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Hywel Dda University Health Board

About
Hywel Dda University Health Board provides healthcare services to a total population of around 372,320 throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. It provides Acute, Primary, Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services via General and Community Hospitals, Health Centres, GP's, Dentists, Pharmacists and Optometrists and other sites.
Contact
- Address
- Glien House
- Cillefwr Industrial Estate
- Johnstown
- Carmarthen
- Carmarthenshire
- SA31 3RB
- Contact Number
- 0300 303 6138
Interim Service Delivery Manager (WGH)- Stroke and COTE Specialties
Closed for applications on: 11-Nov-2024 00:04
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 11-Nov-2024 00:04
Key details
Location
- Site
- Withybush General Hospital
- Address
- Fishguard Road
- Town
- HAVERFORDWEST
- Postcode
- SA61 2PZ
- Major / Minor Region
- Carmarthenshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 4 months (Fixed Term/Secondment until 31/03/2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Salary
- Salary
- £63,150 - £73,379 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Specialty
- Main area
- Unscheduled Care, Stroke and COTE (Care of the Elderly)
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
If you are registered Health Care professional considering relocating to the Hywel Dda area in West Wales please don’t hesitate to contact our recruitment campaigns team directly via [email protected]
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Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Job overview
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 4 MONTHS UNTIL 31/03/2025 DUE TO NEEDS OF THE SERVICE
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
There is an opportunity for an individual to join the unscheduled care management team at Withybush Hospital, for a 4 month interim period.
The post is for a Service Delivery Manager at Withybush hospital. This post is a SDM for WGH Site and a strategic lead for Stroke and Care of the Elderly specialties for the Health Board.
The post holder will support the Withybush Hospital triumvirate management team in the delivery of what will be predominantly unscheduled care services. Reporting directly to the Hospital General Manager the post holder will assume operational responsibility for managing and improving unscheduled care pathways and taking the health
board wide lead on stroke and care of the elderly (COTE).
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The post holder will be an aspiring leader and will under direction of the Hospital General Manager co-ordinate emergency and non-elective clinical service provision and medical specialties across their designated site and show innovation in supporting service improvement initiatives.
The post holder will lead and work with colleagues at many levels through a service improvement journey, bringing a degree of credibility to the planning ambitions of the teams.
The post holder will hold delegated responsibility for delegated budget for unscheduled care and will deliver a balanced budget at year end or alternatively agreed position. The post holder will be involved in leading corporate projects. The post holder is also expected to participate in a silver On-Call rota for the organisation and deputise for the Hospital General Manager where required.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general
ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will support the Hospital General Manager and hospital triumvirate management team and work with hospital staff involved in the delivery of unscheduled care services and Stroke and Care of the Elderly specialties, in order to deliver the Health Board’s aims and objectives and
associated targets and ensure strategies are clearly communicated to all relevant staff so that effective contributions to implementation of operational plans can be made. Work closely with the Hospital General Manager and hospital triumvirate management team in their regular
monitoring and review of operational plans relevant to services managed.
This post requires someone with effective leadership skills and have effective management co-ordination of locally provided unscheduled care services and medical specialties as they impact the overall patient experience and delivery of safe services.
The post holder must be able to Negotiate daily with senior NHS professionals and managers working in a financially constrained health economy on issues that have a significant impact on quality and safe
services, which may involve exposure to potentially emotionally distressing circumstances.
The post holder will manage one’s delegated resources in a systematic manner and lead by example where the prudent management of Health Board’s delegated resources are concerned.
The post holder will be responsible for performance management of services and accompanying systems.
The post holder will need to support the Hospital General Manager and triumvirate teams in their pursuit of compliance with fire, health and safety, security and counter terrorism. This role will also support developing and maintain business continuity and emergency preparedness plans.
This post holder will support the Hospital General Manager and local triumvirate team in their delivery of the overall quality agenda to ensure that unscheduled care service and medical specialties are delivered with a significant focus on quality, and support the development and instigation of appropriate continuous improvement systems.
The post holder must be able to Travel between other Health Board sites and occasionally wider NHS Wales' sites.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 20/11/2024.
Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A higher degree at Master’s level or equivalent experience at senior management level
- Evidence of continuous management and personal development
- Knowledge of NHS, WG and Health Board strategies, policies and plans including HR policies
- Current knowledge of best practice gained through personal research
- In depth knowledge of strategic healthcare agenda relating to service delivery
Desirable criteria
- Experience of management in Unscheduled Care, Stroke and COTE specialities
- Experience of management in designated portfolio specialties
Experience
Essential criteria
- Must possess significant experience of leading and managing staff and working with staff Trade Unions/staff representatives
- Must possess significant experience of financial management and knowledge of how to deliver a budget to a target
- Must possess a good appreciation of planning and developing and implementing strategies
- Must possess a sound knowledge of performance management processes
- Must have knowledge of how to deliver projects and in particular managing scope and delivering against agreed objectives to quality, cost and time
Language Skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mrs Bethan Andrews
- Job title
- Acting Hospital General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473773172
No longer accepting applications
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