Job summary
General Manager - Cancer and Access
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Cancer and Access
Band: 8b
Salary: £58,972 - £68,525 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Tuesday 6th February 2024
We are recruiting for aGeneral Manager for Cancer and Accesswho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
This is an exciting General Manager post managing a portfolio of services within the Cancer and Core Clinical Services Division at Medway NHS Foundation Trust. The Care Group covers services including Cancer and Access (including outpatients) and includes close working with partner colleagues from the ICB, Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance, Macmillan and more.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a driven and ambitious individual to support us in our continuing improvement journey. You will be motivated and a personable leader, with a passion for improving patient experience.
You will be responsible for ensuring daily processes are in place to identify early any risks to achievement of strategic and operational objectives and oversee the development of any detailed recovery plans for any areas that require further support as well as liaising with other leaders internally and externally to share best practice.
You will ensure that all national and locally agreed targets are understood and met including the 28 and 62 days cancer targets and RTT targets, as well as meeting internal targets such as responding to formal complaints within target days and ensure that information, reporting arrangements and assurance mechanisms are continuously improved to support the delivery of efficient and effective systems to achieve and maintain the quality and safety of care for patients.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The General Manager will be accountable for a range of services across the programme, working alongside the Medical Clinical Directors and Heads of Nursing , ensuring high quality, flexible and responsive service delivery and to plan, develop, coordinate and evaluate the clinical and non-clinical services provided.
The General Managerwill be responsible for devising robust plans which look to sustain achievement of the constitutional (operational) and financial standards, as well as regularly reviewing these to ensure that plans are effective.
The role will also support aspects of clinical governance compliance and assurance related to the care group, ensuring safe and effective use of all resources.
Support the Divisional Director of Operations to deliver the annual capacity and business planning process for the care group; this may include delegated responsibility for business cases which have been identified as required to strengthen or develop the service areas you are responsible for.
Manage and coordinate the day to day operational flow of wards in conjunction with senior nurses and support services with the aim of ensuring every patient has a green day as part of the SAFER patient flow bundle.
Ensure strong financial service performance against plans through identification of problems at an early stage and the initiation of corrective action.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The General Manager will be accountable for a range of services across the programme, working alongside the Medical Clinical Directors and Heads of Nursing , ensuring high quality, flexible and responsive service delivery and to plan, develop, coordinate and evaluate the clinical and non-clinical services provided.
The General Managerwill be responsible for devising robust plans which look to sustain achievement of the constitutional (operational) and financial standards, as well as regularly reviewing these to ensure that plans are effective.
The role will also support aspects of clinical governance compliance and assurance related to the care group, ensuring safe and effective use of all resources.
Support the Divisional Director of Operations to deliver the annual capacity and business planning process for the care group; this may include delegated responsibility for business cases which have been identified as required to strengthen or develop the service areas you are responsible for.
Manage and coordinate the day to day operational flow of wards in conjunction with senior nurses and support services with the aim of ensuring every patient has a green day as part of the SAFER patient flow bundle.
Ensure strong financial service performance against plans through identification of problems at an early stage and the initiation of corrective action.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Registered Professional GMC/NMC/HCPC register
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
- Professionally trained managerially either via a recognised management qualification or a recognised professional development programme
Experience
Essential
- Recent senior management experience
- Experience in implementing innovative clinically led services
- Clear understanding of transformation programmes and service development and improvement
- Proven experience of leading change through people, by effective and engaging leadership
- Proven experience of successfully managing budgets and delivery of productivity and efficiency programmes
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to undertake broad scanning of networks, benchmarking, research, national developments and current NHS policy
- Demonstrable ability in implementing change and evaluation (in complex and changing environments to deliver sustainable services)
- Operational/organisation skills and ability to prioritise and work under pressure
Values Based Question
Essential
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Registered Professional GMC/NMC/HCPC register
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
- Professionally trained managerially either via a recognised management qualification or a recognised professional development programme
Experience
Essential
- Recent senior management experience
- Experience in implementing innovative clinically led services
- Clear understanding of transformation programmes and service development and improvement
- Proven experience of leading change through people, by effective and engaging leadership
- Proven experience of successfully managing budgets and delivery of productivity and efficiency programmes
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to undertake broad scanning of networks, benchmarking, research, national developments and current NHS policy
- Demonstrable ability in implementing change and evaluation (in complex and changing environments to deliver sustainable services)
- Operational/organisation skills and ability to prioritise and work under pressure
Values Based Question
Essential
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
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).
