Total 7 Director/C-Level Finance / Banking / Insurance job vacancies in Oxford, OX1 1PE

The Deputy Director, Supply Chain leads and manages all supply chain management (SCM) strategy, development and operational staff and activities acrosstheTrust.ThepostholderistheTrust’ssenior SCMsubject matterexpert and a senior, dedicated point of contact for the Trust Divisions, Corporate Directorates and other key stakeholders requiring SCM services and support.

The Deputy Director Supply Chain is responsible for leading and delivering the Trust’s supply chain transformation program, supporting the Director in the development and implementation of the wider Procurement and Supply Chain transformation strategy, which is required to deliver against the Trust identified benefits and value outcomes

To lead, manage and develop a highly complex and extensive operational Supply Chain service across all OUH sites, on-site, this includes Materials Management, Stock Management and Receipt and Distribution functions.



To understand the key strategic priorities for the Trust and initiate, develop and delivercommercial,strategicallyintegratedsupplychainsthatsupportandenable the delivery of the Trust’s objectives, in accordance with the broader P&SC and Trust Strategies.



To lead, manage and develop a large team (50+) of people geographically dispersed across all 4 of the Trust’s main sites.



Delivery of an effective, efficient and sustainable supply chain management (SCM) service to customers across the Trust, and

to those others who rely on the supply chain to support the OUH mission.





Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Deliveryofaneffective,efficientandsustainablesupplychain management (SCM) service to customers across theTrust,and tothose others who rely onthe supply chain to support the OUH mission.

Leadingonthedevelopmentof keyrelationshipsandnetworkswithinternaland external stakeholders across the Trust to understand and meet their needs.

WorkincollaborationwithStrategicSourcingProcurementcolleaguestodevelop 3- to 5-year strategies and lead on the development of Supply Chain activities across all areas of Trust activity to maximise customer value.

Developing anddeliveringthetransformationoftheSupplyChaintocreateabest-in-class system.

Development of the Supply Chain organisation and build a motivated, high- performingteam,providingclear,visible,responsiveandprofessionalleadership to all Supply Chain personnel.

Carry out contract management activities for key suppliers that provide services that align with supply chain operations, providing opportunities to deliver improved services (transformation of Supply chain services)

Development of the team in terms of skills and capability building, resourcing, talent management and succession planning, establishing a coaching and mentoringlearningprocessandutilisingtheTrustapprenticeshipschemetobesteffect.

The leadership, management, development and performance of the Trust-wide supply chain team and supporting the training, development and succession planningacrosstheteam–andinparticularpro-activelymanageandsupportthe development of any direct reports.

Buildingtrust-basedsupportiverelationshipswithstakeholders acrossandbeyond the Trust, and developing and agreeing SLAs and KPIs with all customer areas aligning with organisational aims of providing high quality patient car

Ensuring that the Trust is compliant with all relevant statutory and local policies/standardsandprocedures,updatethosepoliciestoreflectbestpractice and change in external legislation and taking a proactive stance in the development of a diverse, inclusive and safety-conscious culture.

RepresentingtheTrustatanationallevelinsupplychainforums,aimingto achieve the best outcomes for the Trust.

Themanagementandperformanceofthe SCMTeamandthedevelopment of Trust-widestrategicSCMprocesses,integratingkeyinternal stakeholdersand suppliers to deliver value within a compliant framework.



· The development and implementation of supply chain policy, procedures and processes to ensure best practice, efficiency, and coherent workflows, utilising SMARToperationalmetricsandperformancereporting,includinggovernance, compliance, and assurance.

Toprofessionalisethesupplychainservice, fosteringapositive, customer- focused team culture and growth mindset.

Developmentandmaintenanceofsupplychainriskassessment,management and mitigation.

BethecentreofexcellenceoncommercialmattersaffectingSCMdecisions.

To explore and exploit opportunities for collaborative working internally and externally,andpro-activelynetworkwithkeycurrentandfutureclients,suppliers, clinical and professional bodies.

Provide line management for members of the SCM staff, and depute for colleaguesinthisrespectwhenrequired, includingrecruitment,induction, disciplinary, performance improvement and grievance processes.

Leads the development and management of the supply chain function’s business continuity and disaster recovery plan and procedures, ensuring regular knowledge sharing and plan testing is carried out.

