Assistant General Manager - Elective Orthopaedic Centre

Job summary

Have you got the determination and desire to make a real difference to the lives of people in East Suffolk and North Essex?

The Dame Clare Marx Building houses our brand new Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC) and focuses on providing ring-fenced surgery and post-operative rehabilitation for orthopaedics across the SNEE. The centre has eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and support services including radiology and EBME.

You will be responsible for optimised theatre list utilisation in the centre and is optimised for patients across SNEE and the wider region. You will possess a strong track record of operational delivery, strong financial management knowledge and skills, coupled with effective leadership skills. You will also have the ability to develop strong, productive and collaborative relationships both internally and with key stakeholders.

If you are a go getter, someone that can see things through from start to finish and with pace we would love to hear from you.

If you have an interest in developing your operational leadership skills as well as facilitating and driving service development and innovation then we are very interested in hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

Responsibility for managing all aspects of operational delivery within the relevant clinical specialties of East Suffolk & North East Essex Foundation Trust to agreed quality standards and within the resource and income base available, to support the Trust's development as a clinically led organisation.

You will lead on the development, implementation, establishment and review of performance management systems within the relevant clinical specialties - it is critical that this is done collaboratively with other clinical specialties within the Division and across the other Divisions.

You will champion a strong focus of business acumen, finance and performance for services at the Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre

You will work closely with other acute providers to ensure the smooth transfer of patients for treatment in the Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

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

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