Job overview

The Royal Surrey is seeking to appoint an Associate Director of Elective Improvement on an interim basis (6 months), to lead improvements to the speed with which people are able to access our elective and diagnostic care. 

This is an exciting time to join the Royal Surrey: we have recently opened a state of the art new Community Diagnostic Centre at our Milford site (Milford Hospital) and within the next year we will complete the building of the Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre at our Guildford site (the Royal Surrey Hospital), which will provide six new operating theatres and well as brand new recovery and admission areas. The Trust is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, we are one of the largest providers of robotic surgery in the UK and many of our services are acknowledged internationally for the quality of their provision. 

A key aspect to us continuing to provide outstanding care is ensuring that people are able to access our services in a timely way, and in that regard we recognise that for patients on elective and diagnostic treatment pathways we can do better. We have set ambitious improvement targets for 25/26, and we are looking for someone to help lead our efforts to achieve them.  If you are expert in helping services to organise effectively in order to see their patients as promptly and efficiently as possible then we would be keen to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director of Elective Improvement will be an expert resource for the Trust and provide both a Trust-wide and Integrated Care System-wide perspective when planning elective recovery actions. The post holder will be an active member of the Performance Manager Committee, Elective Oversight Group and other relevant groups at Trust and ICS level.

The post holder will be responsible for monitoring and delivering elective recovery performance across all divisions and specialties against national and local targets. The Associate Director of Elective Improvement will work with service leads to improve performance and ensuring the performance framework is being adhered to across all services. This involves being fully conversant with the various trust information systems, and being able to extract and manipulate data that can be used to maintain accountability of performance.  

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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