Group director - urgent and emergency care

• Lead the development and delivery of the BSW UEC strategy and annual work programme
• Provide expert support to Managing Directors and CEOs across the group
• Oversee UEC performance, improvement initiatives, and escalation responses
• Foster collaboration across trusts and with system partners to align pathways and share best practice
• Represent the group in discussions with regulators and commissioners
• Drive data-led decision-making and continuous improvement using tools like SHREWD
• Providing system leadership across the acute hospitals group and support to system partners across health and social care to enable delivery of the BSW Hospitals Group Urgent Care operating plans and UEC strategy
• Ensure effective delivery and oversight of performance in UEC pathways across the acute trusts
• Provide oversight and support to acute trust leaders for UEC pathways across the three hospitals

• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
• Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
• Ability to communicate with clinical and all levels of colleagues effectively
• High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
• Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
• High level critical thinking skills
• Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
• Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care, Regional and National teams and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Member of relevant professional body

Clinical registration and experience across a wide range of services