Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Elective Care

Deputy Chief Operating Officer & Director of Elective Care

Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Chief Operating Officer across the operations portfolio and provide daily leadership of Trust operations.
• Lead on delivery of the Trust's core performance and quality standards, with a particular focus on Planned Care.
• Support Divisions with key performance and quality standards, including RTT, DM01 Performance and Cancer Standards.
• Support services in Planned Care to deliver non-elective demand.
• Collaborate with Divisional Directors of Operations (DDOs) to lead improvements by engaging with clinical teams and implementing service changes underpinned by clear trajectories and national delivery requirements.
• Provide leadership and direction for directorate leadership teams, ensuring the division delivers the Trust's strategy and effective management underpinning service delivery.
• Lead designated trust-wide developments that cut across the organisation, integrating and streamlining services.

Other Information

Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.