To explore and exploit opportunities for collaborative working internally and externally, and pro-actively network with key current and future suppliers, professional bodies and local, regional, and national supply chain colleagues.

Delivery of savings targets in line with departmental and Shared Service requirements and supporting the delivery of a balanced budget at year-end.


This advert closes on Monday 25 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has arisen to be the directorate pharmacist for Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation (AMR) at Oxford University Hospitals. You will have the opportunity to lead a pharmacy team providing a clinical services to AMR services at the John Radcliffe Hospital site. The post offers you exceptional opportunities to develop a specialist clinical role (to the enhanced care unit) alongside your operational skills, leading pharmacy services to a standalone hospital site.

Being responsible for developing pharmacy services across the AMR directorate which includes Medicine, Stroke, Ambulatory Shortstay, Admissions, Emergency department, Ambulatory and hospital at home. You will lead on the vision and strategy for this directorate, including writing business cases and mentoring junior pharmacists optimising patient flow across both Admissions to medicine will be key to success. You will play a pivotal role in leading the pharmacy team in achieving a number of targets including safety, operational, financial and productivity improvements and will be supported closely by the Divisional Pharmacist.

You will facilitate & support the learning and development your pharmacy team including appraisal, diploma tutoring and pre-registration pharmacist training. It would be highly advantageous if you are an independent prescriber to support the wider multi-disciplinary team and will have freedom to identify an area to maximise use of your skills to support the service.

We are looking for a highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic pharmacist with a demonstrable competency in hospital pharmacy practice who can apply their current clinical experience within this setting. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an ability to think creatively, use their initiative and have a strong commitment to improving patient outcomes and experience. Making best use of the excellent skills of the team currently in place will be paramount in achieving success in this area. Previous experience in a medical setting would be desirable but not essential.

We are a forward thinking department who are implementing a series of new ways of working that will deliver significant improvements to our patients care and our financial goals. Electronic prescribing is in place for all patients.

If you are looking for a mix of clinical, operational, educational and leadership experience then this is the post for you.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Practicing at a Highly Advanced level, our directorate lead role balances leadership and clinical practice to deliver compassionate excellence. Reporting to the Divisional Lead Pharmacist, they maintain a key relationship between their clinical directorate and the pharmacy directorate to ensure good medicine management and the delivery of patient focussed medicines optimisation.

The Directorate Lead Pharmacists act as role models in terms of Trust values and behaviours as well as clinical expertise. The post-holder will lead, develop, deliver, evaluate and be responsible for delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service and medicines optimisation advice to the directorate.

The Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate includes Medicine, Stroke, Ambulatory Short stay wards, Admissions, Emergency department, Ambulatory and hospital at home. The role includes line management an expanding team of pharmacists responsible for day to day clinical cover for these areas. The postholder will provide operational oversight to pharmacy services on the John Radcliffe Hospital main site, and across the AMR directorate as a whole.



The post holder’s role within these specialities includes to:



1. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for hospital at home to optimise service within available resource.

2. Work collaboratively with the highly advanced pharmacist for specialist ambulatory to short same day discharges, short stay and medicine to support pharmacy service provision to areas on JR site, and ED providing in person support to junior staff working

3. Actively promote pharmacy services and service need within the Acute Medicine & Rehabilitation directorate.

4. Ensure pharmacy services are developed and expanded to meet the changing needs of the patient cohort under the care of the AMR directorate.

5. To have a clinical role supporting patients and reviewing their medications

6. To lead on a clinical strategy and vision for AMR directorate.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

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The Specialist Medicine Directorate comprises of Dermatology, Clinical Immunology, Sexual Health, Clinical Genetics, Respiratory, Infectious Diseases and Diabetes and Endocrine.

In conjunction with the Directorate General Manager (DGM), Clinical Director and Matrons the Deputy Directorate General Managers will work across organisational boundaries to ensure appropriate services are in place and to deliver national and local strategic and operational service objectives and standards and will contribute to shaping the future healthcare across the local economy.

Each Deputy DGM is responsible for working with the DGM to ensure the efficient and effective day-to-day running of the Clinical Directorate and delivering key quality, performance and financial plans, achieving key service improvements within the Clinical Directorate and line managing appropriate staff within designated clinical units.

