Barts Health NHS Trust

General Manager - Dental Hospital, Adult Ophthalmology and OMFS

The closing date is 29 October 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join us as the General Manager for the Dental Hospital, Adult Ophthalmology and OMFS on a one year fixed term basis.

The successful candidate will manage services and teams across the Royal London and Whipps Cross Hospitals, together with a range of off site dental services. The appointee will work in close collaboration with QMUL, our university partner.

This role is based in the Surgery Division, which is the largest and most complex division in one of the largest and most complex Trusts in the country. This is both a challenging and very exciting place to work.

This is a fast paced, high profile and varied role, with scope for the successful candidate to work on both strategic and operational priorities.

We are looking for someone who is motivated, kind and collaborative, to work alongside our talented group of managers, clinicians and nurses.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for operational management of the Dental, Ophthalmology and OMFS Directorate Services across Barts Health and outreach services.

Co-ordinate the operational delivery of all responsible services and ensure the safe and effective use of all resources. Specifically to take a lead in achieving key performance targets in line with local and national agreements.

In partnership with the Clinical Director and Senior Nurses, take operational management responsibility - with the specialty Lead Clinicians, Operational Managers and Heads of Department within the Service Groups - for the delivery of Cost Improvement Program.

Provide senior leadership and overall general management for Barts Health NHS Trust, working in close collaboration with the Divisional Directors and Directors. To work with the Clinical Directors and Heads of Department to ensure the development of staff and services, in conjunction with a wide range of partner organizations.

Support the clinical and managerial leadership, delivering a range of outcomes, ensuring that fundamental and underlying activities to organizational success are achieved.

Drive innovation, modernization and high levels of staff and patient satisfaction for the Service Group.

Act as an ambassador for the Trust and as a Senior Manager of the Trust working in an ethnically goals.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details

Date posted

15 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£85,431 to £97,148 a year per annum inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-7530268RLH(R)

Job locations

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR


Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation Trust.
  • Proven experience of managing a significant service budget.
  • Strong experience of managing/ supporting teams to improve waiting times for patients
  • Experience of managing people and teams.

Desirable

  • Involvement in NHS service development and reconfiguration.
  • Leading capacity planning, influencing behaviours of external bodies.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to build strong working relationships across Barts Health and use them to overcome barriers to partnership working
  • Able to Influence and contribute creative ideas.
  • Ability to manage complex change in the face of ambiguity

Qualifications

Essential

  • Education to degree level or equivalent qualification and or experience.
  • Postgraduate management diploma or equivalent.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven track record of successful and sustained management in an NHS Foundation Trust.
  • Proven experience of managing a significant service budget.
  • Strong experience of managing/ supporting teams to improve waiting times for patients
  • Experience of managing people and teams.

Desirable

  • Involvement in NHS service development and reconfiguration.
  • Leading capacity planning, influencing behaviours of external bodies.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to build strong working relationships across Barts Health and use them to overcome barriers to partnership working
  • Able to Influence and contribute creative ideas.
  • Ability to manage complex change in the face of ambiguity

Qualifications

Essential

  • Education to degree level or equivalent qualification and or experience.
  • Postgraduate management diploma or equivalent.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR


Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR


Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Divisional Director of Operations

Katherine Joel

katherine.joel1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

15 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£85,431 to £97,148 a year per annum inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-7530268RLH(R)

Job locations

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR


Supporting documents

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