Directorate Manager

Job summary

Do you want to be part of leading something big right from the start? If you are a values-driven, experienced leader, who is passionate about creating a great place for care and a great place to work, we want you to consider applying for one of our new Directorate Managerspositions and joining our Divisional senior leadership teams.

We are completing a significant change to our organisational structure, as we move to three large clinical divisions across Morecambe Bay and these new roles are key to our success.

Main duties of the job

These positions offer a fantastic opportunity to be part of exciting changes at Morecambe Bay. You will be responsible for continually improving the quality of services to patients, and redesigning services to meet best practice standards.

You will be a visible leader and provide direction to the services within your portfolio, working in collaboration with clinical lead and matron/therapy lead colleagues, as well as other directorate manager colleagues. You will be responsible and accountable for the overall management of the services within the directorate, and for all directorate staff. You will develop the strategy for the directorate, playing a key role in identifying opportunities for clinical innovation and modernisation and leading programmes of transformation. You will be responsible for the delivery of all directorate objectives and performance targets, across all 4 quadrants of People, Quality, Operational Performance and Finance, ensuring the service we offer to patients is of the highest quality, safety and efficiency.

We believe that the NHS workforce is a rich and diverse mix of talented people, and we welcome applications for these roles from all disciplines - Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professional, Health Care Scientist, Operational Management, as well as colleagues with other relevant senior experience and competencies.

About us

The Trust encourages applications from those with diverse backgrounds and lived experience that help us to better understand and deliver for our communities. We also support flexible working and will work with you to meet our needs and yours, whenever possible.

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.