Job Description

The Royal Surrey is seeking to appoint a Head of Service for Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care to lead these services within the Trusts Surgical Division. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced operational manager that will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of high-quality patient centred services. They will provide strategic planning, service development and driving innovation, modernisation and high levels of staff and patient satisfaction.



This is an exciting time to join the Surgical Division within the Royal Surrey: we provide a large range of surgical services to our local population, as well as delivering extensive regional cancer services. We have one of the largest multi-disciplinary surgical robotic programmes nationally in conjunction with a high quality critical care service.



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 role will be responsible for leading and engaging operational and clinical teams in the programme, operational mobilisation of the project and delivering patient pathways to ensure effective patient flow across the new Surgical Cancer and Innovation Centre and existing main theatre environment.



The Head of Service is responsible for operational management of Theatres and Anaesthetics & Critical Care Specialist Business Units within the Surgical Division. This post is accountable to the Associate Director of Operations for the Surgical Division, to ensure that the division delivers on Trust key performance objectives for elective and non-elective care.



This role is responsible for providing operational leadership to a large portfolio of services within the Division at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

This role carries responsibility for:

Main Theatres, Day Surgery Unit, Surgical Short Stay Unit & the Elective Surgical Unit. Anaesthetics Pre-operative Assessment Critical Care Pain Services Sterile Services (Contract performance with external provider) Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (MATTU)

The post will provide strategic direction and leadership to ensure services continue to improve and develop. The role is responsible for the leadership, coordination and operational management of these services alongside the Matron, Clinical Director and Operational/Administrative lead for each specialty, to ensure implementation of strategic issues and performance targets are met within their services. The role also requires the post holder to monitor and manage performance to ensure that patient-centered services are of a consistently high standard.



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.



A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo



Please see the attached and Person Specification



The Trust is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and many of our services are acknowledged internationally for the quality of their provision.



If you are expert in leading services effectively in order to see their patients as promptly, safely and efficiently as possible then we would be keen to hear from you.



The post holder will be responsible for monitoring and delivering Theatre performance across all specialties against national and local targets. The Head of Service (TACC) 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.



Within the next year the Trust will complete the building of the Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre (CASIC) at our Guildford site (the Royal Surrey Hospital), which will provide six new operating theatres and well as brand new recovery and admission areas. This role is the operational lead of the programme, in conjunction with the programme team. The role will be responsible for leading and engaging operational and clinical teams in the CASIC programme, operational mobilisation of the project and delivering patient pathways to ensure effective patient flow across the New Surgical Cancer and Innovation Centre and existing main theatre environment.



The post holder they will deputise for the Associate Director of Operations for Surgery and provide cross cover to the Head of Service for Surgery as required.