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Competitive Salary – Very Senior Manager (VSM)

Permanent Full time

The Trust is seeking an experienced, driven, strategic leader to support the executive function in the development and leadership of the Performance, Planning and Governance functions of the Trust and strategic planning process in the delivery of the 5 year forward plan.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the staff and budget management of the Performance, Planning and Governance functions as well as representing the trust at senior regulatory events internally and externally. The role is key to delivering the strategic 5 year forward plan in line with the NHS England's (NHSE) compliance framework. The successful candidate will do this by guaranteeing that the trust meet the regulatory standards of NHSE, Care Quality Commission, Commissioner’s legally binding contract and NHS Resolution through ensuring there are safe and effective systems and processes in place. You will also deliver against the full range of national targets and standards set for the trust utilising the right measurement systems and managing any variance in these requirements back into place. This will be done by developing the organisations Business Intelligence/Informatics to support reporting, performance management and analysis capabilities including innovation and continuous improvement to the practices developing the “ward to board” structures.

Main duties of the job

You will lead key committees such as Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee while taking active involvement in other key intermixed committees such as Finance and Performance and the Quality Committee. From this you will be negotiating and communicating complex, contentious and highly sensitive information that leads to agreement, implementation and delivery of key goals. A major factor in this delivery will be utilisation of strong interpersonal, engagement and negotiating skills ensuring strong stakeholder management, this stakeholder management will including building in strong relationships with Medical Directors and members of the Clinical Policy Group.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail, and will be required to complete psychometric tools in advance of the assessment process.  You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.