Description
Whipps Cross Hospital is seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly motivated Winter Resilience Director to lead our operational response throughout the forthcoming winter period.
This is a unique opportunity for an accomplished senior leader with a strong track record of operational delivery, system working and leading teams through complex and challenging environments. Reporting to the Director of Operations, the successful candidate will provide visible leadership across the organisation, driving performance, supporting frontline teams and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care for our patients throughout winter.
The role requires someone who can engage colleagues at every level, harness innovation from the frontline and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will share our values and place them at the heart of everything they do, demonstrating a genuine commitment to our patients, staff and local communities.
The role is a secondment opportunity for 6 months starting from November 2026.
Responsibilities: The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role.
Requirements:
- Masters level education in health care management or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued learning/development
- Significant senior management experience in an NHS Acute Trust
- Hospital Flow and discharge experience
- Highly developed knowledge across quality, operational management and finance domains
- Board level exposure (either Hospital or Trust) with experience of presenting to boards
- Demonstrable track record of sound financial and operational management in a position
- Experience of leading service and / or transformational change
- Experience of management of complex projects
- Experience of effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders
Skills:
- Able to influence, negotiate and persuade regarding complex or sensitive issues
- Ability to operate effectively in clinical academic operational environment with multiple stakeholders
- Ability to motivate and lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills both verbal, written and presentation and excellent listening skills, including facilitation
- Ability to encourage multi-professional team working and problem solving
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively
Benefits: Agenda for Change pay scheme Band 9 salary (£118,919 to £135,920 a year pro rata inc) Fixed term contract for 6 months Full-time working pattern