation &Decontamination Unit (HSDU) and Central Sterile Store Department (CSSD) whichis the Trust's on-site decontamination facility.

We supply a range of specialist services to cross-siteoperating theatres, wards, and departments, as well as clinics, GP Practices, community,and private sector patrons in relation to the reprocessing of reusable medicaldevices.

Fire Safety and Security Management

Responsible for ensuring:

Regular review of fire risk assessments ofall Trust premises

Staff or their representatives are informedabout identified risks.

Establishment and maintenance ofappropriate fire safety measures

Emergency plans available.

Provision of information, fire safetyinstruction and training to staff.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Abilities, knowledge and personal qualities

Essential