Head of Planned Care Projects

This is a key period in the delivery of change for Planned Care, ensuring that services are resilient, sustainable and fit for the future.

The postholder will be accountable for planning and delivering key operational change projects and service improvements in planned care which will drive improvements in performance, reduce inequalities, and delivers value for money, across the two sites.

The role will ensure that operational change is evidence-based, financially robust, co-produced and aligned to national and local policy whilst delivering measurable improvements in access, experience, productivity and outcomes.

Role

The role will provide leadership and oversight to key operational change projects, working closely with the Divisions, Heads of Operations and Clinical Leadership to deliver against key objectives. The projects will include:

• Creating strong procedural and operational foundations for delivery, ensuring that booking, appointment management and communication processes support effective delivery of care. This role will lead on the operational aspects of the rollout of an automated booking solution across the two Trusts.
• UHN are developing a business case for an Elective Hub. This role will lead on the operational aspects of the development of the business case, working closely with the Surgery Division and the Hub multi-disciplinary team to plan for and maximise the productivity opportunities in moving to a hub model for Trauma and Orthopaedics.
• Support the oversight and assurance pf performance, working with Divisions to track progress, activity and performance against plan.
• Support to services in the development of cross-site working and approaches, streamlining processes to support services to work more closely together
• Emerging Digital operational productivity projects, sharping pilot approaches and leading on operational input to prioritisation

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laverne Cobb Job title: Executive Assistant Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01536 492575

Laverne can arrange a discussion with Jennie Walker, Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Planned Care