Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced manager to apply for the role of Deputy General Manager at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This is a full time post within the Specialist Surgery Directorate, based predominantly at Charing Cross Hospital.
This is a great opportunity for a high performing operational manager to develop their leadership skills and drive some really exciting service developments within a complex, fast-paced environment incorporating service transformation and service reconfiguration.
We would welcome applications from candidates with strong operational management skills, with substantial experience of financial and staff management and service development. This role is well suited to those working towards a General Manager post in the future.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy General Manager will provide effective operational management support for the Specialist Surgery directorate, assisting the lead clinicians and senior managers as required and ensuring that the service is responsive, innovative and provided to the highest possible clinical and performance standards. Reporting to the General Manager, the Deputy General Manager will be responsible for:
- Monitoring service delivery against strategic and business plans throughout the year to ensure successful delivery.
- Working with the General Manager to produce accurate, high quality business cases for service developments.
- Financial management.
- Operational management to ensure the smooth functioning of Charing Cross Hospital site
- Working with the service manager, lead nurse, clinical leads and wider teams to achieve sustained operational improvements.
- Deputising for, and acting up on behalf of, the General Manager.
- Ensuring that the directorate services provided are of a consistently high quality and deliver an excellent patient experience
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree, equivalent professional qualification or suitable experience
- Relevant post graduate courses or equivalent
Desirable
- Prince2 or other recognised project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Senior management experience and demonstrable capability and capacity in a complex healthcare environment
- Demonstrable success in project management
- Proven success in delivering change and performance improvement
- Experience of budget and staff management
- Experience of service redesign and development
- Experience dealing with complex and/or sensitive information and unpredictable situations
- Experience of business planning within the context of the NHS
Desirable
- Experience of working within a cancer surgical specialty
- Delivered on multi-year, high impact projects / programmes
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse highly complex problems and situations and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships
- Ability to lead, enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations
Desirable
- Contract negotiation
- Evidence of undertaking complex Statistical analysis
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant first degree, equivalent professional qualification or suitable experience
- Relevant post graduate courses or equivalent
Desirable
- Prince2 or other recognised project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Senior management experience and demonstrable capability and capacity in a complex healthcare environment
- Demonstrable success in project management
- Proven success in delivering change and performance improvement
- Experience of budget and staff management
- Experience of service redesign and development
- Experience dealing with complex and/or sensitive information and unpredictable situations
- Experience of business planning within the context of the NHS
Desirable
- Experience of working within a cancer surgical specialty
- Delivered on multi-year, high impact projects / programmes
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
Essential
- Ability to analyse highly complex problems and situations and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships
- Ability to lead, enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations
Desirable
- Contract negotiation
- Evidence of undertaking complex Statistical analysis
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).
