Job summary
A General Manager opportunity has arisen within the Families and Specialist Services Division at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and dynamic General Manager to join us in our Children and Young Peoples directorate. We are a diverse division providing services across Pharmacy, Outpatients, Pathology, Radiology and Womens services. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and support our on-going vision for modernisation of services within a Trust at the forefront of digital innovation.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills whilst demonstrating compassion, flexible thinking and theability to prioritise a highly demanding and diverse workload. You will need to be an excellent team player with motivation to strive for excellence.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Childrens Directorate provides a mixture of inpatient and outpatient services across a number of locations within both hospital sites, RainbowChild Development centre, Acre Mills and Todmorden Health Centre
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Childrens Directorate provides a mixture of inpatient and outpatient services across a number of locations within both hospital sites, RainbowChild Development centre, Acre Mills and Todmorden Health Centre
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Training masters level or equivalent experience
- Specialist knowledge in Business Management/General Management
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Project Management experience, prince 2 or other project management qualification
- Service Improvement Training
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Significant management experience in the acute sector
- Proven track record of meeting internally and externally generated targets
- Experience in the delivery of tangible quality and financial benefits using structured tools and techniques of service improvement, such as Lean and Six Sigma.
- Budget management experience, including reducing costs/ efficiency gains, monitoring and determining corrective action
- Understanding of recommendations from Francis, Keogh and other patient experience and quality of care directives and measures
- The ability to deal with complex issues in a large organisation.
- Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis.
- Experience of developing and implementing strategic plans at service level that enables the attainment of Division objectives.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skill s and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff with different levels of responsibility and professional backgrounds
- Ability to work pro -actively and cooperatively with senior management and clinical staff, including at times of high levels of pressure
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Training masters level or equivalent experience
- Specialist knowledge in Business Management/General Management
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Project Management experience, prince 2 or other project management qualification
- Service Improvement Training
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Significant management experience in the acute sector
- Proven track record of meeting internally and externally generated targets
- Experience in the delivery of tangible quality and financial benefits using structured tools and techniques of service improvement, such as Lean and Six Sigma.
- Budget management experience, including reducing costs/ efficiency gains, monitoring and determining corrective action
- Understanding of recommendations from Francis, Keogh and other patient experience and quality of care directives and measures
- The ability to deal with complex issues in a large organisation.
- Full range of IT skills including spreadsheet analysis.
- Experience of developing and implementing strategic plans at service level that enables the attainment of Division objectives.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skill s and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of staff with different levels of responsibility and professional backgrounds
- Ability to work pro -actively and cooperatively with senior management and clinical staff, including at times of high levels of pressure
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).
