Divisional Senior Manager; Planning - Leicestershire

Divisional Senior Manager (Planning) – Leicestershire Job Overview

The Leicestershire Division of East Midlands Ambulance Service is seeking a Divisional Planning Lead to join our improvement journey. You will have experience leading planning, performance monitoring and delivery, and a working understanding of organisational and national priorities for the ambulance sector.

The focus of this role is to provide Divisional oversight and coordinate the delivery of planning and performance improvement across Leicestershire, supporting the EMAS strategy.

Whilst this role is accountable to the Divisional Director in terms of setting overall objectives and priorities, it will work closely and proactively with the Heads of Operations, who operationally lead their service areas.

They will also provide professional leadership for a team of Divisional Commanders.

The post is also accountable for a broad range of shared responsibilities to support leadership of the division as defined by the Divisional Director, working as part of the Divisional Senior Leadership Team.

The role will have a responsibility for managing and planning assets to ensure delivery of contractual targets, quality standards and adherence to cost improvement controls and planning.

Operationally the role will work across 5 days and provide senior manager (tactical) on call cover as part of our overall command structure, to ensure consistent delivery of services across the 7 days and 24hr period.

• Degree level management qualification (or studying for) or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce redesign

• Track record of achievement in the planning of quality improvement gained over at least two years
• Experience of people management issues in relation to managing clinical performance and conduct
• Good understanding of the CQC core standards and meeting a high level of compliance
• Understanding of the responsibilities of divisional leadership (operational, clinical, command) teams

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.