Job summary
We are looking for an experienced, motivated and passionate senior operational manager to join our Medicine & Cardiovascular Division as General Manager for Cardiology, Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic surgery .
The cardiovascular networks bring together partners from across South London and neighbouring Kent, Surrey, and Sussex to drive clinically ledimprovements in outcomes and quality of care across patient pathways, in patient experience, and in value for money. The networks supportorganisations, clinicians and patients by providing access to specialist resources and expertise, including advice on strategic change and co-commissioning. This clinical leadership enables partnership working to achieve benefits, in particular reconfiguration of pathways throughprioritisation of interventions that will result in significant savings, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective patient care.
Cardiology at SGH includes a range of sub-specialities, offering a service to both the local population and nationally, providing outpatient, community, specialist diagnostic and inpatient care including a 24/7 heart attack centre.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join a dedicated and committed team within one of the busiest and most challenging of directorates where you will beresponsible for a wide portfolio covering tertiary medicine and surgical services whilst also being open as one the largest Heart Attack Centres.
You will demonstrate an in-depth understanding of elective and emergency care whilst working alongside the complexities of thecurrent economical climate and managing tertiary care for the local and national population the directorate serves. The role requires for you to have excellent communication skills, a passion for delivering high quality patient care enabled through working closely alongside the medical and nursing leadership.
You will have previously managed large diverse services including staff, budget and performance measures, alongside the development of strategic plans.
About us
This is an exciting time to join our team, and this role will be pivotal for the organisation in driving forward the sustainable change needed to improve our service to patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
The General Manager is responsible, with the Clinical Director and Head of Nursing, for the effective strategic and operational management of the Directorate. Key deliverables will be to:
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality patient services within the resources available.
- Oversee the management of all non-clinical staff in the Directorate, ensuring staff are managed in line with the Trusts employment policies.
- Provide leadership and direction to the services in the Directorate, taking the lead with the Clinical Directors and Head of Nursing for developing the strategy for the Directorate in line with the Trusts overall strategy and transformation programme.
- Identify opportunities for clinical innovation and modernisation, the delivery of all operational performance targets, waiting list and financial management, bed utilisation and management.
- Continually improve the quality of services to patients, and ensuring services meet best practice standards by improving efficiency and effectiveness within available resources.
- Deliver services within an agreed financial envelope and identifying savings in line with CIP targets.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The General Manager is responsible, with the Clinical Director and Head of Nursing, for the effective strategic and operational management of the Directorate. Key deliverables will be to:
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality patient services within the resources available.
- Oversee the management of all non-clinical staff in the Directorate, ensuring staff are managed in line with the Trusts employment policies.
- Provide leadership and direction to the services in the Directorate, taking the lead with the Clinical Directors and Head of Nursing for developing the strategy for the Directorate in line with the Trusts overall strategy and transformation programme.
- Identify opportunities for clinical innovation and modernisation, the delivery of all operational performance targets, waiting list and financial management, bed utilisation and management.
- Continually improve the quality of services to patients, and ensuring services meet best practice standards by improving efficiency and effectiveness within available resources.
- Deliver services within an agreed financial envelope and identifying savings in line with CIP targets.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Master's Degree or equivalent years of experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Post graduate management qualification or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
Experience
Essential
- Senior management experience (band 8c or above) in the NHS (or related employer/ sector), which must include experience of directly managing staff and budgets, including CIP at a middle management level
- Experience and evidence of implementing change management projects to develop or improve services
- Managing a range of staff groups, with evidence of delivering reduced sickness absence levels and improved appraisals rates, etc
Desirable
- Capital development from planning to commissioning
Skills/abilities
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills (written, oral, presentational and interpersonal)
- Able to multi-task and continue to function to a high standard when under pressure
- Able to build effective working relationships at all levels within and outside the trust.
Knowledge
Essential
- Service quality and quality management
- Current changes and developments within the NHS
Other requirements
Essential
- Commitment to equal opportunities
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Master's Degree or equivalent years of experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Post graduate management qualification or equivalent knowledge gained through experience
Experience
Essential
- Senior management experience (band 8c or above) in the NHS (or related employer/ sector), which must include experience of directly managing staff and budgets, including CIP at a middle management level
- Experience and evidence of implementing change management projects to develop or improve services
- Managing a range of staff groups, with evidence of delivering reduced sickness absence levels and improved appraisals rates, etc
Desirable
- Capital development from planning to commissioning
Skills/abilities
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills (written, oral, presentational and interpersonal)
- Able to multi-task and continue to function to a high standard when under pressure
- Able to build effective working relationships at all levels within and outside the trust.
Knowledge
Essential
- Service quality and quality management
- Current changes and developments within the NHS
Other requirements
Essential
- Commitment to equal opportunities
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.
