Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior General Manager

The closing date is 25 June 2025

Job summary

As the Senior General Manager, you will be the Divisional lead for business planning and overall performance of the Division. You will provide advice and support to the Operations Director on relevant matters. As a member of the triumvirate team leading the Division, you will be accountable to the Care Group Operations Director and responsible jointly, along with the Clinical lead and Senior Nursing Team, for its overall efficient and effective leadership, management, and performance.

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Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and deliver the service strategy, business plan, and all key performance and activity targets, including robust financial planning and management.
  • Ensure the safety and care of patients and service users is the primary concern.
  • Lead on specific professional projects/topics at a corporate level as agreed with the relevant Director.
  • Develop the leadership, managerial, and business capability of staff in the Division to support effective delivery, financial performance, and service improvement.
  • Participate in the Group's out-of-hours on-call rota.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-7232438

Job locations

Flexible to work across the Group Sites

Hull/Scunthorpe/Grimsby

HU3 2JZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification/experience
  • Evidence of continuing professional development including management studies to masters level or above or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Leadership / Management qualification

Application Completion

Essential

  • ALL sections of application form FULLY completed

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience working on both strategic and operational matters
  • Significant NHS/ public sector experience and knowledge, including up to-date knowledge and understanding of NHS systems and policies
  • Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating and developing multidisciplinary teams as a highly effective people manager
  • Proven experience of effective performance and budgetary management and control. ty
  • Proven success in business planning and in the development of business cases
  • Experience of leadership of complex operational change/project management while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Essential

  • Strong, effective leadership and people management skills
  • Strong influencing and negotiating skills
  • Highly developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences
  • Ability to ensure patient safety by assessing and managing risks associated with service developments
  • Ability to work with and through others
  • Ability to perform well under pressure and manage unpredictable workload with conflicting priorities
  • Quality focused with an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems
  • Ability to develop effect networks and work collaboratively with internal and external partners
  • Ability to critically analyse complex financial and clinical data sets
  • Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Personal resilience
  • Able to participate in on-call rota as required
Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification/experience
  • Evidence of continuing professional development including management studies to masters level or above or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Leadership / Management qualification

Application Completion

Essential

  • ALL sections of application form FULLY completed

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience working on both strategic and operational matters
  • Significant NHS/ public sector experience and knowledge, including up to-date knowledge and understanding of NHS systems and policies
  • Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating and developing multidisciplinary teams as a highly effective people manager
  • Proven experience of effective performance and budgetary management and control. ty
  • Proven success in business planning and in the development of business cases
  • Experience of leadership of complex operational change/project management while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Essential

  • Strong, effective leadership and people management skills
  • Strong influencing and negotiating skills
  • Highly developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences
  • Ability to ensure patient safety by assessing and managing risks associated with service developments
  • Ability to work with and through others
  • Ability to perform well under pressure and manage unpredictable workload with conflicting priorities
  • Quality focused with an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems
  • Ability to develop effect networks and work collaboratively with internal and external partners
  • Ability to critically analyse complex financial and clinical data sets
  • Well-developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Personal resilience
  • Able to participate in on-call rota as required

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

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Flexible to work across the Group Sites

Hull/Scunthorpe/Grimsby

HU3 2JZ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Flexible to work across the Group Sites

Hull/Scunthorpe/Grimsby

HU3 2JZ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Director

Debra Dyble

debra.dyble@nhs.net

01482674147

Details

Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-7232438

Job locations

Flexible to work across the Group Sites

Hull/Scunthorpe/Grimsby

HU3 2JZ


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