Assistant Directorate Manager - Paediatrics

The post holder will work closely with the Directorate Manager, Deputy Directorate Manager, Associate Directorate Manager and Clinical Director to ensure that Paediatric and Neonatal services are responsive, innovative and meet performance and quality targets and standards, including financial and operational management of the services. The post holder will need to problem solve as appropriate and develop and implement lasting solutions in conjunction with clinical, managerial, and administrative duties. The post holder will be expected to exercise initiative, prioritise conflicting work demands and communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with the multi-disciplinary team, internal departments and external partners to ensure continuity in achieving excellence in patient care.,

• Providing overall management support to the paediatric service on behalf of the Directorate Manager (DM), Clinical Director and Matron (SMT).
• Utilise effective change management, people management and project management skills to support implementation of projects across specialty.
• Support SMT with performance management systems to ensure service meets agreed specification including waiting times and other local and national targets.
• Analyse and use performance management data to support the SMT to inform and improve service delivery.
• Contribute to implementation of service redesign.
• Participate in service reviews to ensure all services fit for purpose in accordance with corporate objectives.
• Support processes for collection, collation and submission of KPIs
• Lead on/provide management support to SMT as required in relation to recruitment of staff.
Provide up to date information reassurance data for PTL Meeting on behalf of the DM highlighting potential problem areas by specialty.
• Line management of Paediatric Administration coordinators. In conjunction with the SMT, monitor access targets, proving weekly updates/reports and monitor agreed actions to ensure delivery.
• Support the rota coordinator to escalate and action appropriate solutions for Doctors Sickness Absence or unavailability.
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme