Director of Strategy, Planning & Partnerships

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust providing a full range of general hospital services, and some areas of specialist complex care, to around 560,000 people living in the south of West Kent and the north of East Sussex. The Trust employs a team of over 5000 staff and operates from two main clinical sites. In addition, the Trust provides specialist cancer services to around 1.8 million people across Kent and East Sussex, via the Kent Oncology Centre.

There has been a noticeable revival at MTW. Together, we have hugely improved our financial position, patient flow, cancer and emergency care. We have also implemented a clinically-led framework that puts frontline staff at the heart of making decisions about our services; collaborated with our local healthcare partners in the West Kent Alliance; and made big inroads into boosting staff engagement and wellbeing.

We have an ambitious trust strategy, with a clear focus on: achieving a CQC ‘Outstanding’ rating; implementing an innovative clinical strategy with new services and specialist areas of expertise; having the highest levels of staff engagement in the national NHS staff survey; and maximising the opportunities as a system leader in the West Kent Integrated Care Partnership and as a cancer centre for Kent and Medway.

As our new Director of Strategy, Planning & Partnerships, you will report to the Chief Executive as part of our Executive team and a non-voting member of the Trust Board. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing vision, direction and collaborative leadership to motivate, inspire and engage individuals and teams to achieve the Trust’s objectives
• Continuing to develop and implement of our organisational strategy to deliver our vision of ‘Exceptional People, Outstanding Care’
• Ensuring an effective planning cycle is in place to deliver our strategic objectives
• Leading our engagement with partners and stakeholders across the health system to optimise the delivery of our strategy
• Developing effective working relationships and communications with staff and ensure that staff are engaged, motivated, developed, supported and respected
• Championing equality and diversity, ensuring that effective policies and procedures are in place and promoted.

We are looking for you to bring senior leadership experience from the NHS or a similarly complex organisation, with a track record in the development and implementation of organisational and clinical strategies. You should have recent and relevant experience of large-scale planning and operations, working directly with executives and NEDs. You will be an inclusive, compassionate and innovative leader with experience of leading change and transformation.

In return, we offer a leadership position where you will play an important and influential role both internally and across the wider health and care system, joining a strong, experienced, and supportive executive team with a clear and ambitious strategy for improving services.

For a recruitment pack or any initial enquiries, please contact James Stephens at Morgan Law Executive Search by emailing exec@morgan-law.com or telephoning 0207 747 4931. The Closing Date for applications will be Tuesday 1^st February 2022.

MTW welcomes applications from all groups of people as part of it’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, including under-represented groups and is happy to discuss options for flexible working.