The post holders are key members of the Clinical Directorate leadership team, and will develop and implement Directorate plans to secure the agreed objectives for the Clinical Directorate and make a positive contribution to delivery of health care across the local health community.

Financial Management

Business Planning

Service Delivery and Development

Human Resources Management, Line management

Quality, Clinical Governance and Risk Management

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Support the Directorate General Manager and the Clinical Director to
determine the strategic direction for the Directorates, identifying future
resourcing requirements and ensuring that the Directorate meets contractual and other operational requirements.
Ensure the Specialist Medicine Directorate delivers on the range of national and locally defined access targets and that patients are able to access services delivered in a timely way.
Support the delivery of financial balance across the Specialist Medicine Directorate through active and regular monitoring and management of
expenditure.
Monitor and take action to ensure that all quality, productivity and profitability targets are achieved.

In line with Specialist Medicine Directorate and Trust strategy, develop best practice, service modernisation and improvement plans for the area, to
enhance the patient experience and deliver value for money.

Facilitate change within and across organisational and professional boundaries.

Support the DGM as the budget holder to deliver a balanced budget for the Directorate, ensuring the services provided are sustainable and delivered within the budgetary constraints.
Support the development and delivery of Cost Improvement Programmes (CIP)

In conjunction with the DGM and Directorate Accountant lead responsibility for reviewing income and expenditure within the designated Clinical Units and the production and delivery of strategies to ensure their business viability.

Work with the DGM and Clinical Director to formulate an effect and viable
business plan for the designated Clinical Units and the Specialist Medicine Directorate working to ensure that it conforms to the overall Specialist Medicine Directorate and Trust business plan and takes account of the demand for services from the Trust and local and national trends and developments.
Advise and support the Clinical Director on the appropriate application of the Business Planning process and ensure it is communicated across the Clinical Units.

Support the Directorate General Manager to identify, in conjunction with the Clinical Director, all commissioning intentions in designated Clinical Units and develop the business cases to support future developments.

Monitor the progress of existing projects and evaluate all completed projects that improve service delivery.

To assist the DGM in delivering and monitoring performance against set targets (activity, finance, outcomes, utilisation) within designated clinical units and across the Specialist Medicine Directorate, and address variances should they occur to ensure effective delivery of service and standards.

Work directly with the Clinical Leads of designated Clinical Units regarding financial procedures and use a balance scorecard approach to provide monthly summaries of financial and activity performance for relevant meetings.

To lead, manage, motivate and develop staff within the designated Clinical Units, and to maintain the highest level of staff morale and to create a climate within the Directorate, characterised by high standards of openness in line with the Trust values.
Communicate the Trust’s and Directorate’s objectives, future plan and current progress against plans to all staff within the designated Clinical Units.
Ensure training and development needs of staff within the area are identified and reflected in the annual business plan.
To support the Directorate General Manager in developing and maintaining the Workforce Plan.
Line manage all designated staff in line with the Trust’s HR policies and procedures, providing annual appraisal.
In conjunction with the DGM, Clinical Director and HR Business Partner develop local workforce plans, employee engagement and workforce productivity plans to ensure delivery of the Trust’s Workforce Effectiveness Strategy, focusing on enhancing the commitment of staff and optimising workforce productivity and performance.
Ensure that staff management arrangements within the designated Clinical Units are consistent with HR policies and procedures within the Trust and to ensure that good practice in recruitment, appraisal, performance management and other policies are maintained.

Support the development and delivery of the Governance agenda including clinical and non clinical aspects of care and service; this will include establishing systems to monitor clinical standards ensuring high standards of care that is evidence based and integral to service delivery and involving patients and others in developing and enhancing services.
Carry out regular reviews of incidents, complaints, risk assessments and other multidisciplinary audits across and within the designated Clinical Units, ensuring that appropriate follow-up is taken to address and reduce risk and that learning is disseminated across the unit.
Support the DGM, Clinical Director and Matrons in integrating the work of the medical, nursing, administrative and other professional/clinical staff and aligning these around the delivery of effective and efficient services.

Manage processes to enable effective communications within and between
teams, including contributing to and coordinating performance meetings as required by Directorate General Manager and Clinical Director as appropriate.
To manage and coordinate designated administrative and managerial processes, e.g. complaints, critical incidents and safety alerts and ensure
systems are in place to provide all statutory, regulatory and other information

To participate in committees and working groups and act on behalf of the Clinical Director, ensuring that at all times a corporate approach is taken.


