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United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.

We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 8,600 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

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Address: Recruitment Service; Lincoln County Hospital; Greetwell Road; Lincoln; Lincolnshire; LN2 5QY
Contact Number: (01522) 597736

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Ref: 357-LN-313-25-QIA622-B Vacancy ID: 7346389

Managing Director: East Midlands Acute Providers (EMAP) Network

Accepting applications until: 28-Jul-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 28-Jul-2025 23:59

Location

Site: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospital
Address: Greetwell Road
Town: Lincoln
Postcode: LN2 5QY
Major / Minor Region: Lincolnshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: 12 months (12 month fixed term contract)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £109,179 - £125,637 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 9)

Specialty

Main area: Corporate

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Delivery of the key EMAP priorities/programmes

· Support the steering group and priority workstreams to develop effective communication, including engagement and involvement in to and out of the network.

· Ensure the approach of the collaborative wherever possible is supportive to individual organisational goals so that the value and purpose of involvement is clear with motivation for maintaining involvement during times of conflict, tension and controversy

· Support the Steering group Chair to ensure the appropriate governance systems, processes and structures are in place to support delivery of the Collaborative objectives and manage identified risks.

· Understand, respect and value the individual partner organisations and shape and influence co-produced new ways of working that promote and build trust and confidence in the work of the collaborative.

· Ensure escalation processes are in place to the steering group for performance and transformational issues and support their management

· Support the development of a future model for provider collaboration that takes account of current structures and understands how the associated functions can be taken forward in a more integrated model.

· Working with colleagues to ensure the collaborative is focussed on the agreed areas of priority and that appropriate escalation methods are in place both in relation to transformation and general performance issues within system operational delivery.

· Ensure there are effective lines of communication between providers to create opportunity for sharing of good practice, information and pathway design.

· Work with colleagues who attend the steering group to develop wider Collaborative responses to national policy areas, where appropriate.

· Develop and manage a risk register associated with the provider collaborative that identifies key areas of risk to the delivery of our stated intent and provides mitigation where possible

· Represent the collaborative at local and national meetings, as appropriate

· Manage the interface with external stakeholders including NHSE, Arden and Gem, other provider collaboratives and Integrated Care Systems.

· Leading the EMAP Programme Management Office, once established.

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

We are a People Promise exemplar site, for more information on the NHS People Promise - NHS England » Our NHS People Promise

As a responsible employer ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

A Service Leaver
A Veteran
A Military Reserve
A Cadet Force Adult Volunteer
Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to PHD level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level within the NHS
Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
Should have an appreciation of the changing relationship between the Department of Health, NHSE national team, Regional Office of NHSE and individual provider organisations.
Evidence of continued professional and managerial development.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive, successful track record of leadership and delivery at a senior level in a complex environment, in health care.
Experience of leading transformational change in a challenging resource environment
Excellent track record of working in partnership across a range of organisations to achieve significant change and improve service outcomes for the local population
Experience of holding stakeholders to account for delivery of plans and priorities.
Significant in-depth experience of organisation-wide policy development, interpreting relevant legislative and other requirements.
Able to demonstrate an understanding of the history, complexities, opportunities and risks of collaboration in this geographical area
Experience of managing and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders and able to build alliances and networks
Understanding, managing and leading difficult decisions within the complex governance across organisations
Understanding of the planning, scheduling and risk management of operational systems within a complex environment.

Knowledge/Skills

Essential criteria

Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances
Inputs to strategic plans across systems and within organisations
Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand both System wide and local performance expectations.
High level critical thinking skills
Practical experience of facilitating organisational and cultural change within organisations, departments and team
Ability to develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate

Personal attributes and values

Essential criteria

A compassionate and visible leader who is committed to good staff experience and patient outcomes and to delivering these as part of a senior team.
Gives confidence that inspires, empowers and builds effective teams.
Resilient and adaptable to circumstances.
Commitment to developing culture of honesty, openness and collaboration.
Evidence of self-awareness and mindfulness
Visionary.