Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced operational manager to support the Anaesthetics and Pain services at General Manager level at University Hospitals Birmingham.
Main duties of the job
The General Manager role requires a highly competent individual with extensive experience in the management of people and services at a service team level or above, in the health care sector. The General Manager will lead, direct and co-ordinate a high quality, safe, effective and efficient service provision to meet the needs of patients within our pain service and surgical specialities.
Working within the new structure of CDG9B the postholder will work closely with the clinical service leads, nursing leads and a range of stakeholders across the hospital, the successful candidate will be well supported by the senior leadership team.
The Anaesthetics service is based on the Queen Elizabeth (QE) site and the pain service is based both at the Solihull and QE hospital sites. Day to day the postholder will be based within the theatre complex of the new QE hospital.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * GCSE/O Level -- English and Maths Grade C or equivalent
- * Educated to degree level or equivalent
- * Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- *Substantial experience in a senior managerial and leadership role within an acute healthcare setting which is commensurate with the complexity and size of the allocated area of responsibility.
- *Knowledge and experience of leading significant change to patient services, delivering tangible and sustained improvements.
- *Experience of developing and maintaining active partnerships with stakeholders in the development of services.
- *Experience of improvement measurement systems and understanding of the role of measurement in performance improvement.
- *Experience of directly line managing and providing strategic leadership to large numbers of specialist staff/multidisciplinary service teams ranging from bands 3 -- 7.
- *Experience of managing individual and team performance through the setting of objectives, PDPs and appraisals.
- *Experience of application of recruitment strategies and workforce development including undertaking skill mix reviews and succession planning.
- *Experience of using service redesign methodology.
- *Has a highly developed understanding of the changing NHS environment and its impact on service provision and staff.
- *Impact -- uses a variety of methods to gain support for ideas, strategies and values.
- *Understanding of how to use technology to support delivery of improvements to services.
- *Application of absence management, sickness, disciplinary and grievance policies in accordance with UHB HR policies.
- *Uses technical, non-verbal and visual aids effectively.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Self-confidence - states own position on issues; unhesitatingly takes decisions when required within area of authority and commits self and others accordingly.
- *Flexibility - adapts to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments.
- *Self-motivated - possesses high internal work standards, sets stretching yet attainable goals; wants to do things better and to measure progress against targets.
- *Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- *Commitment to ongoing life-long learning and personal development.
- *Motivation - driven by a genuine interest and concern for the quality and appropriateness of patient services.
- *Flexibility - identifies feasible alternative options in planning and decision making, holds different options in focus simultaneously and evaluates their relative pros and cons.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * GCSE/O Level -- English and Maths Grade C or equivalent
- * Educated to degree level or equivalent
- * Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- *Substantial experience in a senior managerial and leadership role within an acute healthcare setting which is commensurate with the complexity and size of the allocated area of responsibility.
- *Knowledge and experience of leading significant change to patient services, delivering tangible and sustained improvements.
- *Experience of developing and maintaining active partnerships with stakeholders in the development of services.
- *Experience of improvement measurement systems and understanding of the role of measurement in performance improvement.
- *Experience of directly line managing and providing strategic leadership to large numbers of specialist staff/multidisciplinary service teams ranging from bands 3 -- 7.
- *Experience of managing individual and team performance through the setting of objectives, PDPs and appraisals.
- *Experience of application of recruitment strategies and workforce development including undertaking skill mix reviews and succession planning.
- *Experience of using service redesign methodology.
- *Has a highly developed understanding of the changing NHS environment and its impact on service provision and staff.
- *Impact -- uses a variety of methods to gain support for ideas, strategies and values.
- *Understanding of how to use technology to support delivery of improvements to services.
- *Application of absence management, sickness, disciplinary and grievance policies in accordance with UHB HR policies.
- *Uses technical, non-verbal and visual aids effectively.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Self-confidence - states own position on issues; unhesitatingly takes decisions when required within area of authority and commits self and others accordingly.
- *Flexibility - adapts to ensure achievement of objectives within constantly changing situations and environments.
- *Self-motivated - possesses high internal work standards, sets stretching yet attainable goals; wants to do things better and to measure progress against targets.
- *Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- *Commitment to ongoing life-long learning and personal development.
- *Motivation - driven by a genuine interest and concern for the quality and appropriateness of patient services.
- *Flexibility - identifies feasible alternative options in planning and decision making, holds different options in focus simultaneously and evaluates their relative pros and cons.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