This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024

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We are looking for an individual who can promote a high performance culture and excellent financial practice. You will have significant financial leadership experience in a complex organisation and a strong understanding of the healthcare sector, whether gained through the NHS or independent sector, or both. You will have an appetite for talent management and the drive to achieve high standards within the finance function, and in your own career. We welcome ambition, diversity of thought and collaborative working - the successful candidate will have the personal credibility to inspire and lead as well as the skills to turn conceptual ideas into sustainable change.

A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


This post offers the opportunity to work in a key role in a small dynamic team to deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service to the Oxford Heart Centre. You will work in the specialist areas of cardiology, cardiac and thoracic surgery as well as cardiothoracic critical care.

Building on your foundation knowledge, experience and skills, you will be working in a small and dynamic team to deliver compassionate excellence. As a specialist pharmacist you will grow in all four pillars of practice in order to prepare for an advanced practice role.



Main duties of the job
Overall Objectives
• To participate in, develop and provide clinical pharmacy services to the Cardiology, Cardiac & Thoracic Directorate with specific
responsibility for clinical services to the cardiology wards including the acute cardiac care unit and the cardio-thoracic ward on a
rotational basis.
• To support the cardio-thoracic critical care pharmacist and provide clinical pharmacy cover services as required.
• To provide clinical pharmacy support to the cardiology day case unit and cardiac angiography suite as required depending on the
development of pharmacy services to this clinical area
• To promote and ensure the safe and effective use of medicines within the directorate to achieve high standards of medicines related
aspects of patient care.
• To encourage the cost-effective use of medicines and to improve the quality of pharmaceutical care for patients.
• To provide specialised professional and technical education to enable the clinical units to meet high standards of patient care and
safety.
• To be an active member of the pharmacy department and the specialist directorate pharmacy team and ensure continuous two-way
exchange of information to maintain high standards of medicines use within the Trust.



Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.





Specialist Clinical Pharmacist: Clinical Practice Role:
• To provide and develop a comprehensive, highly specialised clinical pharmacy service to the cardiology and cardiac and thoracic surgical wards:
◦ Individual prescription review to optimise therapy
◦ Confirmation of the patient’s medication history
◦ Advice on dosage, side-effects, cautions and monitoring required
◦ Advise on administration of medicines
◦ Appropriate and clear endorsing of prescriptions to ensure safe practice
◦ Monitor the effect and appropriateness of medication
◦ Education of patients on their medication
◦ Involvement in discharge planning and provision of discharge medication
• To provide clinical pharmacy support to other ward areas within the Trust as appropriate on a reciprocal basis.
• To ensure medicines are used appropriately, safely and cost-effectively in accordance with Trust policy, standard operating procedures
and medicines legislation.
• To monitor the use of medicines within the ward areas. This includes recording of significant clinical interventions and involvement in
risk management issues which includes recording and investigating clinical incidents/near misses.
• Ensure compliance with medicines legislation and local policies
• To use available information to influence prescribers and ensure the most cost-effective choice of therapy in accordance with guidelines
as appropriate.
• To participate in ward rounds and clinical meetings as appropriate in order to provide pharmaceutical advice to prescribers and other
health care professionals.
• To ensure accurate patient medication records are updated and maintained electronically.
• To work closely with the ward-based technicians, where available, in providing ward-based pharmacy services.
• To liaise with external agencies to ensure safe, timely and appropriate supply of medicines to patients e.g. Baxter, Homecare
companies etc., where appropriate.
• To participate in ward-based clinical and safe storage of medicine audits.
• To tutor rotational clinical pharmacists undertaking a Diploma in clinical pharmacy and other pharmacists including foundation
pharmacists and to act as a role model and mentor for other pharmacists within the team and within pharmacy.
• To develop personal practice research in accordance with the Trust and pharmacy strategy.
• To contribute to local, national and international specialist interest groups and conferences/meetings.
• To become a non-medical prescriber and work as a non-medical prescriber within the directorate as appropriate
• To provide teaching for the pharmacy and directorate teams as required.

