The post holder provides management support to the CSU. He/she will have responsibility for the performance of administrative and.....
The post holder provides management support to the CSU. He/she will have responsibility for the performance of administrative and clerical staff and will ensure that services are delivered within budget to agreed quality standards and in accordance with agreed activity levels. The post holder will also work with members of their CSU and other senior managers in the strategic development of services. This will include strategic and operational business planning and monitoring, and the development of relationships with key internal and external partners. The post holder will ensure the CSU functions as an integral part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and that objectives are achieved. 3. JOB DIMENSIONS Devolved responsibility for both pay and non pay budgets in the CSU Responsible for staff who may work Trust-wide across several disciplines and clinical specialties Assist in the performance management of the CSU Line manage administrative, clerical and secretarial staff within the CSU, and take management responsibility for their personal development and performance review Responsible for the procurement of medical and scientific capital equipment Assist in the operational aspects of major service and capital planning, i.e. Acute Services Reconfiguration, Making Leeds Better Contribute to developing and sustaining capacity and capability in the CSU Lead specific project work on behalf of the Service Manager Deputise for the Service Manager, as directed 5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Essential Educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification/ experience Evidence of successful operational management in a multi-professional environment Experience of day-to-day people management and ability to develop others Experience of budget planning and management Operational planning and implementation Understanding of the NHS modernisation agenda Demonstrates strong analytical skills Negotiation and influencing skills and diplomacy Ability to communicate in a complex service Evidence of developing effective working relationships within and beyond employing organisation Effective team leader Experience of strategic planning and options appraisal Knowledge of financial and commissioning frameworks Knowledge and experience of workforce and capacity planning, managing waiting lists, and delivering business plans Experience in working in partnership with others to develop, implement and evaluate policies and strategies, including managing change 6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post: The beliefs and attitudes that underpin effective performance within the job role. Emphasis should be on the requirements of the role not the individual when completing this section. Examples might include: quality focus, mistakes are used as a continual learning experience, honesty, integrity etc. CORE VALUES Commitment to ensuring the delivery of high quality evidence based care Professional image and positive approach to problem solving. Maintain positive working relationships with others Commitment to own personal and professional development and the development of others within the team. Honest and fair minded with a positive attitude to change. Willingness and ability to travel around and between Trust sites, and to key stakeholders. Promotes a culture of equality, mutual respect, and diversity Is regarded as having integrity and trusted by others 7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT) Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change. WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnership's ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition 8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS Ability to work under significant and sustained pressure and to highly demanding and often conflicting timescales. Ability to maintain systems for keeping abreast of changes in the NHS and their impact on the CSU Commitment to team working with the ability to take personal responsibility for difficult decision making Ability to monitor, maintain and improve service delivery Awareness of strategic direction and ensure local business plans take account of the overall direction of the TrustAbility to communicate and network effectively, negotiate and influence others taking into account the multi-professional and organisational cultures Highly developed communication skills to enable the development of workforce and capacity planning and ensure that departmental business plans and continually changing service plans and schedules are updated to meet service needs Ability to produce a range of documents to varying audiences, both internal and external to the Trust some of which is of a confidential, sensitive or contentious nature Possess change management skills to include service reconfiguration Ability to establish processes and systems within the CSU to develop and monitor financial and business plans across specialist services working collaboratively with other CSUs 9. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING Demonstrates an understanding of both the NHS culture and of the cultures of the different health professional groups Sound understanding of the NHS modernisation agenda to include priorities from the Department of Health, TDA, National, Local and Trust Targets Work within the Trust's Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions and Clinical Governance arrangements Work within the Trust's Capital and Corporate Planning procedures Understanding and experience of effective information analysis, data interpretation and presentation, and software applications essential for communicating business, finance and workforce plans Good sound knowledge and understanding of writing comprehensive business cases Work within the Trust's HR guidance and toolkits for HR processes to include workforce planning, recruitment and selection, honorary contracts Understanding of Trust Policy and Procedure, e.g. HR/Risk Management/Clinical Governance Understanding of Commissioning, contracting and service agreements to include payment by results Understanding of management and operational arrangements in the Trust