# General Manager - Band 8b > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/general-manager-band-8b/3aefac81-cd58-48f8-8678-52d618a4e6f8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/general-manager-band-8b/3aefac81-cd58-48f8-8678-52d618a4e6f8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Lincoln County Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** General manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will include participation on Tactical On-Call) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T11:40:56.381Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lincolnshire/Lincoln/United_Lincolnshire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Surgery/Surgery-v8336268 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8336268?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ulh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework values - Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information - Excellent communication skills, written and oral - Evidence of being a team-player but able to stand back when necessary - Ability to motivate staff to deliver challenging targets - Ability to present complex data - Proven influencing skills - Ability to manage conflict - Logical thinker with evidence of implementation of ideas and solutions - Excellent problem solving skills using team when appropriate - Able to analyse and understand complex financial and clinical data - Business focused - Sensitive to clinical and political demands - Ability to cut through barriers to change ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to Master level or equivalent experience in a health related field - Professional management training/qualification. - Evidence of continuing professional development ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Experience within the acute sector at senior manager level including operational responsibility for complex specialities/services - Proven track record of achieving challenging healthcare targets - Experience of delivering programmes of change within an NHS setting - Experience of managing and hearing performance issues - Experience of budget man ## Documents - [357-ln-592-26 jd (pdf, 536.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10659951) - [ceo welcome letter (pdf, 83.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2883) - [ulht staff networks (pdf, 13.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2739) - [acceptable use of ai in personal statements (pdf, 95.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2953) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.