Job summary
General Manager - Urgent Care Directorate CHS
Fixed term/Secondment until the end of the financial year
The Urgent Care and Therapy Care Unit within the Community Health Care Group are seeking a tenacious and inspirational General Manager to lead community beds as part of the urgent care portfolio in north / mid and south Nottinghamshire.
This portfolio oversees a range of bed provision including general and specialist palliative care, and re-ablement, rehabilitation, recovery and assessment beds as part of Pathway 2 in the Nottingham & Nottinghamshire D2A footprint.
As the General Manager, you will be a compassionate and driven leader, within your portfolio you will oversee finance, workforce, quality, performance and the operational management of teams.
Main duties of the job
You will be a compassionate, driven and resourceful leader who will have demonstrable leadership skills, as well as proven experience in delivering and overseeing the performance and operational management of clinical services (but you do not need to be a clinician). The candidate must have a sound understanding of key NHS policy, clinical commissioning arrangements, targets and the local system.
Candidates will demonstrate a history of delivering high quality patient services and patient experience in a challenging environment with success of healthcare target delivery and have experience in managing performance issues. Excellent communication and organisational skills are required, along with proven problem-solving and influencing skills and the ability to manage/resolve conflict.
Successful candidates will further be able to meet deadlines, work independently and as a member of a team and motivate self and others.
Candidates will need to demonstrate ability to build effective, collaborative working relationships with system partners and colleagues in order to facilitate service transformation and respond to system pressures.
The role expects visible leadership across the services with attendance at trust wide and divisional meetings expected. Base can be determined upon interview as candidates will be expected to work across sites, we also support a balanced and flexible approach to include office and home base.
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
As part of the selection process you will participate in a stakeholder engagement session followed by an interview by a formal panel, of which you will be required to deliver a short presentation.
Clinical qualification or background is not required. Individuals should be an experienced operational / senior manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
As part of the selection process you will participate in a stakeholder engagement session followed by an interview by a formal panel, of which you will be required to deliver a short presentation.
Clinical qualification or background is not required. Individuals should be an experienced operational / senior manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Management Qualification at Masters Level or equivalent experience.
- Evidenced continuing professional development within Health and Social Care Management.
Desirable
- Relevant Clinical Qualification at degree level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of operational management of community based Services in a Healthcare setting.
- Experience in operational and strategic business planning. Ensuring continuity of business operations and supporting the development of strategy.
- Experience of delivering service redesign in clinical service and experience of delivering organisational change at a team/service level.
- Experience of managing a large or multi stranded budget.
- Experience of managing and leading multi disciplinary teams in complex organisations. Experience of workforce planning and managing workforce issues.
- Experience of managing cross agency working.
Desirable
- Experience of Procurement and Management of Contracts.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of local and national NHS policy.
- Knowledge of Social Care Policy and the Strategic Environment.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to Lead.
- Ability to negotiate.
- Ability to manage conflict.
- Ability to quickly analyse complex issues.
- Ability to demonstrate a systematic approach to problem solving and decision making.
- Ability to develop and manage change processes.
- Excellent numeric skills and the ability to analyse data and budgets.
- Excellent verbal reasoning skills with the ability to convey complex, sensitive issues to large diverse audiences.
- Ability to represent the organisation in formal arenas.
- Ability to effectively convene and chair meetings.
- Ability to operate Microsoft Office Packages including email, Word, Excel and Power Point
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Management Qualification at Masters Level or equivalent experience.
- Evidenced continuing professional development within Health and Social Care Management.
Desirable
- Relevant Clinical Qualification at degree level or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of operational management of community based Services in a Healthcare setting.
- Experience in operational and strategic business planning. Ensuring continuity of business operations and supporting the development of strategy.
- Experience of delivering service redesign in clinical service and experience of delivering organisational change at a team/service level.
- Experience of managing a large or multi stranded budget.
- Experience of managing and leading multi disciplinary teams in complex organisations. Experience of workforce planning and managing workforce issues.
- Experience of managing cross agency working.
Desirable
- Experience of Procurement and Management of Contracts.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of local and national NHS policy.
- Knowledge of Social Care Policy and the Strategic Environment.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to Lead.
- Ability to negotiate.
- Ability to manage conflict.
- Ability to quickly analyse complex issues.
- Ability to demonstrate a systematic approach to problem solving and decision making.
- Ability to develop and manage change processes.
- Excellent numeric skills and the ability to analyse data and budgets.
- Excellent verbal reasoning skills with the ability to convey complex, sensitive issues to large diverse audiences.
- Ability to represent the organisation in formal arenas.
- Ability to effectively convene and chair meetings.
- Ability to operate Microsoft Office Packages including email, Word, Excel and Power Point
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
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).
