General Manager - Band 8b

Job overview

The Surgery Care Group are seeking to appoint two substantive General Manager posts, providing operational and strategic business planning and leadership to dedicated CBUs within the Care Group.

The successful candidate will provide strong visible leadership ensuring that a culture of continuous and evidence-based improvement in all aspects of the service area is embedded to provide a high quality, efficient, effective and patient-focused range of services against quality, financial performance and strategic objectives. The successful candidate will actively demonstrate the Trust values in their working and will support the Trust’s commitment to inclusion and positive cultural change.

Main duties of the job

If you have experience within the acute sector at senior manager level including operational responsibility for complex specialities/services and a proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets we would like to hear from you.

We are seeking individuals able to embrace change, inspire and lead others and help us establish and embed new ways of working, in line with our Trust values.

Responsible for leading and managing the day to day operations within a Clinical Business Unit you will be supported by strong clinical leadership and provided with appropriate development opportunities to support your career.

You need to be educated to Masters Level, or with equivalent experience, with demonstrable and credible experience of senior operational management roles in a complex organisation. Able to demonstrate a high level of financial acumen; an ability to manage multiple tasks whilst having a view on strategic direction and with a proven track record of delivering performance targets. Additionally, you must have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills together with experience as a leader and manager of staff, along with knowledge and experience of service transformation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Chris Chantry

Job title

Director of Operations – Family Health & Surgery

Email address

c.chantry@nhs.net

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Maximum score 6

• Educated to Master level or equivalent experience in a health related field
• Professional management training/qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Maximum score 10

• Experience of working at a senior/corporate level within the NHS with knowledge of key national NHS policy and strategies
• Demonstrable experience in leading, motivating and managing teams
• Significant experience of communicating and working with very senior managers and leaders
• Experience of budget management and staff management
• Experience of managing competing workloads concurrently

Skills

Maximum score 12

• Ability to use IT packages
• Understanding of working with confidential information & corporate governance
• Ability to lead a team ensuring it is customer focused and delivers a high quality service
• Ability to communicate at all levels verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
• Demonstrate ability to make sound judgements and decision making
• Demonstrate professional credibility

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.