• To develop specialist knowledge and act as a knowledge base/resource for the specialist area and to keep up to date with current
trends and research in the specialist area.
• To work with the clinical pharmacy team to support the strategic developments of the service e.g. electronic prescribing, improved
discharge processes, accredited technician checking etc.
• Actively contribute to the planning and efficient co-ordination of clinical pharmacy initiatives including discharge planning, prescribing
protocols, pharmacists on consultant ward rounds etc
Interviewer information pack
• To contribute to and implement the clinical governance plans of the clinical area and the pharmacy as appropriate.
• To participate in dispensary, evening and weekend work as per rota allocation.

Specialist Clinical Pharmacist: Key Directorate Roles:
• To liaise with the pharmacy team lead and the rest of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure adherence to guidelines where appropriate.
• To identify, review and implement processes, polices and procedures that significantly improve the cost-effective use of medicines
within the directorate.
• To assist in the development and writing of medication related guidelines, in conjunction with the directorate and primary care
teams as appropriate.
• To work with the Directorate Lead Pharmacist on monitoring of prescribing and drug expenditure within the directorate,
and to give advice on cost containment where appropriate.
• To be involved in the preparation of new drug submissions for the Trust Medicines Management Therapeutic Committee (MMTC). To
provide resources to ensure safe implementation of new medicines/technology into clinical practice.
• To provide teaching and induction to new medical and nursing staff as required.
• To manage foundation pharmacist rotations within the cardiac team.
• To organise the clinical and dispensary rotas for the team.
• To manage team meetings within team.

Professional Role:
• To ensure confidentiality is always maintained.
• To be professionally accountable for actions and advice.
• To use experience and clinical judgment to assist in problem-solving and troubleshooting within the Pharmacy department.
• To give professional support to the site operational managers.
• To be aware of the training and competency assessment requirements of foundation pharmacists, diploma pharmacists and student
pharmacy technicians and to participate in their training and competency assessments as required.
• To support the dispensaries by participating in the screening and checking of prescriptions and dispensed items as part of the rostered
duties and as required.
• To participate in Continuous Professional Development.
• To participate in late duty, weekend and bank holiday working according to rotas.
• Any other reasonable duties as requested by the Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Sterile Services.
• To participate in any future 7 day working patterns should the pharmacy department change its current working patterns.


This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Jul 2024

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This vacancy is being managed by the LAW Absolute agency and your application showing your work history and dates will be shared with the agency along with your name, email address and mobile number.

The agency may make contact with you to discuss your application before putting you forward to the shortlisting stage.

Longlisting is managed by the agency.

We’re seeking a senior solicitor or barrister to join on a permanent basis as Director of Legal Services / Legal Counsel to lead the Legal Services Team.

You will advise the organisation in all corporate affairs legal matters, including general healthcare, regulation and compliance. You will also provide advocacy in court where necessary, report to the Board, collaborate with the wider senior management team, and assist the development of the lawyers in your team.

To apply you will be:
• UK-qualified solicitor or barrister
• Significantly experienced working in the legal healthcare sector, including leading a team
• Looking for the opportunity to drive forward an already successful legal services team, and continually identifying areas to improve
• Able to commute to the office in Oxfordshire on a hybrid basis

This role is being offered on a full-time and permanent basis, with salary starting from £99,891 per annum.

For more information and to apply, please contact Louise Hull at LAW Absolute:lhull@lawabsolute.com/ direct dial: 0207 092 8029.

The GC leads, oversees and coordinates the Trust’s internal legal function consisting of the Trust’s Legal Services and Subject Access teams, and is has dotted line professional accountability for other Heads of Legal within the Trust. The GC has responsibility for ensuring that the Legal Services and Subject Access teams provide high quality advice, operate in a cohesive and mutually supportive way, and that legal advisers maintain their professional development requirements and develop necessary skills and abilities to enhance their value to the Trust.

The GC oversees the approach the Trust takes to sourcing internal and external legal advice, ensuring an appropriate balance and continuously reviewing the value for money and quality of the legal advice received. The GC will identify areas of risk where legal input is required, and develop and manage recommendations as to how best to resource this requirement.

The GC has the core ‘gatekeeper’ role of ensuring both the legality and integrity of decision-making at the Trust, and of compliance generally with all non-clinical legal requirements. The GC will be responsible for the formulation of long-term strategic plans to drive financial savings in the Trust’s legal costs. In particular, they will be expected to develop business plans and business cases with long term savings targets.



Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.



The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.



Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.



At OUH we are a flexible working accredited organisation, we recognise the demands and commitments individuals have outside of their working life. we support various methods of flexible working ranging from set working patterns to part time working or job share opportunities. We encourage our managers and our candidates to discuss what flexible working options available to you at OUH.

Please refer to the full job description and person specificatoin attached.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Base

John Radcliffe Hospital as the base but the role covers all sites

Grade

Band 9

Directorate

Assurance

Responsible to

Chief Assurance Officer

Accountable to

Chief Assurance Officer

Responsible for

Corporate Affairs Legal Services, corporate legal advice

Other




1. Job Summary
The role of Legal Counsel (LC) at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to advise and guide the Trust in all Corporate Affairs and Assurance department legal matters and to ensure that the Trust is legally compliant in its internal and external undertakings. This role is of particular importance in light of the current environment of uncertainty and change in which the Trust is operating, and the LC will advise the Trust on the implications of potential legislative changes and on other strategic and organisational developments where not already covered by other in-house legal advisors.



The LC leads, oversees and coordinates the Trust’s Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access teams, and works alongside other legal functions within the Trust. The LC has responsibility for ensuring that the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access teams provide high quality advice, operate in a cohesive and mutually supportive way, and that legal advisers under line management maintain their professional development requirements and develop necessary skills and abilities to enhance their value to the Trust.



The LC oversees the approach the Trust takes to sourcing internal and external legal advice, ensuring an appropriate balance and continuously reviewing the value for money and quality of the legal advice received. The LC will identify areas of risk where Corporate Affairs legal input is required, and develop and manage recommendations as to how best to resource this requirement.



The LC has the core ‘gatekeeper’ role of ensuring both the legality and integrity of decision-making at the Trust, and of compliance generally with all non-clinical legal requirements. The LC will be responsible for the formulation of long-term strategic plans to drive financial savings in the Trust’s legal costs, working collaboratively with other in house legal advisors. In particular, they will be expected to develop business plans and business cases with long term savings targets.



The LC also contributes to the success of the Trust’s corporate strategy and consequential projects for patient benefit both now and into the future by participating proactively and creatively in relevant business activities. In doing so the LC will work alongside other legal teams within the Trust if needed. The LC will be responsible for the development of relevant corporate policies and procedures for the oversight of the Trust’s legal proceedings and for compliance with Law Society requirements.



The LC provides pragmatic and solutions-based legal advice to the Chair, Chief Executive and all other Board Directors, to Board and Executive Committees and to wider senior management teams and individuals as required.



In summary, the LC is an essential adviser to the organisation in:


• horizon scanning, identification and management of legal risk to (i) help empower Trust colleagues to act and transact within the parameters of legal compliance and (ii) reduce as far as possible the Trust’s necessary commitment to event remediation, including disputes and litigation.
• managing non-clinical legal
• adding business value through effective and efficient use of legal
2. Key Relationships
The key relationships for the LC will be as follows:
• Daily/frequent contact with the Chief Assurance Officer and Director of Corporate Affairs, and Director of Regulatory Compliance and Assurance.
• Regular contact with the Chief Executive and other Executive and Non-Executive Board members and with the wider senior management team.
3. Duties and Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities for the LC will be as follows:
• Review of Corporate Affairs legal advice sourced internally and externally by the Trust, identifying any gaps and overlaps, providing a quality assurance function and ensuring the Trust makes effective, efficient and economic use of legal services at all times.
• Providing personal support and counsel to the Chair, Chief Executive and all other Directors/executives/members of senior management as may be required.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant corporate and commercial law requirements, and those of national oversight bodies and regulators.
• Professional lead for all lawyers within Corporate Affairs; as required, lead, motivate and develop lawyers as may be specified.
• Bring together a forum of senior in house lawyers periodically to share best practice and agree any cross functional approaches.
• Accountable for ensuring the Legal Services function within Corporate Affairs, provide an effective service of advice and support in relation to medical litigation and personal injury claims, inquests, care proceedings and other related issues.
• Ensure that the Legal Services function within Corporate Affairs provides the skills, knowledge and expertise to commission appropriate external legal advice, within a specific financial envelope.
• Responsible for the oversight of the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access teams budget and for the reduction of spend on external legal advice, with specific identified savings targets to be delivered.
• Improve legal governance and attendant decision-making against clear accountability.
• Responsible for the use and development of specific information systems used within the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access team functions, for the development of reporting within the Corporate Affairs Legal Services team and externally to the wider Trust. These should be in line with Trust requirements and the needs of GIRFT and NHS Resolution.
• Develop the strategy to ensure improvements in the safety and wellbeing of patients are being addressed by ensuring effective learning from medico-legal claims.
• High quality reporting for the executive and Board on legal
• Collaborative and supportive working with all other assurance functions in developing reporting and oversight arrangements to enable successful delivery of corporate
• External representative and ambassador for the Trust, fostering good stakeholder relations at all levels including with the Trust’s many partners including those in the AHSC, AHP, ICS and others, specifically act as Trust legal advocate attending court, in person (where required), reacting to cross examination requiring intense concentration on a frequent basis.
• To act as a champion for patients and their interests, and to involve the governors, members, patients and the public in the Trust’s corporate activities whenever
• To promote an equal and diverse working
4. General Communications / wider working relationships• Provide Clinical Divisions and Corporate Departments with relevant information which is organised and presented in such a way that it facilitates and encourages reflection, celebrates success, and drives quality improvements in assessing impact measures appropriately.
• Maintain effective networking and good partnership relationships, sharing good practice and ensuring lessons learned in other Trusts are applied to within the Trust.
• Respond to new legislation, relevant to the role.
• Co-ordinate the approved Trust response to the formulation of relevant legislation.
• Develop excellent relationships with Board members.
1. Management• Accountable for strategic vision across the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access team function, ensuring team members have the skills, knowledge and expertise to support the assurance of measures to deliver quality outcomes/Board requirements in clinical and non-clinical areas.
• Accountable for the leadership and management of employees across the Corporate Affairs Legal Services and Subject Access team function, within the Assurance Directorate; ensuring that innovative and forward-looking practices are developed to maximise the efficiency and productivity legal services at the Trust and appropriate line management arrangements are in place to facilitate effective operational management of all staffing issues.
• Promote a high performance and professional ethos within the teams.
• Ensure that staff in their remit are trained, supervised and appraised appropriately to equip them to carry out their work effectively and efficiently.
• Manage and ensure the production of all appropriate reports and forward plans to relevant regulatory bodies and ensure that they are available for public inspection.
2. Other• Ensure that Information Technology is:
• Exploited to streamline communications across the Trust.
• Used as an enabler to and supportive of service modernisation /redesign.


This advert closes on Monday 8 Apr 2024

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is a world-renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK.The Trust is made up of four hospitals and employs over 14,000 staff and provides a full range of clinical and specialist services. Our collaboration with the prestigious University of Oxford underpins the quality of the care that is provided to patients, from the delivery of high-quality research, bringing innovation from the laboratory bench to the bedside, to the delivery of high-quality education and training of doctors.

Within this role you will be a key member of the Workforce Directorate and the Chief People Officer’s senior team. The post holder will also deputise for the Director of Workforce, as agreed by the Chief People Officer.

The post holder’s overarching goal will be to enable the delivery of complex and innovative workforce transformation across the Trust, ensuring a continual improvement in workforce and integrated planning, operational performance, workforce deployment and efficiency.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.



The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.



Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

We are looking for a values-driven professional who has a creative and agile mind-set, motivated to always look at how things can be continually improved. You will be adept at building successful relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and bring impressive facilitation skills, along with the credibility and confidence to contribute within a vibrant and diverse professional environment.

This post combines both senior HR business partnering for our Executive and Corporate functions, as well as the leadership of Trust-wide resourcing. You could come from either professional background and be keen to extend and broaden your development.

We offer hybrid working arrangements and promote flexible working but would need this post to have a regular weekly presence on site. We offer a relocation assistance package for candidates that qualify. This role is full time – 37.5 hours per week.

This represents an excellent opportunity to work as part of an award-winning team in a role that has clearly demonstrated the opportunities for onward progression.

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Samantha Eales or Tim Holden at Morgan Law on 0207 747 4949 or email ouh@morgan-law.com

We value diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background, identity, or ability. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any basis. If you need any support during the application process, please contact us.


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Mar 2024

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