Deputy Director of Divisional Operations

In line with our vision to be exceptional, we are recruiting for a dynamic Deputy Divisional Director of Operationsfor the Division of Allied Clinical Services.

This post, reporting into the Divisional Director of Operations, is a senior leadership position within the division working closely with the Divisional Triumvirate team.

The post-holder will manage delivery of a range of complex and/or time critical service challenges within the Division on behalf of the Divisional Director of Operations.

The key purpose of this position is to provide senior leadership to implementation of service delivery and development plans across the division; it is the nominated deputy role for the DDO within the ACS senior leadership team., The Deputy Divisional Director of Operations has key oversight of pathology services within the Trust - including its partnership within East and South East London Pathology Partnership. It also has line management responsibility for the cancer, oncology and haematology directorate, clinical engineering directorate and divisional business support team. In line with matrix working across the division, it will also support all other directorates across the division., 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Experience of service and pathway improvement is essential, and ideally the candidate would have skills in facilitation service improvement with teams. Excellent communication skills are essential along with strong analytical skills and a passion as we do for the highest standard of patient care.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations