DIVISIONAL GENERAL MANAGER - 3 posts
(Surgery & Families Division, Medicine, Emergency Care and Children's Division and Community, Cancer, Diagnostics & End of Life Services)
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 Divisional General Manager positions 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 the Division, in collaboration with your triumvirate colleagues, to develop the strategy for the Division, playing a key role in identifying opportunities for clinical innovation and modernisation, the delivery of all operational performance targets, waiting list and financial management, bed utilisation and management.
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.
We are looking for authentic people, who lead with compassion, curiosity and courage.
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.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our continuous improvement journey and we look forward to hearing from you if you think this role at UHMB is right for you.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website here.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
* Post graduate qualification in a relevant area or significant senior operational experience in a complex organisation
Desirable
* Relevant specialist MSc/MA/MBA
Skills
Essential
* Political astuteness and understanding of influencers and how to manage them successfully
* A proven ability to obtain and consistently achieve high level results and targets in a high pressure, fast paced environment and whilst managing conflicting priorities
* The ability to shape the future and inspire your teams to come with you
* Proven ability to deal with wide range of data and information and take appropriate decisions from it
* Proven ability of leading change through multi professional / skilled workforce
* Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups and a proven ability to influence and change these groups
Experience
Essential
* Significant experience of operating within a large multi-disciplinary and complex organisation at strategic senior management level across a broad range of disciplines
* Experience of creation and implementation of strategy resulting in tangible improvement
* Demonstrate experience of leading and motivating staff
* Demonstrate evidence of sound financial management of large, complex budgets
* Experience of managing clinical services and working effectively with clinicians
* Demonstrable experience of effective change management resulting in improved outcomes
Desirable
* Managed a project which has positively and significantly impacted upon the organisation and/or patients
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Address
Across Bay
LA1 4RP
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