Head of Elective Access – Full Time – Canwick

Head of Elective Access

To work with the Divisional Management Teams, Corporate Teams, and the Trust Executive to support and deliver the strategic development and operational management of access targets, including Cancer, 18 weeks, diagnostics, Elective Planned, non-18 weeks and Cancelled Operations.

This includes ensuring appropriate policies are in place and performance management mechanisms deliver, monitor and report compliance against national waiting time targets.

Location:

Lincoln (Hybrid 2 days from home)

Job Type: Temporary

Duration of booking:
Expected to last 3-6 months with possible extension

Proposed start date: ASAP

Pay Rates:
Up to £50 per hour Umbrella or £43 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay

Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm

Sector:
Healthcare

Based:
Office / Hospital

Specific duties
Contribute to the delivery of the national targets and recommendations, reporting achievements and key risk factors, and developing recommendations to address areas of non-compliance, informing the Trust Board, Executive Team and other relevant key stakeholders.
Develop robust, proactive monitoring systems to ensure all patients receive their initial appointment, diagnostic assessment and required treatment within the parameters of the national waiting times targets including developing robust reporting mechanisms and PTL management.
Lead the monitoring of the PTL to ensure that all Divisional Operational Managers have sufficient resources planned and are in place to deliver the 18-week RTT standard and diagnostic standards.
On behalf of the Deputy Chief Operating Officer, lead performance reviews to ensure delivery of these access targets and feed into the Trust’s accountability framework.
Report performance at every required level, both internally and externally in conjunction with the Information Team.
Ensure there are clear roles and responsibilities for all staff involved in tracking and reporting systems, with clear lines of accountability, and that these are regularly reviewed.
Ensure systems are rigorously quality assured and tested.
Working with colleagues across the ICD/commissioning and IT within the IC/ Health Board in the North of England.
Ensure the Access Policy is up to date and implemented across all divisions.
Ensure escalation systems are developed, implemented, and regularly reviewed.
In conjunction with Clinical Business Units develop timed clinical pathways to assist with monitoring, escalation and service improvement across all specialities.
Support Divisions to develop annual business plans that incorporate requirements to deliver operational and financial performance standards (Production Plan).
Identify and create innovative and sustainable methods of service delivery that support the achievement of Trust access standards, reviewing best practice standards.
To liaise with commissioners and NHS England/Improvement (or equivalent) on performance standards.
Provide managerial support for the implementation of medium/long term service improvements, including tracking milestones against agreed action plans and ensuring Trust input into new guidance and action plans as published.
Work with the Divisional Managing Directors, Operational Managers, clinicians and corporate teams to support medium/long term service improvement and QIPP/CIPP plans impacting on performance through coordination of highly complex highly sensitive project plans and agreed initiatives, ensuring these become embedded in working practices.
Share learning on achievement of national targets Trust wide to support the delivery of new NHS waiting list targets.
Ensure mechanisms are established and monitored in conjunction with Trust colleagues to collate data for monitoring clinical and managerial procedural outcomes in accordance with national data reporting requirements.
Ensure local policies / procedures are in line with national guidance.
To support the Divisional Management Teams in ensuring the achievement of the objectives within the Divisions’s performance framework.
Assist in the coordination of medium/long term operational plans ensuring these contribute to the achievement of the…