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Person Specification
The purpose of this specification is to identify the attributes and competencies
required for the post holder to perform the duties described in the job description.
These are identified as either essential i.e. those without which the job could not be
performed adequately, or desirable i.e. those which, although not essential, could
enhance job performance and would be expected to be developed by the successful
candidate during their employment in the role.
These criteria should be capable of being measured in some way through the
selection process either by information given on the application form and references
or by questions or assessments planned for the interview. The specification will be
used to shortlist applicants, all of whom will usually need to meet all of the essential
criteria and to compare how well candidates match the full specification.
Job title:
Deputy Director of Operations – Urgent and Acute Care
Job band:
Trust Contract, £62,436
Factors
Essential Desirable How identified
Trust Vision and Values
Able to provide safe, caring and effective
services because people matter
Yes
We would expect your values and
behaviours to reflect the Trust values of
Care, Respect & Responsibility
Interview
Yes
Education and qualifications
Educated to degree level in relevant field or
equivalent level of management experience
Yes
Post graduate management qualification
Yes
Certificates and
Assessment
Skills & Experience
Recent NHS management experience
Yes
Experience of developing and providing
regular reports to managers and
management committees, on progress
against activity and other targets so that
performance variances can be highlighted.
Yes
Experience of developing cost and project
control processes which delivery results
Yes
Experience of identifying poor performance, Yes
developing a plan, recovering performance
by appropriate engagement with clinicians,
other colleagues, the Board and
Commissioners
Experience of delivering emergency access Yes
standards
Experience of leading the process of
managing the organisations response to
large scale commissioning changes
Yes
Experience of delivering sustainable
performance improvement through
constructive engagement
Yes
Experience of leading, implementing and
completing projects
Yes
Experience of analysing and interpreting
information to identify and manage
variances in performance and identifying
solutions to identified problem/areas for
improvement
Yes
Experience of business planning techniques Yes
and managing business processes
Experience of designing/ improving
business systems & processes
Yes
Application and
Assessment
Skills & Experience
General Management theory and practice,
Yes
including quality, financial management, HR
management and service/ business
development
Application and
Assessment
Change management/ service improvement Yes
techniques
Broad understanding of the NHS and key
policy issues that affect business
performance
Yes
Awareness of Strategic management
processes and their application
Yes
Personal qualities
Ability to lead and manage teams through
change
Yes
First class interpersonal skills with ability to
gain and sustain credibility with clinicians /
managers
Yes
Highly skilled in influencing and persuading
others
Yes
Able to prioritise and manage the ongoing
work of services and/or projects
Yes
Results orientated and delivers against
deadlines
Yes
Able to present well-reasoned and
structured argument orally and in writing
Yes
Initiative – sees opportunities and acts on
them – proactive rather than reactive
approach
Yes
Commercial acumen
Yes
Political awareness – ability to perceive
impact of actions on the decisions and
activity of others, across the organisation
and with external partners
Yes
Assessment
References
Interests and motivation to the job
Desire to succeed and make a real impact
on the quality of care and efficiency of
services provided
Yes
Committed to achievement of overall trust
performance and willing to challenge
practice / behaviors that undermine the
need to work as one team within the Trust
Yes
Sets high standards and motivated to
achieve these
Yes
Works at optimum level in a complex,
pressurised environment and is motivated
by stretching targets and achieving
continuous improvement
Yes
Application
Assessment
References
Motivated by effective teamwork, with a
Yes
desire to ensure that local and corporate
priorities are not in conflict and that different
professional groups work together
effectively to achieve a common purpose
Committed to living the Trust’s values,
Yes
willing to inspire others to act in accordance
with those values and motivated to use
those values to drive business performance
and service development
Comfortable in challenging traditional
approaches and enjoys winning support for
new ideas
Yes
Resilient, and motivated by complex
challenges that require resolution through
influence rather than instruction
Yes
Prepared by:
Director of Operations – Medicine & Integrated Care
Date:
May 2017